by Stas | Oct 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Illustration of Parallel Systems autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles at a microterminal By Stas Margaronis Parallel Systems, a company founded by former SpaceX engineers to create autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles, says it can relieve truck...
by Stas | Oct 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
PHOTO: U.S. NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD BY STAS MARGARONIS & KEVIN POLICARPO China has been waging a campaign of increased intensity against Taiwan, warning of military action and engaging in tactics that appear to be aimed at grinding down resistance. These tactics...
by Stas | Oct 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
FIRE FIGHTERS EVACUATE ‘HOSTAGE VICTIM” By Stas Margaronis The Port of Redwood City hosted its annual full-scale emergency preparedness exercise on Thursday, Oct. 13. During the briefing to preparedness participants, Kristine Zortman, Executive Director,...
by Stas | Oct 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
By Stas Margaronis The lack of a paid sick leave provision in the tentative labor agreement between U.S. railroads and railroad unions may be causing some unions to reject the agreement, according to Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD)...
by Stas | Oct 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
BY STAS MARGARONIS American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) reported on October 6th that Mississippi river vessels are experiencing: “Historic low water conditions” and that “River levels continue to fall on the Mississippi River with severe impacts to navigation...