18 Feb 2021 Farm Exports to China Will Approach Record The value of U.S. farm exports to China will touch $31.5 billion in the federal fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the highest ever, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Feb. 18 in a report. Read more...
18 Feb House Democrats Ready to Address Climate Crisis, Pallone Says Power outages in Texas and recent severe weather events around the country justify congressional Democrats’ policy directives on climate change, the chairman of the influential Energy and Commerce Committee said. Read more...
18 Feb Daimler Posts Income Increase, Revenue Dip in Q4 Daimler AG reported a dip in revenue and a gain in net income in the fourth quarter compared with a net loss a year earlier. Read more...
18 Feb Reliance Partners Adds Borderless Coverage to Portfolio Trucking insurance company Reliance Partners has acquired Borderless Coverage, a North American cross-border supply chain insurance provider. Read more...
18 Feb Democrats Put Biden Stimulus on 10-Day Fast Track for House Vote The House is aiming to vote Feb. 26 on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, as Democrats pivot quickly to their top priorities after Donald Trump’s impeachment trial ended in acquittal. Read more...
18 Feb Experts Warn of Spiking DEF Prices Prices for the diesel exhaust fluid that is a vital component of emissions systems on newer trucks are rising as costs for urea — a core DEF ingredient — have jumped. Read more...
18 Feb DTNA’s Outgoing CEO Roger Nielsen Reflects on Industry’s Transformation Roger Nielsen’s four years as CEO of Daimler Trucks North America coincided with a time of rapid change in the commercial vehicle industry, highlighted by the introduction of electric-powered trucks and the continued advance of automated driving and connected vehicle technologies. Read more...
18 Feb Allison, Dana Both Find Room for Optimism in Q4 Results Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. reported lower net income and revenue while Dana Inc. posted lower net income and slightly increased revenue. Read more...
18 Feb EPA Steps Up Efforts to Catch Emissions Tampering The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in its second year of a four-year enforcement effort to catch truckers who are installing emissions defeat devices or otherwise tampering with emissions systems. Read more...
18 Feb Pandemic Forces Cancellation of NTDC for Second Consecutive Year For the second summer in a row, the National Truck Driving Championships & National Step Van Driving Championships are being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...