23 Jan Japan Exports Sink 3.8% in December, Hit by China Slowdown TOKYO — Japan’s exports fell 3.8% in December from a year earlier, hit by slowing demand in China, as the trade balance shifted back into deficit for the year, the Japanese government reported Jan. 23. Read more...
23 Jan In Week 5 of Shutdown, Votes Set Up Political Test for Senate WASHINGTON — Senate leaders agreed to hold votes this week on dueling proposals to reopen shuttered federal agencies, forcing a political reckoning for senators grappling with the longest shutdown in U.S. history: Side with President Donald Trump or vote to temporarily end the shutdown and keep negotiating. Read more...
23 Jan TransForce Expands Into Driver Training With Acquisition of The CDL School TransForce Inc. is making another acquisition, but this time it is not buying a rival driver staffing agency. Read more...
23 Jan Waymo Announces Plan for Autonomous-Vehicle Factory in Michigan LANSING, Mich. — Google self-driving car spinoff Waymo said Jan. 22 that it will bring a factory to Michigan, creating up to 400 jobs at what it describes as the world’s first plant “100%” dedicated to the mass production of autonomous vehicles. Read more...
23 Jan ATA Truck Tonnage Index Has Best Year in 20 Years Truck tonnage closed out 2018 on a 20-year high with an annual increase of 6.6%, American Trucking Associations announced. Read more...
23 Jan XPO Accepts Violation in Fatal Accident Involving Granite Slabs XPO Logistics has agreed to accept a serious violation and pay a fine of more than $10,000 in connection with a June 25 accident that claimed the lives of two workers. Read more...
23 Jan Cummins X12 Engine Available in Western Star 4700 Cummins Inc. announced its X12 engine, which weighs only 2,050 pounds, is available in Western Star 4700 straight trucks and tractors. Read more...
23 Jan Developers Seek to Advance Truck Platooning Through Higher Automation, Global Demonstrations WASHINGTON — Truck platooning has not yet advanced beyond the testing and development stage, but proponents and developers of the technology continue to explore ways to eventually deploy it in real-world freight operations. Read more...
23 Jan Despite Record Revenue, 2018 Kansas City Southern Earnings Fall Short of Expectations Kansas City Southern, the smallest of the Class 1 railroads in North America, reported record fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 financial results on Jan. 18. Read more...
23 Jan Autonomous Technology Promises Safety Benefits, TRB Speakers Say WASHINGTON — While the debut of automated vehicles in the marketplace remains years away, the technology already available has the potential of improving safety for commercial drivers, officials and experts at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board here said. Read more...