19 Dec Drone Tracking Plan Moves US Delivery by Air Closer to Reality >Deliveries by drones took a step closer to being allowed in the U.S. after a federal advisory panel agreed on a framework for allowing law enforcement to routinely track the small devices. Read more...
19 Dec Truck Tonnage Surges 7.6% in November, ATA Reports Truck tonnage surged 7.6% year-over-year in November after a 10.5% increase in October, according to American Trucking Associations. Read more...
19 Dec House Disaster Package Includes $1.4 Billion for Roads Republican funding leaders in the U.S. House included $1.4 billion for road repairs in a $81 billion disaster aid measure unveiled this week. Read more...
19 Dec Self-Driving Vehicle Proving Ground Opens Near Detroit The launch of self-driving vehicle testing at the American Center for Mobility west of Detroit came with something that frequently confounds human drivers in Michigan — snow. Read more...
19 Dec CSX Stock Stabilizes Days After Death of CEO CSX’s stock rose slightly Dec. 18 despite the death of the man who had been hired to bring the railroad new profitability. Read more...
19 Dec Navistar Posts Higher Results in Fourth Quarter, Fiscal Year Navistar International Corp. reported net income and revenue rose in its fiscal-year fourth quarter and for the full year. Read more...
19 Dec Oil Trades Near $57 as US Crude Stockpiles Seen Extending Drop Oil traded near $57 a barrel for a third day before data expected to show that surplus crude inventories in the U.S. continued to diminish as global markets rebalance. Read more...
19 Dec Single-Family Housing Starts Rise to Highest in a Decade Groundbreaking on single-family homes proceeded in November at the strongest pace in a decade, driving U.S. housing starts to a faster-than-estimated rate, government figures showed Dec. 19. Read more...
18 Dec Diesel Dips 0.9¢ to $2.901 a Gallon The U.S. average retail price of diesel slipped 0.9 cent to $2.901 a gallon. The cost of trucking's main fuel dropped in all regions, except New England (up 2.4 cents) and the Central Atlantic (unchanged). Read more...
18 Dec Canada Announces ELD Proposal as US Mandate Takes Hold As the electronic logging device mandate takes effect in the United States, Canada has published its own first draft of rules that would require the devices for truck drivers. Read more...