10 Mar Mack's Granite Model Tops in Straight-Truck Registrations Mack Trucks' Granite model is the best-selling heavy-duty conventional straight truck in the United States, based on registrations of new commercial vehicles in 2016, according to the manufacturer. Read more...
10 Mar Melton Truck Lines Adding 200 Stepdeck Trailers Flatbed carrier Melton Truck Lines Inc. is adding 200 53-foot stepdeck trailers to its fleet to meet a broader range of customer needs, it said. Read more...
10 Mar Stevens Group Names Lindsey Stevens Eggers President Stevens Group Inc. named Lindsay Stevens Eggers president and chief operating officer of the moving and storage company. Read more...
10 Mar Vipar Heavy Duty Completes Succession Plan, Appoints Chris Baer CEO Aftermarket organization Vipar Heavy Duty Inc. announced it has successfully completed its leadership succession and appointed Chris Baer CEO, effective immediately. Read more...
10 Mar Oil Trades Below $50 After US Supply Glut Erases OPEC's Gains West Texas Intermediate crude traded below $50 a barrel after surging U.S. supplies wiped out gains in the three months since OPEC's decision to cut output. Read more...
10 Mar Trucking Industry Boosts Payrolls by 10,600 in February For-hire trucking added 10,600 jobs in February, while overall payrolls increased by 235,000, the Labor Department reported March 10. Read more...
10 Mar 500 Employees Lose Jobs in Jacksonville as Part of CSX Layoffs CSX has finished the layoffs it announced more than two weeks ago. The final numbers: 800 employees lost their jobs, including 500 in Jacksonville. Read more...
09 Mar Engineers Grade Country's Infrastructure D+ WASHINGTON - The nation's transportation network was given a near-failing grade on March 9 by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Read more...
09 Mar California Demonstrates Truck Platoon in Los Angeles Federal, state and local governments and private companies demonstrated a partially automated truck platoon with cooperative adaptive cruise control on March 8 near the Port of Los Angeles. Read more...
09 Mar Rolls-Royce to Establish Autonomous Shipping Research Center Rolls-Royce said it will establish a research and development center for autonomous shipping and increasing digitalization in the marine industry. Read more...