24 Oct J.B. Hunt Transport Services Becomes ATA Member ORLANDO, Fla. — J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. has become American Trucking Associations’ newest member. Read more...
24 Oct Delphi Acquires Self-Driving Startup nuTonomy for $450 Million Auto supplier Delphi Automotive said Oct. 24 it has acquired self-driving software startup nuTonomy Inc. for $450 million in an effort to speed the development of autonomous vehicles. Read more...
24 Oct Amazon Launches ‘Business Prime’ to Bring Quick Delivery to Work Amazon.com Inc. launched a Prime membership service for businesses, looking to replicate in the workplace the quick delivery of online orders that made it a go-to shopping destination for households. Read more...
24 Oct Louisiana Voters OK Measure to Tighten Transportation Spending Louisiana officials agree that the state’s roads need fixing. Beyond that, though, they can’t seem to agree on what to do about it. But they did make some progress earlier this month toward a solution when the state’s voters approved a constitutional amendment to safeguard any money raised by new gas taxes. Read more...
24 Oct Even a NAFTA Collapse Won’t Keep Companies From Moving to Mexico It wasn’t supposed to be like this, but the folks who help U.S. companies set up production in Mexico say they’re having a solid year. Read more...
24 Oct ATA Presents Russell Image Awards for Trucking Advocacy ORLANDO, Fla. — American Trucking Associations honored a professional truck driver, a state trucking association, an industry nonprofit and a motor carrier with the ninth annual Mike Russell Trucking Image Award. Read more...
24 Oct California Trucking Association’s Yadon Receives President’s TAEC Award for Building Trucking’s Influence ORLANDO, Fla. — American Trucking Associations presented its President’s Trucking Association Executives Council Leadership Award to Shawn Yadon, president of California Trucking Association. Read more...
24 Oct ATA Thanks Share the Road, America’s Road Team Program Sponsors and Supporters ORLANDO, Fla. — An estimated 1.2 billion people saw President Donald Trump sit in the cab of a Mack truck at the White House and speak with the driver in March — the logo of American Trucking Associations prominently displayed on the truck’s door — but what they didn’t know was that the truck was part of the Share the Road campaign. Read more...
24 Oct SmartWay Honors 10 ATA Members for Environmental Efforts ORLANDO, Fla. — Ten American Trucking Associations members received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay Excellence Award. The agency bestowed the honor here Oct. 23, during ATA’s Management Conference & Exhibition. Read more...
24 Oct Ready or Not, Driverless Technology Beginnings Already Here Some consumers say they are wary of a driverless car future, but a new survey says the beginnings of the technology which will power that future are already available on most new vehicle models and many consumers are willing to pay thousands of dollars for them. Read more...