04 Jun Werner Enterprises Founder Retires From Role as Executive Chairman Werner Enterprises founder Clarence L. Werner has stepped down from his role as executive chairman, the company announced June 2. Read more...
04 Jun Port Slowdown Affects Workers Who Rely on Cargo, Leaders Say Port leaders are raising caution the decline in business at their facilities could affect those whose employment relies on the flow of goods. Read more...
04 Jun Navistar Q2 Results Tumble in Pandemic Navistar International Corp. posted a narrower fiscal second-quarter net loss and about a $1 billion drop in revenue as key business segments and its supply chain were disrupted by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
04 Jun Study: Autonomous Vehicles Won’t Make Roads Completely Safe A new study says that while autonomous vehicle technology has great promise to reduce crashes, it may not be able to prevent all mishaps caused by human error. Read more...
04 Jun Trucking-Related Companies Find It Difficult to Identify 'Conflict Minerals' in Supply Chains It has been more than six years since America’s public companies began searching for African “conflict minerals” throughout their supply chains, and it remains difficult for trucking-related companies to know if some of their products are being made using tantalum, tin, tungsten or gold, or “3TG,” mined and refined in Congo and nine of its neighbor countries. Read more...
04 Jun Transplace Acquires Parcel TMS Provider ScanData Transplace acquired parcel transportation management solutions provider ScanData Systems. Read more...
04 Jun Cristobal Expected to Regain Strength After Storm’s Pass Over Mexico The hills of the Yucatan Peninsula sapped Tropical Storm Cristobal of some of its power on June 4, but forecasters warn it will likely gain strength as it heads north across the Gulf of Mexico to the U.S coast, where it could bring downpours, high winds and rough surf. Read more...
04 Jun US Jobless Claims Slow While Underscoring Persistent Weakness As business reopenings picked up nationwide, Americans filed nearly 2 million applications for unemployment benefits last week, reflecting a slowing — though far from a halt — in job losses. Read more...
04 Jun Class 8 Orders in May Begin New Cycle’s Slow Upturn North American Class 8 orders in May fell below 7,000, ACT Research reported, an uptick from April’s historic low as industry analysts said progress will be slow as long as COVID-19 remains a major concern. Read more...
03 Jun ATA Chairman Randy Guillot Presses Congress for Infrastructure Funding Investments in infrastructure projects would help states recover economically from the COVID-19 pandemic, the chairman of American Trucking Associations, Randy Guillot, told senators June 3. Read more...