12 Jun Penske Opens Full-Service Truck Leasing Location in Windsor, Ontario Penske Truck Leasing opened a new location in Windsor, Ontario, that is less than five minutes from the Ambassador Bridge to Detroit and offers full-service truck leasing, consumer and commercial truck rental and contract truck fleet maintenance services, the company said. Read more...
09 Jun California Sheriff Recruits Truck Driver to Help Stop High-Speed Chase With two suspected armed robbers barreling down Highway 101 into Sonoma County as the afternoon commute got underway, a hastily assembled law enforcement group had few options and little time. They came up with an unusual plan: create a roadblock with traffic in southern Healdsburg. Read more...
09 Jun Crude Falls for Third Week as Glut Persists After OPEC Cuts Oil fell for a third week as rising supplies from the United States to Nigeria to Libya showed that OPEC is still struggling to clear a global glut. Read more...
09 Jun Truckload Spot Rates Tighten Closer to Contract Rates The gap between contract rates and spot market rates in the truckload industry tightened in April, according to the latest Chainalytics-Cowen Freight Indices. Read more...
09 Jun Philly Shipyard to Build Cargo Ships for New Shipping Line Serving Hawaii, West Coast Philly Shipyard announced June 8 that it will build up to four new containerships and is in "advanced discussions" to create a new cargo shipping line to provide transpacific service between the West Coast and Hawaii. Read more...
09 Jun Amazon on Its Way to Nine Fulfillment Centers, 8,000 Employees in Illinois Received a large package from Amazon recently? A television or a toaster oven, perhaps? There's a chance it stopped in Romeoville, Ill., on its way to your front door. Read more...
09 Jun Amazon Plans $255 Million Connecticut Fulfillment Center Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. is planning to build an 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center on the former Pratt & Whitney site in North Haven, Conn., Gov. Dannel Malloy announced June 8. The move is expected to add 1,800 jobs. Read more...
09 Jun Born-again BlackBerry: Canadian Icon Hopes to Ride Trucks to Growth A visit to trucking firm Titanium Transportation helps explain why BlackBerry's stock is once again a darling in Canadian markets, having soared 70% in two months. Read more...
09 Jun Port of Oakland Import Volume Reaches Two-Year High Ahead of Busy Shipping Season Import volume at the Port of Oakland, Calif., has reached a two-year high, which officials say is a good sign as the port heads into the busy summer-fall shipping season. Read more...
09 Jun FMCSA Announces Pair of Proposals to Help the Military and Driver Shortage The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on June 9 announced two proposed rules, one that would allow states to issue a commercial learner permit for up to one year, and the other a waiver that would help ease the transition for members of the military to become commercial truck and bus drivers. Read more...