07 Apr Plug-in-Hybrid Electric Armored Trucks to Hit California's Roads Efficient Drivetrains Inc. delivered a Class 6 plug-in-hybrid electric armored trucks to Sectran Security, with five more planned, the company said. Read more...
06 Apr Supreme Court Declines to Review a Driver's Sleep Apnea Lawsuit Against Crete Carrier Corp. The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving an obese truck driver who claimed in a lawsuit that his employer, Crete Carrier Corp., should not have required him to submit to a sleep study to determine if he had sleep apnea. Read more...
06 Apr I-85 in Atlanta to Reopen by Mid-June, DOT Says A bridge that collapsed on Interstate 85 in Atlanta will be rebuilt by June 15, reopening a key roadway for motorists, the Georgia Department of Transportation announced this week. Read more...
06 Apr Amazon's Warehouse Robot War Is Spreading Amazon's acquisition of Kiva set off an arms race among robot makers and shippers across the United States who scurried to keep up with the e-commerce giant. Read more...
06 Apr Baltimore Warehousing Complex to Get $30 Million in Infrastructure Improvements Tradepoint Atlantic, which is redeveloping the former Sparrows Point steel mill, announced April 5 a 10-year agreement with Host Terminals to oversee marine cargo operations at the Baltimore County site. Read more...
06 Apr Estes to Start Canadian LTL Option Estes Express Lines is teaming with two Canadian less-than-truckload carriers to offer shipping to Canada under an Estes freight bill. Read more...
06 Apr Saddle Creek CEO Clifford Otto Elected Chairman of Warehouse Trade Group Clifford Otto, CEO of Saddle Creek Logistics Services in Lakeland, Fla., was elected chairman of the International Warehouse Logistics Association last month. Read more...
06 Apr Deaf Woman Fights for Chance to Drive a Truck - And Wins Frankye Helbig's husband, Dorian, is a truck driver, and she thought she, too, could take a liking to that life. Perhaps they could get a long-distance route together, maybe even one day get their own truck and see America. Read more...
06 Apr Schneider, Now Public, Initiates Trading Truckload carrier Schneider said its Class B common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on April 6 under the ticker symbol SNDR, and offered 28,947,000 shares initially priced at $19 per share. Read more...
06 Apr National Truck Protection Launches Bundled Warranty for Used Class 8 Trucks National Truck Protection Inc., an independent provider of extended service contracts to the trucking industry, launched a new warranty product for used Class 8 trucks that bundles coverages and simplifies the purchase process, the company said. Read more...