30 Apr Mumbai Cargo Company Allcargo Logistics Wants to Build an Uber for Shipping Allcargo Logistics Ltd. is emulating Uber Technologies Inc. to boost its business of sharing marine containers. Read more...
30 Apr Trucker Wanders Oregon Woods for Four Days Because of GPS Fail LA GRANDE, Ore. — A trucker who was missing for four days in a snow-covered part of Oregon after his GPS mapping device sent him up the wrong road walked 36 miles and emerged safely from a remote and rugged region of the state. Read more...
30 Apr Marathon to Buy Andeavor in $23.3 Billion Oil-Refining Deal Marathon Petroleum Corp. agreed to buy rival oil refiner Andeavor for $23.3 billion in a deal that would create the largest independent fuel maker in the United States. Read more...
30 Apr Pentagon Might Obtain Self-Driving Vehicles First Forget Uber, Waymo and Tesla: The next big name in self-driving vehicles could be the Pentagon. Read more...
30 Apr Speedee Acquires Vancouver Carrier Russell Freightways Speedee Rolls Right, an operating unit of Vancouver, British Columbia-based Speedee Transport that provides trucking and warehousing services in western Canada, has purchased Russell Freightways from owner Bruce Russell. Read more...
30 Apr Fully Electric Mack Refuse Model to Operate in New York City Mack Trucks North America plans to have a fully electric Mack LR refuse model equipped with an integrated Mack electric drivetrain operating in North America in 2019. Read more...
30 Apr M&K Truck Centers Promotes Pilecki to President Truck dealership M&K Truck Centers promoted Ted Pilecki to president, effective immediately. Read more...
30 Apr Boxwheel Trailer Leasing Secures Equipment Financing Recently formed Boxwheel Trailer Leasing announced it has received a significant capital investment from Crosstimbers Capital Group. Read more...
30 Apr HDA Truck Pride Adds Turbo Solutions to Network HDA Truck Pride announced Turbo Solutions has joined its distribution network as a provider of remanufactured turbochargers. Read more...
30 Apr City Furniture Orders Five Tesla Semis City Furniture preordered five Tesla Semis, the electric-powered Class 8 truck that has received orders from such firms as DHL Supply Chain, FedEx Corp., J.B. Hunt Transport Services, UPS Inc. and Walmart Inc. Read more...