19 Apr Toyota Puts Fuel-Cell Semi Truck to Test at Los Angeles Port The newest heavy-duty truck set to operate at the Port of Los Angeles emits an unusual byproduct that California could certainly use more of: water. Read more...
19 Apr Portland Opens Its Streets to Self-Driving Cars Autonomous vehicles need to drive and drive and drive, vacuuming up hours of real-life encounters on the road to make their algorithms smarter and safer. Read more...
19 Apr Old Dominion to be Official Freight Carrier for Major League Baseball Old Dominion Freight Line has hit a homerun with its recent announcement that the Thomasville, N.C.-based company will be the official freight carrier for Major League Baseball. Read more...
19 Apr Crude Oil Falls After Smaller-Than-Expected US Inventory Drop Oil slipped after an industry report was said to show a smaller-than-anticipated U.S. crude inventory decline. Read more...
18 Apr Video: Will Knight-Swift Merger Catch Feds' Interest? Will the planned merger of Knight Transportation Inc. and Swift Transportation - one of the trucking industry's largest mergers ever - catch the attention of federal antitrust regulators? Watch as TT Senior Features Writer Daniel Bearth provides his take on that question for colleague Eugene Mulero. Read more...
18 Apr Monroe Truck Equipment Acquires Towmaster Monroe Truck Equipment acquired Towmaster Inc., a Litchfield, Minn.-based manufacturer of tag and large fifth-wheel trailers for construction and rental markets. The company also distributes and installs truck equipment for municipal and commercial fleet operators specializing in snow and ice removal. Read more...
18 Apr Chinese Truckmaker Says Its Driverless Truck Ready for the Road by Next Year A driverless truck passed a navigation test in China last week and its manufacturer, FAW Jiefang Automotive Co., said it plans to commercialize the vehicle as early as next year, the Asia News Network reported. Read more...
18 Apr Comcar Industries Appoints Michael Ryan CEO Logistics and transportation company Comcar Industries appointed Michael Ryan CEO and president effective April 17. Read more...
18 Apr Truck Tonnage Hurt by Late Winter Storms in March Truck tonnage rose 0.7% last month compared with March 2016, although the American Trucking Associations' chief economist said that late winter storms hurt the index compared with this past February. Read more...
18 Apr Quality of Driver Medical Examinations Is Inconsistent, ATRI Reports The quality of truck and bus driver physical exams administered by certified Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration medical examiners is inconsistent, according to new analysis by the American Transportation Research Institute. Read more...