15 Aug National Average Diesel Price Falls Again, Down 0.6¢ to $2.310 The U.S. average retail price of diesel fell 0.6 cent to $2.310, according to the Department of Energy, while oil prices rallied. Read more...
15 Aug Medium-Duty Sales Dip in July, Run Ahead Year-to-Date U.S. retail sales of medium-duty trucks dipped 3.8% in July compared with a year earlier amid more inventory, but remained 10.9% ahead of the 2015 year-to-date period, WardsAuto.com reported. Read more...
15 Aug Trailer Orders Fall to Below 10,000 in July U.S. trailer orders in July fell to less than half of what they were a year earlier as seasonal weakness and cautious fleets still eyeing a lackluster economy cut demand more than expected, ACT Research Co. reported. Read more...
15 Aug Cass Freight Index Slides 2.6% The Cass Freight Index, which measures shipments from trucking and other transport modes, fell 2.6% year-over-year in July, registering the 17th consecutive decline on that basis. Read more...
15 Aug Video: Bendix, Kenworth Demonstrate Wingman Fusion MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems provided an in-cab demonstration of the Bendix Wingman Fusion safety system here during a Kenworth media event. Read more...
15 Aug Kenworth Receives $8.6 Million in Grants for T680 Drayage Truck Projects in California Kenworth has been awarded three government grants totaling $8.6 million that will support low emissions projects involving Kenworth T680 Day Cabs targeted for use as drayage tractors at Southern California ports. Read more...
15 Aug Trucker Path Offers New App Feature for Truck Stop Owners Trucker Path announced a new app feature that lets truck stop owners provide drivers with information about parking spots, amenities and services. Read more...
15 Aug England Logistics Opens Atlanta Office England Logistics, the brokerage unit of C.R. England, has opened an office in Atlanta to support recent business growth. Read more...
15 Aug Americold Completes Purchase of Another Georgia Facility Temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics company Americold has wrapped up the purchase of a storage facility that bolsters its Georgia-based network to 15 facilities. Read more...
15 Aug Transportation Insight Launches BirdDog Logistics Logistics provider Transportation Insight is rebranding its transactional freight brokerage market as BirdDog Logistics. Read more...