13 Feb Self-Driving Truck Startups TuSimple, Ike Attract More Investment to Fuel Development Self-driving truck startups TuSimple and Ike both announced new funding in February to fuel the continued development of their automated driving systems for commercial vehicles. Read more...
12 Feb Opinion: Manage Driver Turnover by Avoiding the ‘Threats to Retention’ As everyone in the trucking industry knows, the driver shortage persists. With bonuses and incentives tempting drivers to come and go between motor carriers, retention can be a challenge. However, carriers can better manage this turnover by avoiding what Norris Beren calls “threats to retention.” Read more...
12 Feb Canada to Resume Publishing Trade Data Delayed by US Shutdown Canada’s statistics agency plans to resume publishing merchandise trade reports next month, after the end of a U.S. government shutdown that deprived it of export data. Read more...
12 Feb Does Your Business Belong on Our List of Top 50 Logistics Companies? There's only one way for your company to get itself ranked on our prestigious 2020 Top 50 Logistics company rankings or one of our sector lists: Fill out a nomination survey. Click here for the form. Read more...
12 Feb New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Calls Amazon’s HQ2 Jobs ‘Mission Critical’ Defending the incentive package to attract Amazon.com Inc.’s HQ2 to New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the prospect of the tech giant bringing tens of thousands of jobs to the area was “mission critical.” Read more...
12 Feb Daimler Expects Supply Chain Constraints to Continue in 2019 Daimler Trucks is not optimistic that supply chain constraints will improve anytime soon to clear up ongoing shortages that have interrupted commercial vehicle production over the past 12 to 18 months amid record demand. Read more...
12 Feb OPEC Sees Weaker Demand for Its Crude as US Oil Supply Thrives OPEC reduced its estimate for the amount of crude the world needs it to pump this year as U.S. production continues to thrive and the demand outlook falters. Read more...
12 Feb PennDOT Officials Assess 19 Responses on Truck Parking Solutions The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is reviewing industry responses to its request for input on the prospect of initiating a public-private partnership to help the state address its shortage of truck parking. Read more...
12 Feb Volvo Trucks Adds Upgrade for Ergonomic Workstations Volvo Trucks is offering an ergonomically advanced workstation as an option on its VNL 760, 740 and VNX 740 models. Read more...
12 Feb J.J. Keller to Offer Dash-Mounted Camera J.J. Keller will add video event hardware and management tools to its line of safety and compliance solutions beginning in April. Read more...