10 Oct UPS Starting Negotiations on Massive Teamsters Contracts UPS says it has started contract talks with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on new collective bargaining agreements covering 250,000 workers. Read more...
10 Oct Truckstop.com Launches Spot Rate Forecasting Tool Truckstop.com, in partnership with the research firm FTR, launched Rate Forecasting, a tool that projects spot market rates by balancing seasonal, geographic, random, economic, regulatory and permanent trends with deep statistical modeling. Read more...
10 Oct Tesla’s Model 3 Bottlenecks Delay Unveiling of Semi-Truck Tesla Inc. pushed back the reveal of its semi-truck by three weeks as CEO Elon Musk focuses on boosting production of the cheaper sedan that the electric-car maker is counting on to dramatically increase sales. Read more...
10 Oct Lawmakers Seek Industry Input on Infrastructure Plan Missouri’s chief of transportation will join manufacturing and construction executives to share their perspective with House lawmakers this week about infrastructure projects in need of funding. Read more...
10 Oct FHWA Grants Six States Money for Alternative Revenue Projects The Federal Highway Administration has divided $15.5 million between six states that are exploring alternative ways to fund highway and bridge projects. Read more...
10 Oct It’s No Use Honking. The Robot at the Wheel Can’t Hear You As auto accidents go, it wasn’t much: twelve minutes before noon on a cool June day, a Chevrolet Bolt was rear ended as it crawled from a stop light in downtown San Francisco. Read more...
10 Oct Delphi Asks Shareholders to Approve Name Change Delphi Automotive asked shareholders to approve changing the name of the company to Aptiv. Read more...
10 Oct FMCSA Grants Aim to Improve Safety, Streamline CDL Process The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s recent series of state-level grants will not only improve driver safety, but will also expedite the process of obtaining a commercial driver license, according to Tom Keane, director of the agency’s Office of Safety Programs. Read more...
09 Oct Ports of Seattle, Tacoma Face Chassis Shortage Truck drivers are facing a shortage of chassis to haul 40- and 45-foot containers from the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, according to The Northwest Seaport Alliance. Read more...
09 Oct Capitol Agenda for the Week of Oct. 10: Infrastructure the Wallflower Recently, it seems Infrastructure had become the guy standing quietly in the corner as an out-of-control party raged around him. Sen. Tom Carper finally gave Infrastructure some love. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...