14 Jun Automakers Want to Test More Self-Driving Cars on US Roads Automakers - and aspiring automakers - are seeking permission to put more experimental self-driving cars on the road to speed their development. Read more...
14 Jun Celebrity Chef Tim Love to Plan Truck Stop Menus Tim Love will create new menu items for the Knoxville, Tenn.-based Pilot Flying J truck stops, the company announced June 12. Read more...
14 Jun ArcBest Releases Second-Quarter Financial Results Through May ArcBest Corp. released second-quarter results through May in its less-than-truckload and third-party logistics divisions with strong results in most categories. Read more...
14 Jun Denis Reilly Joins Kenco Group as President, CEO Kenco Group has appointed Denis Reilly president and CEO to succeed Jane Kennedy Greene, who will remain chairwoman of the board of directors. Read more...
14 Jun XPO Lands Deal With Nu Skin Enterprises Nu Skin Enterprises, a billion-dollar company, reached a deal with XPO Logistics to handle its global transportation and logistics needs. Read more...
14 Jun Southern Ports Break Records as Panama Canal Anniversary Nears Southern ports are experiencing a record foreign trade boom thanks in part to an expanded Panama Canal that permits Asian cargo ships to reach them more easily. Read more...
14 Jun Drop in Retail Sales Signals Uneven Consumer Spending U.S. retail sales fell in May by the most since the start of 2016, reflecting broad declines in categories such as motor vehicles and electronics, Commerce Department figures showed June 14. Read more...
14 Jun Slowing Consumer Inflation May Sow Fed Doubt on Prices A greater-than-expected deceleration in U.S. consumer-price inflation in May could give some pause to Federal Reserve officials as they consider further interest-rate increases, Labor Department figures showed June 14. Read more...
13 Jun Senators Preview Self-Driving Legislation Legislation pertaining to self-driving vehicles would need to prioritize safety, and promote innovation, senators crafting the measure announced ahead of a hearing on the matter. Read more...
13 Jun Cargo Volumes, Truck Delays Rise at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach The amount of time it took the average truck driver to do business at the two largest North America ports rose six minutes year-over-year in May due to backups at Total Terminals International, according to data from the Harbor Trucking Association. Read more...