30 Jan Able Moving & Storage Acquires My Truck Buddy Able Moving & Storage has acquired assets of My Truck Buddy in a transaction between Virginia moving companies. Read more...
30 Jan Job Market Off to Healthy Start in January Companies added more workers than forecast to U.S. payrolls in January, signaling a healthy start to the year for the job market despite the partial government shutdown. Read more...
30 Jan ELD Era Brings Fleets, Shippers Toward More Collaboration, Experts Say The advent of ELDs is influencing how carriers and shippers work together to control costs, deploy capacity, design networks, offer and charge for services, make capital investments, recruit and assign drivers and leverage new technology. Read more...
30 Jan Growth of Electric Vehicles Could Jeopardize Iowa’s Road Fund In about 20 years, the growing use of electric vehicles could take a quarter-billion-dollar-a-year hit on a state fund relied upon to finance better roads, the Iowa Department of Transportation said Jan. 29. Read more...
30 Jan Opinion: Using Analytics to Help Retain Drivers Key variables can be analyzed using machine learning to predict a driver’s risk of leaving a company, and insights from those data points can provide — and prescribe — recommendations on what type of intervention is needed, says Chris Orban of Trimble. Read more...
30 Jan Goodyear Says Range of New Steer Tire Endurance LHS Is Up 25% Over Previous Model GRAPEVINE, Texas — Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. said its recently introduced steer tire addresses concerns fleets expressed with an earlier model designed for the same application. Read more...
30 Jan Self-Driving Truck Startup Embark Releases Performance Data Self-driving truck startup Embark has issued a voluntary report on the performance of its automated trucks, providing a more detailed look at its testing process and the current capabilities of its technology. Read more...
30 Jan C.H. Robinson Worldwide 4Q Revenue, Profits Beat Analysts’ Estimates Freight broker and produce distributor C.H. Robinson Worldwide turned in better-than-expected financial results in the fourth quarter of 2018, posting strong gains in revenue and higher profits across nearly all of its business lines, easing concern from some investors about a deceleration in freight shipments in the year ahead. Read more...
29 Jan FHWA Nominee Nicole Nason Says All Options on the Table for Infrastructure Funding WASHINGTON — When policymakers craft their next transportation reauthorization bill, they should consider every available tool that would result in long-term funding for infrastructure projects, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Highway Administration told a Senate panel Jan. 29. Read more...
29 Jan Fleets Seek Aftermarket Companies That Are Easy to Do Business With LAS VEGAS — Fleet executives are standardizing parts ordering and maintenance procedures as they deal with truck equipment that is increasingly complex and costly. Read more...