19 Sep ZF Pushes Ahead With Vehicle Electrification, Autonomy Commercial vehicle supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG announced it would spend 12 billion euros over the next five years on its e-mobility and autonomous driving technologies aimed at a logistics industry in need of new vehicles to deal with rising delivery volumes and clean air issues. Read more...
19 Sep Arizona DOT Sells Land to Fund I-10 Widening The Arizona Department of Transportation recently completed the largest sale of excess property in the agency’s history to help fund an interstate widening project. Read more...
19 Sep August Housing Construction Up 9.2%, But Permits Slide WASHINGTON — U.S. home construction rebounded in August at the fastest pace in seven months, but applications for new building permits plunged, sending mixed signals for an industry that has been struggling with rising lumber costs. Read more...
19 Sep FedEx Freight’s Phillip Pinter Captures TMC SuperTech Grand Champion Honors ORLANDO, Fla. — FedEx Freight technician Phillip Pinter earned the title of 2018 TMC SuperTech Grand Champion during the fall meeting here of American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council. Read more...
19 Sep California Logistics Firm to Pay $3.5 Million in Back Wages, Benefits The U.S. Department of Labor said logistics firm California Cartage Co. will pay $3.5 million to nearly 1,500 warehouse workers, after investigators found the Long Beach company failed to pay wages and benefits required under federal law. Read more...
19 Sep AAR Announces Ian Jefferies to Succeed Current President, CEO Edward Hamberger The Association of American Railroads has announced that a new president will take the reins at the start of next year. Read more...
19 Sep Senate’s Turn to Vote on Water Infrastructure Package The U.S. Senate is expected to take up as early as this month House-passed legislation that would authorize projects designed to improve infrastructure at ports, harbors and waterways, as well as boost flood protection programs. Read more...
19 Sep FedEx Freight’s Phil Pinter Captures TMC SuperTech Grand Champion Honors ORLANDO, Fla. — Phil Pinter, a technician with FedEx Freight from Ida, Mich., bested 95 other finalists in the TMC SuperTech heavy-duty division Sept. 18 to claim the title of Grand Champion. Read more...
18 Sep Dave Manning Honored With IANA’s Silver Kingpin Award LONG BEACH, Calif. — Dave Manning, president of TCW Transportation and chairman of American Trucking Associations, received the 2018 Silver Kingpin Award from the Intermodal Association of North America during the IANA Intermodal Expo 2018. Read more...
18 Sep Senate Passes Bill Requiring HHS to Explain Delays in Hair-Testing Guidelines The Senate has passed legislation with a provision that would require the Department of Health and Human Services to provide an explanation for a 21-month delay in issuing mandatory federal hair testing guidelines for safety-sensitive transportation employees such as truck drivers. Read more...