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16 states file suit challenging pause on LNG export permits

Led by Louisiana General Attorney General Liz Murrill, the attorneys general of 16 states have filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Louisiana challenging the pause on pending approvals of LNG export projects announced by the Biden administration in January.

Attorney General Murrill calls that move an “unlawful decision to ban new liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.”

The State of Louisiana is joined in the suit by the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida,...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/16-states-file-suit-challenging-pause-on-lng-export-permits/

Zipline begins medical drone deliveries in Utah

Zipline drone delivery medical supplies prescriptions

There are two pet peeves that just about every sick person has in common: a trip to the doctor’s office and a trip to the pharmacy. 

The first problem has been addressed by services like telehealth, which take the visit out of the doctor’s visit. But unless you live next door to a pharmacy, you will probably still need to get dressed and go for a drive.

Unless you live in Utah’s Salt Lake Valley.

This week, drone delivery firm Zipline began flying commercially in the region with Intermountain...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/zipline-begins-medical-drone-deliveries-in-utah

Port projects pull in nearly $57M in infrastructure grants

Increasing intermodal rail capacity at select ports and developing inland ports are among the goals of projects receiving millions in federal grant money.

The funding came from the RAISE grant program, which stands for Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity. The program, administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation, awarded more than $2.2 billion to projects nationwide to “modernize roads, bridges, transit, rail, ports and intermodal transportation and make...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-projects-pull-in-nearly-57m-in-infrastructure-grants

Una empresa de transportes de Utah cierra su división ganadera después de 37 años

A tractor-trailer of Utah-based trucking company, L.W. Miller Cos., which is shuttering its livestock division.

Una empresa de camiones con sede en Logan, Utah, L.W. Miller Cos. notificó a principios de esta semana a los clientes y conductores que cerrará su división de transporte de ganado el lunes. Sus otras cuatro divisiones seguirán funcionando.

Según una carta enviada a los clientes y obtenida por FreightWaves, Rex Miller, director general de L.W. Miller Cos, calificó “la escasez de conductores, el aumento de los costes, los márgenes extremadamente ajustados y las tarifas de flete” como la tormenta...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/una-empresa-de-transportes-de-utah-cierra-su-division-ganadera-despues-de-37-anos

Rail Roundup: STB sees flurry of activity ahead of holidays

A photograph of intermodal containers parked in a rail yard.Senate confirms STB nominee to take spot of outgoing board member Begeman

President Joe Biden appointed Karen Hedlund last week to serve as a member of the Surface Transportation Board after the Senate confirmed the nomination. 

She replaced Ann Begeman, whose time at STB ended on Friday with Hedlund’s appointment. Hedlund has yet to be sworn in. 

When Biden nominated her last April, Hedlund was described as a rail expert who has served as a legal adviser at the federal, state and local levels and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rail-roundup-stb-sees-flurry-of-activity-ahead-of-holidays

Walmart to build 2 e-commerce fulfillment centers

Walmart building new ecommerce fulfillment centers

Walmart is adding nearly 2 million square feet of warehouse space to expand its growing e-commerce fulfillment operations.

The retailer on Wednesday announced it would build a more than 1 million-square-foot center in Salt Lake City. That followed an announcement last week of a 925,000-square-foot facility in Lebanon, Tennessee. The Utah facility will employ approximately 450 full-time employees and open in the summer of 2022. The Tennessee facility will employ up to 300 and open in the fall of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/walmart-to-build-2-e-commerce-fulfillment-centers

Southwest coalition seeks to connect supply chains ‘growing chaotically’

A photograph of a truck on a highway and a train in the background.

Supply chain stakeholders are forming a coalition in the southwestern U.S. that seeks to stage certain logistics activities in Nevada, Utah and Arizona and away from the densely populated metropolitan and port areas in California. 

The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) and think tank OnTrackNorthAmerica have established the Southwest Supply Chain Coalition in a move they say will alleviate congested highways and improve the balance of truck and rail transportation, thereby...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/southwest-coalition-seeks-to-connect-supply-chains-growing-chaotically

FreightWaves Classics: Fallen Flags – Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (Part 1)

A Rio Grande freight departs Denver for Pueblo, Colorado during 1952. (Photo: Robert Le Massena/American-Rails.com).

There are many people interested in former transportation companies, whether they were trucking companies, railroads, airlines or ocean lines. They are called “fallen flags,” and the term describes those companies whose corporate names have been dissolved through merger, bankruptcy or liquidation.

This FreightWaves Classics article provides an overview of another fallen flag railroad – the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (reporting mark D&RGW; known as the “Rio Grande”), which was the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-fallen-flags-denver-rio-grande-western-railroad-part-1

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