09 May American Factories Struggle to Increase Productivity The United States has added 1.2 million jobs in manufacturing over the past eight years. Before you cheer for the revival of American manufacturing, consider the reason for all that job growth: abysmal productivity performance. Read more...
09 May FHWA Launches Nationwide Initiative on Highway Automation The Federal Highway Administration will host a series of meetings throughout the remainder of the year that will bring government and private-sector representatives together over the topic of highway automation Read more...
09 May NPTC Elects Carol Heinowski Chair of Board of Directors Carol Heinowski, logistics manager and head of safety and compliance at Meijer Inc., was elected chairman of the National Private Truck Council at its Annual Education Management Conference and Exhibition in Cincinnati April 29-May 1. Read more...
09 May FedEx to Shift $6 Billion in Pension Obligations to MetLife FedEx Corp. is transferring $6 billion in U.S. pension obligations to MetLife Inc. to reduce administrative costs. Read more...
09 May Covenant Transport Pays $2,000 Bonuses to 44 Teams Covenant Transport handed out $88,000 in its new team bonus program last month to 44 teams that eclipsed the 60,000 miles together to earn the company’s new $2,000-per-team bonus. Read more...
09 May Trump Eyes Twice-Failed Legal Strategy to Fight California Regulations The Trump administration is preparing to battle California’s tough car pollution regulations using an approach that federal courts already have rejected. Twice. Read more...
08 May Cargo Ships May Switch to Diesel Fuel by 2020 A move to curtail emissions produced by cargo ships and cruise liners could in a few years put new pressure on prices and supplies of diesel fuel. Read more...
08 May Uber’s Self-Driving Software Reportedly Decided Not to React Before Fatal Collision Uber believes its self-driving software that chooses how to react when it detects objects in the roadway is the cause behind a fatal collision between one of its vehicles and a pedestrian. Read more...
08 May Trucks to Converge in Lancaster, Pa., for Mother’s Day Make-A-Wish Convoy More than 500 truck drivers and their tractor-trailer rigs are expected to converge on Lancaster, Pa., on May 13 for the 29th Annual Mother’s Day Truck Convoy to raise money for Make-A-Wish Philadelphia, Delaware & Susquehanna Valley. Read more...
08 May US Job Openings at Record, Almost Matching Unemployed Workers U.S. job openings surged to a record in March, putting vacancies at about par with the number of unemployed workers, Labor Department data showed May 8. Read more...