Month: November 2024

The founder and former chief executive officer of a California-based international logistics and freight forwarding company with offices in Grapevine, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate export laws by shipping goods to Chinese companies on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Entity List.

KEARNY, New Jersey – Following a 30-hour journey down the Hudson River, the first of three massive arches to support the new Portal North Bridge arrived at the construction site, bringing the project a giant leap closer to completion. The new bridge will replace the 114-year-old swing bridge, which opens for maritime traffic and often has mechanical issues that cause service delays. The new bridge is a fixed span that eliminates the need to open and close, improving the experiences of thousands of daily commuters along the busiest stretch of passenger rail in the country. Three tugboats, a heavy transport

WASHINGTON – Amtrak has appointed Jennifer Mitchell as executive vice president of strategy and planning. Mitchell will start her role at Amtrak on Dec.2, succeeding Dennis Newman, who is retiring. In this role, she will be responsible for setting Amtrak’s long-term strategic vision and managing the planning, infrastructure access, state partner, network development, and host railroad functions. Mitchell most recently served as deputy administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration and previously as director of the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation. While at DRPT, Mitchell played an instrumental role in developing the groundbreaking Transforming Rail in Virginia program, which expanded