11 Feb TMC Annual Meeting Aims to Advance, Enrich Careers When the trucking industry’s equipment and technology professionals gather in Atlanta this month for the annual meeting of American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council, they’ll probe maintenance issues and discover opportunities for collaboration. Read more...
11 Feb Boeing Monthly Orders Fall to Zero for Second Time in Max Crisis Boeing Co. failed to sell any commercial planes in January, extending a slump that has strained the company’s finances since two deadly crashes grounded the best-selling 737 Max last year. Read more...
11 Feb House Approves Union Rights PRO Act; Senate Action Uncertain Legislation meant to strengthen certain rights of workers to unionize advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 6 mostly along party lines. Read more...
11 Feb All Truck Transportation Updating Trailers With 5G Capability All Truck Transportation Inc. announced recently it already is updating about 1,700 trailers with 5G-compatible devices. Read more...
11 Feb Daimler Q4 Profits Tumble; Revenue Inches Higher Daimler AG reported a net loss and a 1% increase in revenue in the fourth quarter as sales of cars and vans increased, while truck sales globally fell 16%. Read more...
11 Feb XPO Reports Mixed Q4, 2019 Results XPO Logistics Inc. posted mixed financial results for the fourth quarter and all of 2019. Read more...
11 Feb Trump Budget Targets Loan Program That Could Help Lordstown Plant The Trump administration’s budget proposal scraps a loan program that could help an upstart electric vehicle company’s plans to reuse the now-closed General Motors factory in Lordstown, Ohio. Read more...
11 Feb Five Plead Guilty to Staging Truck Crashes in New Orleans Area Five individuals accused of participating in a two-year conspiracy to stage accidents with tractor-trailers in the New Orleans area have pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges. Read more...
11 Feb Interim CEO Chris Easter Named New CEO of Daseke Trucking Six months after being named interim CEO of Addison, Texas-based Daseke Inc., Chris Easter was named the flatbed carrier’s permanent CEO on Feb. 7. Read more...
10 Feb Diesel Drops 4.6¢ a Gallon to $2.91 The price of diesel fuel declined 4.6 cents a gallon nationally Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency, dipping to $2.91 a gallon from $2.956 a gallon the previous week. Read more...