10 Aug FleetPride Acquires Long Island Truck Parts FleetPride Inc. announced it acquired the assets of Long Island Truck Parts, founded in 1972 and based in Medford, N.Y. Read more...
10 Aug Teamsters Union Approves Two Five-Year Pacts With UPS Local union leaders with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters which represents UPS Inc. and UPS freight workers approved on Aug. 9 two separate five-year national contracts. This paves the way for the 250,000 workers, including drivers, loaders, package sorters, dockworkers and operations team members and 11,000 freight workers to vote on the contacts in September. Read more...
10 Aug Utility Selects New Curtain for Trailers Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. announced the Kin-Sider from Kinedyne will be the new standard curtain installed on Utility’s Tautliner curtain-sided trailers. Read more...
10 Aug Trailer Makers Seek Timeline for Review of Phase 2 GHG Rule A trailer makers group is asking a federal appeals court to require that two federal agencies state when they plan to make a final decision on a 2016 Obama-era heavy-truck greenhouse gas rule. Whether revised or kept in place, the rule would regulate trailers for the first time. Read more...
10 Aug Loop’s Fuel Cell Range Extender to Be Evaluated in SoCal Loop Energy announced its heavy-duty fuel cell range extender will power two zero-emissions, hybrid-electric Class 8 drayage trucks as part of a fuel cell truck project in Southern California. Read more...
10 Aug Former Chief Tesla Vehicle Engineer Doug Field Returns to Apple Apple Inc. said it rehired Doug Field after the executive spent about five years at Tesla Inc. in charge of vehicle engineering. Read more...
10 Aug Ready for a Challenge? Take Our NTDC Quiz With NTDC 2018 here, we challenge you to take a brief quiz and test your basic knowledge of driver rules! Read more...
10 Aug Elaine Chao Announces New Orleans-Area INFRA Grant Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao recently joined Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) to formally announce the award of a $45 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grant to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Read more...
10 Aug In Times of Trade War, Companies Get Creative to Avoid Tariffs Facing the barrage of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, Steve Katz is ducking for cover in the trade-war version of a demilitarized zone. Read more...
09 Aug Americold Logistics Reports Improved Results in Second Quarter Americold Logistics reported improved financial results for the second quarter with revenue from its temperature-controlled warehousing operations growing 2.8% and profit margins expanding by 150 basis points, or 1.5%, compared with the same period a year ago. Read more...