02 Jan Opinion: Don’t Forget, Drivers Are Trucking’s Most Important Asset For the first time in more than a decade, the driver shortage tops the American Transportation Research Institute’s list of critical issues facing the trucking industry — and we should be ashamed. Read more...
02 Jan UPS Touts Record Number of Package Returns This Holiday Season Some 1.4 million packages are expected to be sent back to retailers on Jan. 3, according to UPS Inc., which has dubbed the massive return-to-sender day “National Returns Day.” Read more...
02 Jan Outlook for US Corporate Earnings Is at a Six-Year High Wall Street doesn’t think corporate America will have a hard time coming up with those employee bonuses that were promised after taxes were slashed. Read more...
02 Jan Rollout of Active Steering in Trucking Draws Near Active steering is steadily moving beyond the prototype stage and is expected to become available in commercial trucks within the next couple of years. Read more...
02 Jan Passenger Cars Could Point Path to Automated Steering in Trucks The passenger car market serves as an example of the kinds of automated steering systems truck makers will likely offer in the future. Read more...
02 Jan Global Manufacturers Strain to Keep Up With Faster World Economy Factories across the globe warned they are finding it increasingly hard to keep up with demand, potentially forcing them to raise prices as the world economy looks set to enjoy its strongest year since 2011. Read more...
02 Jan Philly’s Port Prepares for Further Growth: Bigger Ships, Expanded Cargoes, New Cranes At the Port of Philadelphia, two harbor cranes, as large as any in the world, will arrive in early March. Read more...
02 Jan Diesel Forward, H.G. Makelim Heavy Duty Division Merge Diesel engine parts distributors Diesel Forward and H.G. Makelim Co.’s Heavy Duty division merged Dec. 18 in a pairing that will expand the geographic reach of the firms. Read more...
01 Jan Crossword Puzzle Solution January 1, 2018 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the January 1, 2018 print edition. Read more...