Foundational to shipping and receiving, trucking and distribution, commerce and trade, the wooden pallet and skid business is brisk and strong demand for these handling workhorses is expected to continue.

Last month the airport had 30,367 passengers compared to 71,098 in November 2019, a more than 57% decrease.

Pennsylvania is not among the states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic that will initially join the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI)—a regional effort to reduce pollution from vehicles. But observers say that state leaders might join later, after more details are worked out.

After nixing the 2020 Lehigh Valley Auto Show, which was set to be held at the start of the COVID-19 shutdown, the Lehigh Valley Auto Dealers Association is playing it safer in 2021 and moving the show to May.

Transwestern Development Co. and QuadReal Property Group have broken ground on Hamburg Logistics Center, joining several similar development projects in the greater Hamburg area, such as the Hamburg Logistics Park, which have opened over the past few years.

Reading-based Penske Logistics said it is acquiring trucking company, Black Horse Carriers Inc. of Chicago.

With COVID-19 infections at a record high in the state, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has again extended the expiration dates for commercial driver’s licenses and commercial learner’s permits.

Forward Air Corp. said its expansion into the Lehigh Valley is part of an overall growth strategy that involves infrastructure investments in its less-than-truckload service, including acquisitions of similar businesses.

Passenger traffic at Lehigh Valley International Airport is still down because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But it in October it did see another over month increase.

Gail Faulkner, the recently retired CEO of the Faulkner Auto Group, which runs Faulkner Chevrolet Cadillac and Faulkner Subaru in Bethlehem, has been honored as one of the 100 most influential women in the North American Auto Industry.