30 Aug China's Shenzhen Quietly Emerges as Megacity With Electric-Vehicle Focus The shift to electric vehicles that China has been pushing more than any other country has put Shenzhen at the leading edge of something unprecedented: the quieter city Read more...
30 Aug Aperia Offers Chrome Wheel Cover Option Aperia Technologies Inc., a supplier of tire-inflation technologies for commercial vehicle tractors and trailers, announced the release of a new chrome cover for the Halo Tire Inflator. Read more...
30 Aug Drowning in Dirty Water, Permian Seeks $22 Billion Lifeline In the dry, dusty plains of West Texas, home to America’s most prolific oil play, the problem isn’t too little water, it’s too much of it. Read more...
29 Aug FMCSA Making Progress as It Evaluates Possible CSA Changes, but Concerns Linger Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials held their first public meeting Aug. 30 to drill down on portions of their action plan to evaluate possible sweeping future changes to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program’s Safety Measurement System used to identify motor carriers at high risk for future crashes. Read more...
29 Aug Pioneering Tanker Driver's Passing Mourned by Alaska Trucking Community Joy Wiebe, a Dalton Highway veteran said to be the only woman driving fuel tankers to Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay oil fields, died in a rollover crash early on Aug. 24. Read more...
29 Aug Investors Keep Flocking to US Infrastructure, Even Without a Trump Plan IFM Investors has raised almost $500 million for its first debt fund dedicated to U.S. infrastructure even as the Trump administration has yet to move ahead with its own infrastructure plan. Read more...
29 Aug Peterbilt Factory Installs Aero Devices for P.A.M. P.A.M. Transportation Services is beginning to take delivery of 550 new Peterbilt Motors Co. trucks that the manufacturer will factory install with FlowBelow Tractor AeroKits, the aftermarket supplier announced. Read more...
29 Aug Maersk Sees Fuel Bill Soaring by $2 Billion From 2020 Rules A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping line, said adhering to stricter environmental standards could add at least $2 billion to its annual fuel bill from 2020. Read more...
29 Aug Canada Aims for NAFTA Deal This Week, but ‘Huge’ Work Remains Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government is trying to reach agreement this week with the United States to update the North American Free Trade Agreement, but it won’t sacrifice its goal of getting the “right deal.” Read more...
29 Aug Four Reasons Why Shoppers Are in the Mood to Spend NEW YORK — The store isn’t dead for Home Depot, Kohl’s, Best Buy or Target. Many traditional chains have posted strong sales, both online and at stores, as people are in a mood to spend. Read more...