09 Jun Infrastructure Boost Fades in US Economic-Growth Forecasts President Donald Trump is stepping up the fanfare around his $1 trillion infrastructure proposal, but the plan is fast becoming a nonfactor in forecasts for U.S. economic growth. Read more...
08 Jun Building a Sustainable 'Highway of the Future' WEST POINT, Ga. - Just past the Alabama border, in a bit of rural Georgia filled with manufacturing plants and distribution warehouses, there's an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 85 where new technologies are being tested for what could be a green highway of the future. Read more...
08 Jun Volvo Develops Self-Steering Truck for Farm Use Volvo Trucks developed a self-steering truck to assist Brazilian sugar-cane growers in harvesting their crops. Read more...
08 Jun Texas FedEx Hub Lands Near UPS' Planned Distribution Center A second major shipping hub has landed along Interstate 20 in Arlington, Texas. Read more...
08 Jun Amazon to Hire 1,500 for New Oregon Fulfillment Center Amazon will create 1,500 full-time jobs when it opens its fulfillment center next summer in Troutdale, the online retailer confirmed June 7. Read more...
08 Jun Elevated US Consumer Comfort Index Signals Sustained Growth Americans' confidence hovering near a decade high bodes well for sustained expansion in the U.S. economy, Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index figures showed June 8. Read more...
08 Jun Jobless Claims in US Resume Decline Amid Tight Labor Market The U.S. labor market remains a bright spot in the economy as fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, with hiring managers decrying a scarcity of available workers, Labor Department data showed June 8. Read more...
07 Jun Replay: LiveOnWeb's 'The Race to Automated Driving' Our June 14 LiveOnWeb program gets you up to speed on the latest developments in automated driving technologies for commercial trucks. Our guests were ATA President and CEO Chris Spear and consultant Richard Bishop. TT's Seth Clevenger hosts. Watch the replay. Read more...
07 Jun How a Technological 'Tsunami' Is Shaking Up the Supply Chain Industry Technological advances are hitting the industry like a giant wave, Paul Dittmann, executive director of the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee, said. Read more...
07 Jun Navistar Loses $80 Million in Second Quarter as Revenue Declines Navistar International Corp. lost $80 million, or 86 cents a share, on revenue that declined to $2.1 billion during the fiscal quarter ended April 30, as the manufacturer also set aside an extra $60 million for its reserve fund to deal with used trucks with troubled engines that are largely exported. Read more...