20 Sep Self-Driving Trucks: A Reality Check No discussion of the future of the trucking industry is complete without considering the advance of automated driving technology, and how it might support the movement of freight in the years and decades ahead. Read more...
20 Sep Automated Trucking Levels Up After several years of fanfare and debate over when and how self-driving commercial vehicles would reach the market, early forms of this technology are beginning to become an option in new trucks. Read more...
20 Sep Imelda Rainfall Totals Almost 4 Feet in Houston Imelda’s rains largely have left Houston, but the city and the surrounding region are reeling from the fallout. Much of the area remains flooded, with homes and businesses damaged, hundreds of abandoned cars left on highways, water systems compromised and at least two people dead. Read more...
20 Sep Oil in London Set for Biggest Weekly Gain in Eight Months Oil in London was on track for its biggest weekly increase since January as traders waited to see whether Saudi Arabia can fulfill promises to swiftly repair critical facilities attacked last weekend. Read more...
20 Sep Senate Committee to Vote on Labor Nominee Eugene Scalia Sept. 24 A Senate panel on Sept. 24 will consider the nomination of Eugene Scalia to become Secretary of Labor in the Trump administration. Read more...
20 Sep Pronto Aims for 'Crash-Proof Trucks' CENTREVILLE, Va. —While some self-driving truck developers are focused on building a future when heavy-duty vehicles will operate autonomously on the highway, another startup has already begun to commercialize an automated driving system that it believes is market-ready today. Read more...
20 Sep Intermodal Works to Attract E-Commerce Shipments LONG BEACH, Calif. — Speed and visibility are two of the most important factors that can help those within the supply chain capture e-commerce market share, and intermodal is finding ways to be more competitive in the space, according to speakers at IANA Intermodal Expo 2019 here. Read more...
20 Sep UPS Announces New Uniforms for Drivers For nearly 100 years drivers at UPS Inc. have been known around the world by their brown uniforms. Now comes a newly designed uniform, and, yes, the iconic brown remains. Read more...
20 Sep Tech Startups Cite Progress on Path to Self-Driving Trucks Over the past year, startups working to commercialize highly automated heavy-duty trucks competed for more capital and engineers, and each pushed deeper into systems development. Read more...
19 Sep Experts Discuss Challenges and Opportunities of Drone Delivery Drones can offer an appealing alternative to traditional cargo delivery methods, according to Daniel Friedenzohn, associate dean of the College of Aviation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Read more...