17 Jul Federal Regulators, Industry Leaders Review Autonomous Vehicles’ Potential The utilization of automated technology in trucks could prevent thousands of fatalities along the highways and offer benefits to the national economy, the chief federal trucking regulator said July 12. Read more...
17 Jul Marten Transport Income Rises 50% in 2Q Marten Transport reported a strong jump in profits and revenue in the second quarter, spurred by a rise in operating income at all four of its major divisions. Read more...
17 Jul Mexico Sees Chance to Finish NAFTA by Year’s End, Official Says There is a fair chance that North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations can wrap up by the end of the year, Mexico’s Ambassador to the U.S., Geronimo Gutierrez, said July 17. Read more...
17 Jul Amazon Rival Draws Battle Lines With Bronx Warehouse FreshDirect has figured out an important trick: how to make money delivering groceries. Read more...
17 Jul Inspired by Dad, Tennessee Grand Champion Phil Shelton Has Plenty Left in the Tank For Tennessee grand champion Phil Shelton, trucking runs in his blood. Shelton, of Walmart Transportation, finished first in the tank truck class and won the grand champion title at Tennessee’s trucking championships April 27-28, earning his third trip to nationals. Read more...
17 Jul Environmental Groups Ask Court to End EPA Delay of Glider Truck Rule Environmental groups asked a federal court July 17 to stop the EPA from giving new trucks with rebuilt engines a break from meeting air pollution standards. Read more...
17 Jul Missouri’s Five-Year Transportation Plan Outlines Bridge and Road Maintenance Missouri transportation officials have unveiled plans to maintain existing roads and bridges and evaluate the potential for new ones across the state’s highway system over the next several years. Read more...
17 Jul FMCSA Outlines New Data Model to Be Tested in September Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials have withdrawn a slate of proposed “enhancements” to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program’s Safety Management System to make way for a small-scale test in September of a new statistical data model intended to better identify high-risk carriers. Read more...
17 Jul Lineage Raises $700 Million From Stake Sale to Stonepeak, D1 Lineage Logistics, which calls itself the fastest-growing provider of temperature-controlled services such as transportation and storage, sold a minority stake worth $700 million, according to its CEO and co-founder. Read more...
17 Jul UPS Begins Smart-Access Delivery in New York City Your packages are here, and you’re not. It’s all right — they’ll just let themselves in. Read more...