14 May As Canadian ELD 'Progressive Enforcement Period' Nears, Expert Urges Training Although no devices have been approved for drivers, Canada’s electronic logging device mandate is less than a month away and fleets should prepare accordingly. Read more...
14 May Transport Topics Collects Two National Awards From ASBPE Transport Topics captured national honors in two categories May 13 as the American Society of Business Publication Editors announced its 2021 Azbee winners. Read more...
14 May Embark Trucks Add HP to Partner Development Program Self-driving truck technology developer Embark Trucks Inc. announced HP Inc. is joining its partner development program to test and deploy autonomous freight and provide data and feedback to Embark. Read more...
14 May Gas Crunch From Cyberattack Intensifies in Nation’s Capital Gas shortages at the pumps are spreading from the South to the Mid-Atlantic states, where Virginia and the District of Columbia have become some of the hardest hit areas after a cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline. Read more...
14 May Retail Sales Flat in April as Stimulus Spending Wanes NEW YORK — Retail sales in the U.S. were flat in April, after soaring in March, when many Americans received $1,400 stimulus checks that boosted spending. Read more...
14 May Canadian National Increases Offer to Seal Deal for Kansas City Southern Canadian National Railway appears to be the front-runner to acquire Kansas City Southern Railroad after the KCS Board of Directors on May 13 declared CN has presented a “superior proposal” to an earlier offer from Canadian Pacific to purchase the U.S.-based railway. Read more...
14 May EV Startups Lose More Than $40 Billion After Taking SPAC Route Public At their highs, five electric vehicle startups that went public through mergers with special purpose acquisition companies were worth $60 billion. The corrections that followed have been brutal. Read more...
14 May Manufacturing Output Increased in April for a Second Month U.S. manufacturing output rose in April by slightly more than expected, suggesting further improvement for factories that are otherwise buffeted by supply shortages and shipping challenges. Read more...
13 May Lawmakers Back $8 Billion for Electric USPS Vehicles House lawmakers advanced language authorizing $8 billion for the U.S. Postal Service to buy more electric vehicles as the agency modernizes its aging fleet. Read more...
13 May Polly Trottenberg Touts Biden’s Climate Change Agenda President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan would pave the way for programs that would address the impact severe weather events are having on certain ports, bridges, railways and transit systems, a senior transportation official told senators May 13. Read more...