29 Aug Diesel Average Rises 3.9¢ to $2.409, 10.5¢ Cheaper Than Year Ago The U.S. diesel average price rose 3.9 cents to $2.409 per gallon last week, according to the Department of Energy, as the price of crude hovered near $47 amid speculation the glut of oil could be easing. Read more...
29 Aug Highway Fatalities Jumped 7.2% Last Year U.S. highway fatalities in 2015 jumped 7.2% to 35,092, an increase of 2,348 deaths from 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported Aug. 29. Read more...
29 Aug Peterbilt Offers New Advanced Safety Systems, Lightweight Components for 567 and 579 Models Peterbilt Motors Co. now offers the Bendix Wingman Fusion advanced driver assistance safety system, which includes lane departure warning, enhanced collision mitigation and in-lane object recognition for its 579 and 567 over-the-road and vocational models, respectively. Read more...
29 Aug New Route Brings Cargo to Philadelphia via Bigger Panama Canal and 'Panamax' Ships With the long-awaited $5.4 billion Panama Canal expansion completed and allowing bigger ships to carry more cargo through the waterway, some of those larger vessels are coming to the Port of Philadelphia. Read more...
29 Aug Teamsters Leadership Candidates Trade Barbs in Only Debate Before Election WASHINGTON - Teamsters leadership candidates who squared off in the only debate before the fall union election blended their focus on key issues such as retiree pensions with exchanges about their past deeds and frequent name-calling. Read more...
29 Aug Otto's Autonomous Trucks Drive Almost 24/7 to Refine Technology of Tomorrow For now, Otto is focused on logging as many test miles as possible with its five (soon to be six) retrofitted Volvo cabs that it runs almost 24/7 on highways in the Bay Area and elsewhere. Read more...
29 Aug Chevron Unveils Lineup of New CK-4, FA-4 Oils Chevron Products Co., a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., has introduced its new line of Delo 400 API CK-4 and FA-4 heavy duty motor oils coming Dec. 1. Read more...
29 Aug Amazon Fuels Growth at Covenant Despite Overall Rough Road for Trucking America's trucking industry, already struggling with a drop in truck shipments during the first half of 2016, could soon face competition from a behemoth of the logistics industry - Amazon. Read more...
29 Aug ONE20 Launches App to Help Drivers Plan Trips, Save Money Technology startup ONE20 has launched a free membership program that enables drivers to use a mobile application to plan trips, check parking availability, read and write reviews and find discounts. Read more...
29 Aug Lower-Paying Industries See Fastest Wage Growth in US "Joe six-pack gets a raise," proclaim Bank of America Merrill Lynch economists Emanuella Enenajor and Lisa Berlin, commenting on the biggest source of upward pressure on U.S. wages in 2016. Read more...