06 Aug Continental Automotive Systems Lowers Prices on ELDs Continental Automotive Systems is cutting the prices of its electronic logging devices. Read more...
06 Aug Oil Industry Starts Eradicating Ship Fuel Supply Ahead of IMO Mandate Shippers beware: Oil refineries are starting to eradicate stockpiles of sulfur-rich fuel that powers the merchant fleet in anticipation of a demand collapse in fewer than 18 months. Read more...
06 Aug Penske Truck Leasing Announces Hawaii Expansion A second Penske Truck Leasing facility has opened in Hawaii, located on the west side of the island of Oahu in Kapolei, the company announced Aug. 1. Read more...
06 Aug California Grand Champion Hobie Eirich Conquers the 4-Axle If you do what you love for a living, you’ll never work a day in your life. Or so the adage goes. For Hobie Eirich of FedEx Freight, driving a 4-axle is a passion that has manifested into the highest honor in his home state of California. Read more...
06 Aug New Jersey Beverage Distributor Seeks 14-Hour Workday for Its Drivers Allied Beverage Group, a large New Jersey beverage distributor, has requested that the company’s shorthaul drivers utilizing the record of duty status exception be allowed to return to their work-reporting location within 14 hours instead of the usual 12 hours, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Aug. 3. Read more...
06 Aug GM to Hire Hackers to Find Bugs in Car Computers Highly computerized cars or trucks could mean consumers’ data is vulnerable or the driver safety might be endangered if car companies aren’t prepared to cut off at the pass any data breach or threat to cybersecurity. Read more...
06 Aug Toyota Introduces Version 2.0 of Zero-Emissions Class 8 Electric Truck Toyota’s new zero-emissions, hydrogen fuel cell Class 8 electric truck is a leap forward to creating a completely environmentally friendly vehicle that lowers air pollution especially around the nation’s ports. Read more...
06 Aug Dana Expands E-Commerce Aftermarket Platform Dana Inc. announced it is expanding its e-commerce platform, DanaAftermarket.com, to support customers in the European, Middle Eastern and African regions after recently launching the platform in the United States. Read more...
06 Aug Beemac Adds Alabama Terminal Flatbed carrier Beemac Trucking announced it opened a terminal in Birmingham, Ala., to better serve its growing customer demand. The company now has 28 terminals across North America. Read more...
06 Aug Oil Companies Fret as Congress Debates Russia Sanctions WASHINGTON — Oil and gas executives have watched wearily in recent years as the relationship between the United States and Russia deteriorated, steadily closing off their ability to drill the vast shale plays underlying Siberia and the deep-water oil fields off Russia’s Arctic coast. Read more...