17 Aug FedEx Freight's Scott Woodrome Repeats as NTDC Grand Champion PITTSBURGH — For the first time in 20 years, a driver has won top honors at the National Truck Driving Championships two years in a row. Read more...
17 Aug NTDC Finalists Maneuver Through Tricky Course PITTSBURGH — Finalists encountered a creative, fast-paced course during the last competitive event of the National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships. Read more...
16 Aug Amazon Tests ‘Top Brand’ Label for Some Big-Name Fashion Sellers Amazon.com Inc. is designating products sold by certain companies as “top brands,” a test that if widely implemented could ease tension between the online retail giant and big-name companies used to favorable positioning at brick-and-mortar retailers. Read more...
16 Aug USDOT Appoints Mala Parker Acting Deputy Administrator of FHWA Mala Parker’s portfolio at the Federal Highway Administration will include the role of acting deputy administrator, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Aug. 15. Read more...
16 Aug China Ramps Up Brazil Soybean Imports, Rebuffing US Crops China is stepping up its soybean buying in Brazil as growers in Argentina continue to hoard and the Asian nation avoids American oilseed after an escalation in trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. Read more...
16 Aug NTDC Day 2: Course Hard, but Spirits High PITTSBURGH — The second day of regular competition at the National Truck Driving Championships, which presented drivers with a demanding course, wound to a close Aug. 16. Read more...
16 Aug Cass: Freight Shipments Down 5.9% in July, and GDP Could Be Next A nationwide economic contraction, not just a freight recession, could arrive soon, according to Cass Information Systems’ July freight report. Read more...
16 Aug Convoy Partners With TMS Provider BluJay Convoy, a nationwide digital freight network, announced a partnership with BluJay Solutions, a leading supply chain software and service provider. Read more...
16 Aug Mack, Noregon Partner on Dynamic Maintenance Service Mack Trucks announced a new service called dynamic maintenance for connected vehicles. Read more...
16 Aug Expansion Needed to Keep up With Growth at Port Manatee PORT MANATEE, Fla. — It may cost as much as $127 million over the next five years, and $500 million over the next 20 years, to build the facilities to keep up with growth at Port Manatee. Read more...