DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Less than ten days after Hurricane Harvey, trucks are already moving freight out of Houston, with almost the same volume as before the storm. Harvey hit Houston on Friday evening, August 25, and hung over the metro area for days, dumping more than 50 inches of rain on Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana. It could take months.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

We haven't seen three consecutive quarters of 3% GDP growth since 2005. companies also ratcheted up manufacturing of petroleum byproducts, including plastic resins, which typically move in vans. Hurricane Harvey had the biggest impact on freight because Houston is a nexus for rail and sea traffic as well as trucking.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

But an analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, Arizona, showed that the Houston area’s hundreds of refineries and petrochemical operations released almost 1 million pounds of air pollutants in Harvey-related spills and flares, including benzene, sulfur dioxide, toluene, and xylene. The big problem was 19.5

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