15 Aug Colorado Revs Toward an Electric Car Future Faced with more people driving Colorado’s increasingly clogged roads and fouling air that’s flunking federal standards, state health officials this week embraced an alternative vision — that hundreds of thousands of drivers soon, if given options, will shift to zippier electric vehicles that don’t pollute and roll 300 miles on a charge. Read more...
15 Aug Iran Oil Tanker Released by Gibraltar as US Eyes Detention Iran is racing to return an oil supertanker to international waters after a Gibraltar court determined it couldn’t wait for the United States to take action that would prolong the six-week detention of the vessel for allegedly violating trade sanctions. Read more...
15 Aug FMCSA’s Ray Martinez Discusses HOS, Engagement, Training PITTSBURGH — Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration chief Ray Martinez encouraged members of the trucking industry to provide honest and detailed comments on the recently released notice of proposed rulemaking on hours-of-service regulations. Read more...
15 Aug Senators Tout VMT Absent Fix for Highway Trust Fund A $287 billion highway bill the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee easily advanced last month is notable for several big-picture proposals. Read more...
15 Aug Don Daseke Steps Down as CEO of Daseke Inc. Don Daseke, chairman and CEO of Daseke Inc., will retire from the company effective immediately. Read more...
15 Aug July Class 8 Sales Top 25,000 for Year’s Highest Volume U.S. Class 8 retail sales in July topped 25,000, the highest volume this year, and extended a string of year-over-year gains that began two years earlier, WardsAuto.com reported. Read more...
15 Aug Walmart Delivers in Second Quarter NEW YORK — Walmart raised its annual outlook after a strong second quarter for the world’s largest retailer, thanks in part to strong online grocery deliveries. Read more...
15 Aug Trucking Leaders Rally Crowd at NTDC Breakfast of Champions PITTSBURGH — American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear and other trucking industry leaders rallied the crowd of drivers and inspectors with a message of pride and professionalism at the Breakfast of Champions on Aug. 15, officially kicking off the 2019 National Truck Driving Championships. Read more...
15 Aug China Signals US Tariff Delay Not Enough to Stop Retaliation China called planned U.S. tariffs on an additional $300 billion in Chinese goods a violation of accords reached by Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, signaling an American move earlier this week to delay some of those levies was not enough to stave off retaliation. Read more...
15 Aug ‘Back-Loaded’ Hurricane Season Bearing Down on US Coast Don’t be lulled by a quiet June and July, the real Atlantic hurricane season is about to kick off. Read more...