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Uber Freight could soon become a separate company.

When people asked in the past if Uber Freight fit into Uber's overall value proposition, the company took bold steps like investing more than $1 billion from outside sources to speed up growth or buying Transplace to combine upstream and downstream parts of the supply chain. The steps showed that...

The NTSB is investigating tank car cover performance in the NS derailment.

The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) is "looking closely" at how aluminum protective housing covers on three tank cars carrying vinyl chloride performed after a Norfolk Southern train derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3. Eleven tank cars carrying hazardous materials, including five containing vinyl chloride, derailed. NS conducted...

Holifield had imagined a different LaserShip/OnTrac, so he stepped back.

It needs to be clarified why Mark Holifield resigned as CEO of the regional parcel delivery company LaserShip/OnTrac. According to his departure announcement on Tuesday, the reasons that drew Holifield to the company in late 2021 were less compelling in March 2023. People familiar with the situation say Holifield likely...