20 Mar Despite Mandate, Hair Testing Rule Still Months Away A proposed rule that would allow trucking companies to conduct government-certified pre-employment drug testing using hair samples likely will not be publicly released until the end of 2017 or early 2018, according to a top official with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Read more...
20 Mar Diesel Price Declines 2.5¢ to $2.539 a Gallon The U.S. average retail price of diesel declined 2.5 cents to $2.539 a gallon, according to the Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy. Read more...
20 Mar Indiana DOT Awards Contracts for I-70 Upgrades Repair work to highway lanes and bridges along the Interstate 70 freight corridor east of Indianapolis is expected to last through the end of the year, the state Department of Transportation announced this month. Read more...
20 Mar Saia's Northeast Expansion On Target for May Launch Less-than-truckload carrier Saia Inc. announced plans to expand into the Northeast, with four terminals opening in the beginning of May remaining on track and on time. Read more...
20 Mar Volkswagen Trucks Division Targets Strong Profitability Gain in 2017 Volkswagen's truck division aims to significantly increase its profitability this year as deepening cooperation between the MAN and Scania brands and improving overseas markets spur business, the company said March 20. Read more...
20 Mar Port of Savannah Shipments Reach All-Time High Cargo shipments to the Port of Savannah in Georgia rose 10% last month to an all-time high for February as the widened Panama Canal continued to boost the number and size of ships headed for U.S. East Coast ports. Read more...
20 Mar Uber Says Trade Theft Case Is Between Otto Chief and Google SAN FRANCISCO - Uber wants an explosive patent infringement lawsuit that could be worth millions sent to binding arbitration rather than open court. Read more...
20 Mar New, Safer US Rail Cars Gather Dust Even as Ethanol Trains Grow Longer While crossing a small wooden bridge in northwestern Iowa on March 16, 20 rail tank cars in a mile-long train transporting ethanol flew off the tracks, sending fireballs into the sky as thousands of gallons of the biofuel leaked into the creek below. Read more...
20 Mar Oil Drops as US Drilling Growth Threatens to Counter OPEC Cuts Oil fell as U.S. drilling continued to rise, undermining the potential for even an extended OPEC output-reduction deal to rebalance the market. Read more...
20 Mar Georgia UPS Driver Inducted Into Company's Circle of Honor for 25 Years of Accident-Free Driving In the past 25 years, Lisa Black has logged countless miles delivering packages in her big, brown UPS truck, and she was honored recently for delivering them all accident-free. Read more...