29 May UPS Plans Rate Hike for Heavy Freight as E-Commerce Volume Grows UPS Inc. will increase its over-the-maximum limits and the oversize pallet-handling surcharge to $650 from $500 beginning June 4. Read more...
29 May Old Dominion Opens $10 Million Facility in Central Florida Greg Gantt, CEO of Old Dominion Freight Line threw a homecoming party in Lakeland, Fla., on May 24, and he came with a $10 million gift. Read more...
29 May Funds From Volkswagen Diesel Scandal to Pay for Zero-Emission Trucks in California State officials figure the Volkswagen diesel emissions testing scandal added an extra 10,000 tons of noxious nitrogen oxide to California’s air. To make up for it, the state will use $423 million of Volkswagen penalty money to cut the same amount of nitrogen oxide by subsidizing the purchase of zero-emission trucks, buses and other vehicles. Read more...
29 May Used Truck Sales Rise 9% in April Used truck sales in April reached 22,900, up 9% from 21,000 in the same month in 2017, according to ACT Research Co.’s industrywide estimate. Read more...
29 May HOS Rules Relaxed as Subtropical Storm Moves Through Southeast Hours-of-service rules are being relaxed in seven states as Subtropical Storm Alberto bears down on the Southeast. Read more...
29 May Fatal Uber Crash Sheds Light on Use of Thermal Imaging Since the Uber accident in March, autonomous car researchers’ eyes have been opening to the need to teach robots how to drive in the dark and avoid people who wander into the road. Read more...
29 May C.R. England to Spend $11 Million on Driver Pay Raises C.R. England Inc. will raise the pay of its over-the-road drivers with an increase tallying about $11 million annually. The carrier said it is the largest driver compensation increase in the firm’s 98-year history and will impact about 60% of its drivers. Read more...
29 May Free Market vs. Subsidies at Heart of Brazil Truckers’ Strike Brazilian cabinet ministers on May 28 called on truckers to end a crippling eight-day strike that has led to major shortages and disruptions in Latin America’s largest nation, saying the government had gone as far as it could to meet their demands. Read more...
29 May Canadian National Railway Chief Sees Capital Spending on ‘High Side’ Again in 2019 Canadian National Railway Co. will likely top C$3 billion ($2.3 billion) in capital spending for the second straight year in 2019 as it aims to speed up trains and capture rising demand for freight such as grain and crude oil, its top executive said. Read more...
28 May Crossword Puzzle Solution May 28, 2018 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the May 28, 2018 print edition. Read more...