22 Sep Truckstop.com Adds LTL Insurance Truckstop.com introduced a less-than-truckload option for its CargoShield insurance product, it said. Read more...
22 Sep UPS to Open Kansas Package Facility, Hire More Than 2,100 Locally UPS will open a new package-handling facility in Edgerton, Kan., in November and will hire more than 2,100 seasonal and permanent workers in the area, the company announced Sept. 20. Read more...
22 Sep Kentucky Town May Ban Commercial Delivery on Golf Carts Daviess County, Ky., Judge-Executive Al Mattingly says he will introduce an ordinance to Fiscal Court next month that would prohibit the commercial use of golf carts or other low-speed utility vehicles for delivering packages or mail. Read more...
22 Sep FedEx Celebrates New Baltimore Distribution Center FedEx has been shipping and sorting packages at its new Sparrows Point center in Baltimore for two months, but celebrated the facility’s opening by having officials cut a ceremonial orange ribbon on Sept. 20 Read more...
22 Sep Louisiana Regulators Allow More Truckers to Haul Hazardous Waste Louisiana regulators Sept. 20 allowed more companies to haul toxic waste in the state, but the Public Service Commission did not go as far as a newly passed state law demands, which will force the courts, ultimately, to decide how to handle hazardous leftovers from industry and the oilfield. Read more...
21 Sep King Sisyphus, Driver Manager A parallel can be drawn between Greek mythology and the predicament trucking managers face in recruiting and retaining drivers. Read more...
21 Sep Republican Leaders to Unveil Tax Reform Proposals Week of Sept. 25 A key House committee with jurisdiction over tax policy is poised to reveal a plan the week of Sept. 25 aimed at overhauling the U.S. tax code. Read more...
21 Sep Uber Unveils Second Generation Self-Driving Car in Pittsburgh Uber is taking the co-driver out of its self-driving cars in Pittsburgh as the company rolls out the second generation of its autonomous Volvo SUVs. Read more...
21 Sep 'Smart Car' Technology May Make Roads Safer, but Some Fear Data Hacks Autonomous vehicles are the wave of a rapidly approaching future that is already bringing increasing amounts of “smart” technology to cars and trucks, and could eventually make passengers of everyone in a vehicle. Read more...
21 Sep FedEx Quarterly Profits Decline on TNT Cyberattack, Hurricane Harvey FedEx Corp. remained profitable during the three months ended Aug. 31, but at a lower level than a year ago as the Memphis, Tenn.-based carrier had to overcome challenges from a malware attack in Europe as well as Hurricane Harvey in southeast Texas. Read more...