14 Dec Stable Demand Lifts Class 8 Sales Past 17,000 Units in November U.S. retail Class 8 sales climbed in November, as analysts expected, and cleared 17,000 units for the third consecutive month, according to WardsAuto.com. Read more...
14 Dec Paccar Elects Harrie Schippers President Paccar Inc.’s board has elected Harrie Schippers president, effective Jan. 1. He will also retain his current post of chief financial officer. Read more...
14 Dec Federal Trucking Regulators to Detail Priorities for 2018 at TRB Federal trucking regulators will offer updates on their safety priorities and regulatory actions planned for 2018 during the Transportation Research Board’s annual conference, scheduled to take place Jan. 7-11 in Washington, D.C. Read more...
14 Dec U.S. Retail Sales Jump More Than Forecast in Broad Advance U.S. retail sales rose more than forecast in November and the previous month was revised higher, indicating a broad strengthening of consumer demand as the holiday shopping season got under way, according to Commerce Department figures released Dec. 14. Read more...
14 Dec Trump White House Ready for Infrastructure in January Congress and the Trump administration indicated they will finally debate infrastructure funding parameters with transportation leaders when the new year kicks off. Read more...
14 Dec UPS Says Deliveries Are Back to Normal After Shopping Surge United Parcel Service Inc. says it’s gotten deliveries under control after a surge of online shopping caused some delays following Thanksgiving. Read more...
14 Dec Truck Makers Recall Kidde Fire Extinguishers Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America are recalling certain models of Kidde fire extinguishers sold as accessories for use in their trucks, citing a potential risk in 37,367 vehicles. Read more...
14 Dec Nearly 39,000 CMV Drivers Cited or Warned During Safe Driver Week Law enforcement officers issued nearly 39,000 citations and warnings to commercial vehicle operators for bad driving behaviors during Operation Safe Driver Week in October, according to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. Read more...
14 Dec Daimler Recalls More Than 400,000 Trucks Over Potential Brake Light Issue Daimler Trucks North America announced it is recalling 436,095 heavy-duty trucks over a potential brake-light-related issue that could fail to alert trailing motorists to a braking event. Read more...
14 Dec 2017: A Year Spent Looking Ahead 2017 was a year of anticipation for the freight transportation industry, leading up to the long-awaited Dec. 18 mandate for broad adoption of electronic logging devices to track hours of service. Read more...