12 Jun New York Speeds Up Road Projects Ahead of Penn Station Work Gov. Andrew Cuomo is accelerating construction on New York bridges and tunnels so the work is complete before Amtrak begins emergency repairs at Pennsylvania Station in July. Read more...
12 Jun Diesel Falls 4¢ to $2.524 a Gallon; Oil Still Below $47 a Barrel The U.S. average retail price of diesel dropped 4 cents to $2.524 a gallon, while crude oil prices remained below $47 a barrel. Read more...
12 Jun Navistar Transforms Customer Service Using Mentor's Capital Technology Mentor, a Siemens business, has announced that Navistar Inc. is delivering "significantly improved service" to its customers using technology from the Capital software suite. Navistar's commercial vehicles include both heavy trucks and buses. Read more...
12 Jun Roadrunner LTL President Grant Crawford Leaving Company Roadrunner Freight President Grant Crawford is leaving his job running the less-than-truckload division of Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc., the carrier announced June 12. Read more...
12 Jun Former CSX Exec Raises Questions About Jacksonville Port Dredging Project As Jacksonville, Fla., faces a monumental decision about how to pay for one of the most expensive public works projects in city history, a retired CSX executive has emerged as an unlikely source of do-it-yourself research calling into question the bedrock assumptions the Jacksonville Port Authority uses to justify deepening the St. Johns River. Read more...
12 Jun Supreme Court Denies Hearing on ELD Lawsuit The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association's request for a rejection of a federal rule requiring electronic logging devices will not be heard by the Supreme Court, the court announced on June 12. Read more...
12 Jun Industry Tries to Address Nationwide Truck Driver Shortage as Workforce Ages In need of potential drivers, employers such as CRST International and Don Hummer Trucking supply Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with equipment and often send recruiters to the course's later sessions in search of prospective employees. Read more...
12 Jun Port of Tacoma to Buy Four Gantry Cranes for $52 Million The Northwest Seaport Alliance green-lighted a $52 million purchase of four Neopanamax gantry cranes to go to the Husky Terminal at the Port of Tacoma. Read more...
12 Jun Rail Bottlenecks Ease in North Dakota Since Oil Bust In 2014, railcar space was prime real estate that was high in demand. A conglomerate of factors had come together to bottleneck North Dakota rail shipments. Read more...
12 Jun Three Japanese Freight Carriers to Form Alliance Japanese ocean carriers Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. have announced an alliance, effective in 2018. Read more...