27 Jan Vipar Network Gains Indiana Parts Shop Vipar Heavy Duty has expanded its network of partner shops with the addition of Rowe Truck Equipment, the company announced Jan. 24. Read more...
27 Jan Honda, Others Evacuate Workers as Coronavirus Takes Its Toll on Industry Global companies including Honda Motor Co. and Groupe PSA are evacuating workers from areas of China hardest hit by a deadly viral outbreak. Read more...
27 Jan GM Confirms Detroit Plant Going All-Electric Next Year General Motors Co. affirmed plans to build electric pickups and SUVs at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant and scheduled the start of production for late next year. Read more...
27 Jan C.H. Robinson Launches Incubator Robinson Labs C.H. Robinson introduced C.H. Robinson Labs, an innovation incubator in which ideas in logistics and supply chain are created, tested and scaled to build solutions for customers and carriers, the company said in a Jan. 23 news release. Read more...
27 Jan Opponents of Texas Port LNG Terminals Inch Closer to Lawsuit Environmentalists and other opponents of three proposed liquefied natural gas export terminals at the Port of Brownsville are one step closer to filing a federal lawsuit to halt the projects after losing requests to have permit decisions reconsidered. Read more...
27 Jan SAF-Holland Adds to Customer Services With New Digital Catalog GRAPEVINE, Texas — SAF-Holland will relaunch its aftermarket parts-on-demand electronic catalog in a more comprehensive and user-friendly digital format, POD Plus. The company said the new catalog would be available to all of its distribution channel in the second quarter, calling it another step in SAF-Holland’s digital transformation. Read more...
27 Jan Moving Manatees, Elephants and Pandas Requires Careful Planning, Preparation DHL Express, FedEx and other companies specialize in arranging transportation for large animals, including manatees, pandas and elephants. Read more...
27 Jan Volvo Counting on Hybrid Cars to Pay Hefty CO2 Fines Volvo Car AB is counting on tripling sales of plug-in hybrid models this year as a way to avoid paying what could amount to hundreds of millions of euros in European penalties for the sale of its more polluting yet popular combustion-engine SUVs. Read more...
24 Jan Walmart Asks Appeals Court to Reconsider Decision to Award Drivers Back Pay Attorneys for Walmart Inc. have asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its ruling that affirmed a district court’s judgment that the company must pay a court-certified class of its California truck drivers more than $54 million in back pay mostly for layovers, but also some rest breaks and pre-trip and post-trip inspections. Read more...
24 Jan Celadon Reaches Deal to Sell Taylor Express for $14.5 Million An agreement has been reached to sell the last remaining operating trucking company, Taylor Express, that is part of the now-bankrupt Celadon Group of Indianapolis. Read more...