27 Jul Illinois Leaders Unveil $21.3 Billion Infrastructure Plan Illinois Gov. Jay “J.B.” Pritzker recently announced a $21.3 billion plan to improve roads and bridges throughout the state. Read more...
27 Jul Mack Launches Initial Production of New Medium-Duty Models Mack Trucks reported initial production of its MD Series of medium-duty trucks has begun at its Roanoke Valley Operations facility in Salem, Va. Read more...
27 Jul Union Pacific Posts Profit, Revenue Declines in Q2 Class I railroad Union Pacific saw second-quarter income and revenue fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
27 Jul World’s Supply Chain May Not Be Ready for COVID-19 Vaccine The industries that shepherd goods around the world on ships and planes acknowledge they aren’t ready to handle the challenges of shipping an eventual COVID-19 vaccine from drugmakers to billions of people. Read more...
27 Jul Orders for Big-Ticket Manufactured Goods Jump 7.3% in June Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rose a solid 7.3% in June, the second big monthly gain as manufacturing tries to climb out of a spring slump triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
27 Jul Trailer-Tracking Unit Furthers VHub Telematics Integration Digital asset-sharing platform vHub announced that its integration of telematics offerings now includes the TrackLight taillamp GPS trailer-tracking solution from Anytrek and the 4W Telematics trailer tracking system. Read more...
27 Jul CSX Earnings Slump in Q2 Amid COVID-19 Pandemic CSX Corp. became the latest Class I freight railroad to report lower earnings because of the COVID-19 pandemic when it reported second-quarter results July 22. Read more...
24 Jul Mullen Reports Decline in Q2 Net Income Mullen Group Ltd. posted a second-quarter profit, albeit at a lower level than a year earlier, as it benefited from e-commerce shipments even as the motor carrier’s sales to the energy industry declined. Read more...
24 Jul Ryder Offers Workhorse Electric Step Van Workhorse Group Inc. announced Ryder System Inc. is offering the C-Series Workhorse all-electric step van and that Ryder will place the first group of Workhorse C 1000 vehicles through COOP. Read more...
24 Jul Penske to Add Another Freightliner eM2 in Southern California Penske Truck Leasing announced it is working with EnerSys to put another battery-electric, medium-duty Freightliner eM2 into service. Read more...