11 Sep Schneider Uses AI to Improve Estimated Arrival Times Schneider has leveraged artificial intelligence to develop a proprietary tracking application programming interface, called ETAi, intended to provide more accurate arrival times to freight customers compared with tracking aggregators. Read more...
11 Sep Oil Services Should Prepare for Recession, Rystad Warns The oil services sector will contract in 2020 as producers cut spending in response to lower crude prices, ending three years of growth, according to Rystad Energy. Read more...
11 Sep Phillips Connect Technologies Debuts Two Tracking Devices Phillips Connect Technologies has unveiled two tracking devices intended for a trailer or chassis. Read more...
11 Sep GM Strike Risk at 12-Year High With Weekend Deadline Approaching Union leaders from General Motors Co. factories across the country are flying into Detroit this weekend to either agree to take a proposed labor contract offered by the automaker to their members for a vote, or go on strike. Read more...
11 Sep Employees of Closed Carrier LME Are Losing Hope They'll Get Paid Two months after less-than-truckload carrier LME of New Brighton, Minn., abruptly shut down, former employees told Transport Topics that they have not received back pay and bonuses they were promised, and fear they may never see this money. Read more...
11 Sep Wholesale Prices Up 0.1% in August WASHINGTON — U.S. wholesale prices edged up a slight 0.1% in August as energy prices took a big plunge, a further sign that inflation is remaining tame. Read more...
10 Sep NACFE Names Drivers for Regional Run on Less Showcase Ten regional-haul drivers, whose experience ranges from one year to 42 years, will participate in the Regional Run on Less fuel efficiency roadshow from Oct. 7 through Oct. 25, the North American Council for Freight Efficiency announced Sept. 10. Read more...
10 Sep Cities Need ‘Sophisticated Urban Freight Policies,’ Report Says Officials aiming to facilitate the flow of freight amid advancements in autonomous vehicle technologies need policies designed to reduce the frequency of freight trips while enhancing safety, a new report by the National Association of City Transportation Officials concluded. Read more...
10 Sep Canadian National Railway Acquires Canada, New York Line Canadian National Railway will take over about 220 miles of railroad throughout Canada and Upstate New York in a deal that could affect about 60 positions. Read more...
10 Sep US House Approves DERA Grants Legislation Legislation that would reauthorize a grant program meant to improve air quality by reducing diesel emissions was advanced by the U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 9. Read more...