22 Aug Electric Trucks Face Long Road to Unseat Diesel Engines The next battleground for replacing fossil fuel-guzzling vehicles will be U.S. interstate highways, where longhaul trucks keep the economy moving. Read more...
22 Aug Missouri Carrier CFI Embraces Veterans, Women as Drivers If you see an eye-catching new big rig on the interstate, you might be able to thank a Joplin trucking company for it. Read more...
22 Aug The Nine: Cochran Leads Strong Showing of NTDC’s Women Competitors The course walkthrough on the final round of the 81st National Truck Driving Championships on Aug. 18 in Columbus, Ohio, consisted of 45 men and one woman. Read more...
22 Aug Lyft Driverless Cars Top 5,000 Rides in Las Vegas Lyft driverless cars have provided more than 5,000 rides to passengers on the Las Vegas Strip since May. Read more...
22 Aug FMCSA Plans to Continue to Reduce Commercial Vehicle Registration Fees in 2019, 2020 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has posted a proposed rule that would continue to reduce commercial vehicle registration fees in 2019 and 2020, the agency said in an Aug. 21 Federal Register announcement. Read more...
21 Aug Uber Freight Launches Shipper Platform Uber Freight has introduced a technology platform for shippers to connect with drivers and small fleets hauling freight via its load-matching mobile app. Read more...
21 Aug Tonnage Index Increases 1.9% in July, ATA Reports American Trucking Associations’ seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 1.9% in July, a turnaround from the 0.5% decrease in June, the federation announced Aug. 21. Read more...
21 Aug UPS Teamsters Leadership in Louisville Votes Against Tentative Agreement for Drivers, Freight Divisions International Brotherhood of Teamsters shop stewards with Louisville, Ky.-based Local 89 have voted overwhelmingly against the tentative five-year agreement negotiated earlier this summer between UPS Inc. and the union, according to union officials who spoke with Transport Topics. Read more...
21 Aug China Shipowners Stop Hauling Iranian Oil as US Sanctions Near China’s shipowners are shunning Iran’s oil, while the OPEC producer is using its own tankers to supply top customers as impending U.S. sanctions threaten to disrupt global crude trade. Read more...
21 Aug FMCSA Seeks Industry Comment on Several Potential HOS Changes Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials have issued a proposal that seeks comment on several possible changes to the agency’s hours-of-service rule, ranging from how to increase driver or workday time in adverse driving conditions to revising the current mandatory 30-minute driver break after eight hours of continuous driving. Read more...