19 May Port of Oakland Begins Project to Raise Height of Four Cranes In nine months, 366-foot cranes will soar 27 feet taller, towering above container vessels at California's Port of Oakland on the San Francisco Bay. Read more...
19 May VersaCold Taps Industry Veteran Michele Arcamone as COO VersaCold, Canada's temperature sensitive products supplier, has announced the appointment of Michele (Mike) Arcamone as chief operating officer, effective April 17, 2017. Read more...
19 May GlobalTranz Acquires Logistics Planning Services Freight broker GlobalTranz Enterprises Inc. acquired Logistics Planning Services, also a freight brokerage, in a move that significantly increases its market share in third-party logistics services. Read more...
19 May Ryder San Francisco Fueling Facility Offers 100% Renewable Diesel Ryder System Inc. has begun to offer renewable diesel fuel at its San Francisco fueling facility. Read more...
19 May Uber Threatens to Fire Anthony Levandowski Uber Technologies Inc. threatened to fire the man at the center of its legal battle with Alphabet Inc., telling its top driverless technology engineer, Anthony Levandowski, to either deny taking files from his former employer or turn them over. Read more...
19 May Mack Trucks Sees Its AMTs Increasing Adoption in the Market CHARLESTON, S.C. - As one part of its integrated powertrain strategy, Mack Trucks' line of automated manual transmissions is seeing increasing adoption in the market, said executives with the heavy-duty truck maker. Read more...
19 May Volvo Expands Truck Building Into Fast-Growing East Africa Volvo AB's trucks division is seeking to boost market share in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to as much as 18% from about 2%, as the regional economic growth for East Africa outpaces the average for sub-Saharan Africa. Read more...
19 May US Strikes Gentler Tone on NAFTA as Talks Countdown Begins President Donald Trump's top trade negotiator came out of the gate sounding like he wants to fine-tune the North American Free Trade Agreement, not blow it up as some feared. Read more...
19 May Paccar to Open Manufacturing Plant in Texas Seattle-based truck manufacturer Paccar Inc. has reached a preliminary agreement to build a 130,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in McKinney, Texas, the city's economic development agency said. Read more...
18 May Daimler Trucks North America Opens $18.7 Million Truck Proving Grounds MADRAS, Ore. - Daimler Trucks North America opened its $18.7 million High Desert Proving Grounds here May 18. It will enable the parent of Freightliner and Western Star Trucks to do more broad-based vehicle testing not far from its Portland headquarters. Read more...