13 Jul UPS, Teamsters Reach Tentative Agreement for 11,000 Freight Workers UPS Inc. and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract that will cover an estimated 11,000 UPS Freight employees, the package delivery giant and union announced July 13. Read more...
13 Jul Brent Shull Becomes Kentucky's Grand Champion on His Worst Day Competing Imagine going through one of your worst performances ever in competition, in an event you selected because nobody else wanted it. And, when it’s all said and done, you leave the field as the big winner. Read more...
13 Jul Strick Offers New DuoPlug Strick Trailers announced its patent-pending DuoPlug will be installed on all its trailers beginning in September. DuoPlug is designed to allow moisture to escape while keeping debris out of the internal cavities of the upper coupler assembly on a trailer. Read more...
13 Jul TravelCenters of America Opens Retreading Facility in Ohio TravelCenters of America announced the grand opening of the TA Commercial Tire Network Retread Center, located in Bowling Green, Ohio. The 32,000-square-foot facility is part of the Goodyear Authorized Retread Network. Read more...
13 Jul US Expected to Become World’s Top Oil Producer Next Year The United States has nosed ahead of Saudi Arabia and is on pace to surpass Russia to become the world’s biggest oil producer for the first time in more than four decades. Read more...
13 Jul Trucking Company Owner Sentenced in Bribery Case Trucking company owner Orlinte Cruz was sentenced for bribing a state trooper for inspection decals. The judge sentenced him to a year in custody, with six months to be served in home confinement because she felt he could share "life lessons" with his community. Read more...
13 Jul Wabco Agrees to Sell Steering Components to OEM in India Wabco Holdings Inc. reached an agreement with Tata Motors, India’s largest vehicle manufacturer, to supply that original equipment manufacturer with hydraulic power steering systems for Tata’s new line of heavy-duty trucks. Read more...
13 Jul Exxon Quits Lobbying Group Backed by Fossil Fuel Interests Exxon Mobil Corp. quit the American Legislative Exchange Council, a lobbying group bankrolled by fossil fuel companies, after a disagreement over climate change policy. Read more...
13 Jul Competition Heats Up for Lidar Sensors in Autonomous Sector As the race to create robot cars intensifies, a secondary race is underway: a high-stakes competition to develop the sensors that serve as the cars’ “eyes.” Lidar, a light-sensing form of radar, provides vision for the vast majority of autonomous vehicles being developed, but now there are dozens of companies with different twists on it. Read more...
13 Jul Four Northeastern States Earn AASHTO Transportation Awards The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently announced which northeastern state departments of transportation have won awards for high-impact projects. Six projects representing four states — New Hampshire, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania — won America’s Transportation Awards. Read more...