21 Sep Paschall Truck Lines CEO Randall Waller Steps Down After 44 Years Paschall Truck Lines will soon have a new top executive for the first time in more than four decades. Read more...
21 Sep Intermodal Could Gain From Trickle Down of ELD Mandate, Execs Say LONG BEACH, Calif. — Truckload executives predict business conditions in 2018 will be robust due to the electronic logging device mandate and that intermodal could benefit from a trickle-down effect, they said during the annual Intermodal Association of North America’s Intermodal Expo here. Read more...
21 Sep Jobless Claims Decline as Hurricane Harvey Impact Fades in Texas Applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. unexpectedly declined last week as the Hurricane Harvey-related surge in Texas filings continued to reverse, Labor Department figures showed Sept. 21. Read more...
20 Sep Uber Freight’s Push to Streamline Trucking Hinges on Fixed Rates, Speedy Execution LONG BEACH, Calif. — Uber Freight’s push to automate trucking transactions hinges on a fixed pricing model designed to eliminate bidding and phone calls and enable on-demand truck capacity for shippers. Read more...
20 Sep FMCSA Plans to Reduce Annual Carrier Registration Fees FMCSA has announced a proposed rule to reduce annual motor carrier, broker, freight forwarder and leasing company registration fees by 9.10% in 2018, and by 4.55% in 2019, below current levels. Read more...
20 Sep Daimler Trucks Backs StoreDot Fast-Charging Battery Startup Daimler AG’s truck division is investing in Israeli battery-technology startup StoreDot Ltd., tapping into a supplier that seeks to enable electric vehicles to recharge as quickly as combustion-powered models can refuel. Read more...
20 Sep US Trailer Orders Flat in August; Inventory Rising as GHG 2 Nears August trailer orders were flat year-over-year at 15,600, but several industry issues are clearly heating up. Read more...
20 Sep Oil Jumps After US Gasoline Stockpiles Plunge to 22-Month Low Oil advanced to the highest level since May after U.S. gasoline stockpiles plunged to a 22-month low and exports of crude and fuels surged. Read more...
20 Sep Boston’s Self-Driving Vehicle Startups Fed Up With Regulations Top automakers and tech companies are warning state officials the current regulations for testing self-driving cars may be too burdensome and could make it too hard or even impossible to test in Massachusetts, a move experts say would delay the economic and safety benefits expected from autonomous vehicles. Read more...
20 Sep ELDs, ‘Internet of Trucks’ Featured at NACV Federal regulators and experts continue to update carriers and drivers on requisite steps moving forward prior to the mandate for electronic logging devices. Read more...