16 Sep Insurers Eye Safety Technologies As the trucking industry grapples with a litigious environment and many motor carriers struggle to manage ever-rising insurance premiums, safety technologies have captured the attention of the insurance industry. Read more...
16 Sep Shippers Sue Oregon Port Over Fee An association representing oceangoing ships is suing the Port of Astoria in Oregon over its $300 fee for pier maintenance. Read more...
16 Sep Nestle to Close Illinois Distribution Facility Nestle is closing a frozen food distribution facility in the Chicago suburb of Glendale Heights, Ill., and laying off 121 workers beginning in October. Read more...
16 Sep How ATA Celebrated National Truck Driver Appreciation Week American Trucking Associations celebrated National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, which ran Sept. 8-14 and honors the trucking industry’s 3.5 million professional truck drivers, with a week of activities. Read more...
16 Sep ‘Safety First’ Is Crucial For Trucking, Insurance Rising insurance costs for many motor carriers, a focus on safety technologies and regulatory changes on the horizon makes this the ideal time for Transport Topics to publish its first Trucking and Insurance Special Report. Read more...
16 Sep Volkswagen to Pay Up to $87 Million in Australia for Scandal CANBERRA, Australia — Volkswagen has agreed to pay up to 127 million Australian dollars ($87 million) to settle an Australian class action stemming from the 2015 diesel emissions scandal, the German automaker and a lawyer said Sept. 16. Read more...
16 Sep Auto Workers Strike Against GM in Contract Dispute DETROIT — More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Sept. 16 as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike. Read more...
16 Sep Energy Prices Spike After Saudi Oil Attack DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Global energy prices spiked Sept. 16 after a weekend attack on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia caused the worst disruption to world supplies on record, an assault for which President Donald Trump warned that the U.S. was “locked and loaded” to respond. Read more...
16 Sep Convoy Opens Up Access to Automated Network Digital freight broker Convoy on Sept. 16 launched Convoy Now, a program that gives shippers and other logistics companies access to Convoy’s automated, real-time pricing and capacity for both live and drop-and-hook loads. Read more...
13 Sep IMC Launches Pacific Drayage Services for Seattle, Tacoma Markets IMC Cos., a Memphis, Tenn.-based intermodal logistics company, announced it launched Pacific Drayage Services to provide drayage and warehousing services to customers in the Seattle and Tacoma markets of Washington. Read more...