Since the fourth quarter of last year there has been a substantial wave of companywide layoffs from the tech company sector across the U.S. Lombardo explains that “According to the data on the website layoffs.fyi, which tracks tech layoffs since COVID-19, there have been over 250,000 layoffs from 1,356 different tech companies.” Most foreign workers in this sector maintain an H-1B visa with limited time to find a new job or else face few other slim options, while most may be forced to leave the country.  (See Worldwide ERC, Published in Global Workforce, “What Does the Wave of Tech Layoffs Mean for Foreign Talent?” Emily Lombardo, 2/27/2023)

FreightWaves reports, “A large, regional feeder airline for UPS and other overnight express carriers last week tentatively committed to buy 20 remote-controlled cargo planes, with a novel design, for middle-mile deliveries.” (More at FreightWaves, “UPS feeder airline intends to buy 20 pilotless cargo planes” Eric Kulisch, 01/30/2023)

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Fairfield, ME, (February 15, 2023) – Parsifal Corporation is pleased to congratulate two long time employees as they reached very notable 25 year anniversary milestones last year in 2022. They are also joined by several other associates with 15 year achievements. Mark Olsen, President and CEO shared that “Parsifal is proud to announce that 37% of our current staff has a tenure of more than 10 years.” Congratulations to Jessica Vellos (Systems Liaison) & Sean Peters (Network Manager) for their 25 year tenure achievement. (See full press release at Read More)

Armstrong Relocation & Companies becomes one of the largest full-service moving companies in the Northeastern U.S. as it recently acquired Humboldt Storage and Moving. This new corporate collaboration will combine capabilities including office relocations, particularly lab and life sciences companies along with trade show and special commodities support. The executive team and operation will be led by both Humboldt President James Sullivan now as the company CEO, and current Armstrong President Mark McEwen. (More at FIDIFOCUS, “Armstrong Relocation purchases Humboldt Storage & Moving” 1/13/2023)

Shipping congestion among all U.S. ports has finally fallen dramatically to pre-covid levels as FreightWaves reports that about 30 ships remain waiting off all coastal ports as of the end of last week. Virtually all coastal ports have none, or only one or two ships waiting for berths, while just a handful of ports still have only single digits of waiting vessels in queues including ports of Savannah, Norfolk, Baltimore and Houston. This sharply contrasts to the 150 ships waiting off of U.S. ports a year ago in January of 2022. (More at: FreightWaves, “Coast is (almost) clear as port congestion fades even further” by Greg Miller, 01/06/2023)

Last month, Chris Spear, President and CEO, ATA, explains that truck engine manufacturers have implemented innovation to dramatically reduce NOx and other particulate emissions since 1988. Mr. Spear continues that “Participating fleets have cut their CO2 emissions by 152 million metric tons and have saved 257 million barrels of oil.” (See more at American Trucking Associations, “Extreme ‘Net-Zero’ carbon timelines are on a collision course with reality” by Chris Spear, 12/16/2022)