23 Oct Navistar Announces Price Increases, New Services ORLANDO, Fla. — Navistar International Corp. announced price increases of up to 2% for its model-year 2019 vehicles, citing rising commodity prices. The price increases may affect all product lines and classes of trucks and don’t single out Class 8 trucks. Read more...
23 Oct Driver Shortage Returns to Top of ATRI’s Survey of Critical Industry Issues ORLANDO, Fla. — The driver shortage has regained its status as the trucking industry’s most pressing concern for the first time since 2006, American Transportation Research Institute reported. Read more...
22 Oct ‘Item Response Theory’ Model Has Potential to Reduce Crashes, FMCSA Says ORLANDO, Fla. — A new complex statistical model that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is exploring would utilize data to measure a motor carrier’s “safety culture,” rather than attempt to predict its likelihood of a crash, a top agency official said. Read more...
22 Oct Industry Awaits $1 Trillion Infrastructure Funding Plan to Modernize Roads, ATA Official Says ORLANDO, Fla. — The Trump administration’s plan to boost funding for freight corridors and modernize outdated infrastructure would benefit the commercial transportation sector, a senior official with American Trucking Associations said during a seminar at the group’s annual conference Oct. 22. Read more...
22 Oct Autonomy Could Transform Trucking’s Future, Former GM Exec Says ORLANDO, Fla. — Autonomous trucks could give rise to a future in which 90% of crashes are eliminated and transportation becomes dramatically more productive and cost effective, technology expert Larry Burns told industry executives here. Read more...
22 Oct Help Launches ELD and Weigh Station Apps ORLANDO, Fla. — Help Inc. announced two new apps — one in the crowded electronic logging device field, and another as a mobile weigh station bypass app. Read more...
22 Oct Twelve Chosen for Fifth LEAD ATA Class ORLANDO, Fla. — American Trucking Associations named its fifth class to the LEAD ATA industry leadership program and announced the graduation of the fourth class during the annual ATA Management Conference & Exhibition. Read more...
22 Oct Lytx Upgrades Rair to Meet ELD Mandate ORLANDO, Fla. — Lytx has upgraded its Rair Compliance Services program so clients can better meet the looming electronic logging device mandate, the video-based safety services vendor announced Oct. 22 at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition. Read more...
22 Oct New U.S. Bank Indexes Track Freight Shipping and Spending ORLANDO, Fla. — Freight spending jumped in the third quarter despite a slowdown in shipment as businesses were hit by the impact of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, according to the U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index, a new quarterly gauge that tracks the health of the shipping industry. Read more...
22 Oct Three Fleets Capture ATA’s President’s Award ORLANDO, Fla. — American Trucking Associations on Oct. 22 announced several of the industry’s top honors at the association’s Leadership and Awards Luncheon at its annual Management Conference & Exhibition. Read more...