14 Oct Cummins Set to Produce 2021 EPA-Compliant On-Highway Engines Jan. 1 Cummins Inc. announced its 2021 heavy-duty X12 and X15 series engines that are Environmental Protection Agency emissions-compliant are in limited production with full production scheduled for Jan. 1. Read more...
14 Oct VW’s Traton Unit Sets Deadline for Navistar to Accept Offer Volkswagen AG’s heavy-truck division set a deadline for Navistar International Corp. to accept its takeover bid, ratcheting up pressure on the U.S. manufacturer to decide on a $3.6 billion deal. Read more...
14 Oct Wisconsin Leaders Allocate $129 Million in Aid for Local Governments Wisconsin officials announced $129.6 million in transportation aid has been directed to local government agencies. Read more...
14 Oct DHL Supply Chain Helps to Bolster Operations at Manheim Logistics DHL Supply Chain detailed Oct. 13 how it plans to use its technology and resources to help bolster operations at Manheim Logistics. Read more...
14 Oct Vaccine Cargo Cavalry Sizes Up Readiness of Historic Airlift The medical industry’s dash to produce the world’s first coronavirus vaccines in just a few months is heightening the urgency for the workhorses of global trade to be ready for the historic charge to defeat the disease. Read more...
14 Oct DOD Contractors Face Oct. 23 Deadline to Purge Chinese Tech The U.S. Department of Defense has issued a reminder to defense contractors that they have until Oct. 23 to certify they are not using the technologies of five Chinese providers suspected of hacking into sensitive government files. Read more...
14 Oct UPS, FedEx Face Stress Test From Amazon’s ‘Christmas Creep’ FedEx Corp. and UPS Inc. are girding for their biggest test yet in the e-commerce era, with “Christmas Creep” pushing the holiday shopping season ever earlier and stretching the limits of shipping networks already strained by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
13 Oct Diesel Average Nudges Up to $2.395 a Gallon for First Gain in Six Weeks The national average price of diesel increased for the first time in six weeks, inching up eight-tenths of a cent to $2.395 a gallon, according to weekly data released by the Energy Information Administration on Oct. 13. Read more...
13 Oct Nearly 1,000 Boeing Plane Orders Are Lost or in Doubt Boeing Co. is nearing 1,000 scrapped or impaired jetliner orders this year, failing to notch any sales in September, as the long 737 Max grounding and the coronavirus pandemic extended their toll. Read more...
13 Oct Trump, Republicans Divided on Stimulus as Pelosi Demands Revamp Prospects for U.S. fiscal stimulus before Election Day dimmed on Oct. 13, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanding the White House revamp its latest offer and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell pushing a smaller-scale strategy that Pelosi quickly rejected. Read more...