10 Jul EPA: Day Cabs Can Qualify for SmartWay Designation Day cabs — especially those with a high roof and pulling a box trailer — can qualify for SmartWay designation that signifies the equipment significantly lowers fuel use and reduces air pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency said. Read more...
10 Jul YRC Appoints Jason Bergman Chief Customer Officer Jason Bergman has been appointed chief customer officer for YRC Worldwide. Read more...
10 Jul Tesla Readies Production Boost, Hints of Return to Hiring Mode Tesla Inc. is poised to increase production at its California car plant and is back in hiring mode, according to an internal e-mail sent days after the company wrapped up a record quarter of deliveries. Read more...
10 Jul Walcott Truckers Jamboree to Welcome Over 40,000 Attendees The 40th anniversary event will be held July 11-13 at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, I-80 Exit 284. Festivities will include concerts, carnival games, firework shows, an antique truck display and a super truck beauty contest. Read more...
10 Jul US, China’s Top Trade Officials Make First Contact Since Truce U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke on the phone with their Chinese counterparts as the two sides relaunch trade talks, marking the first high-level contact since their presidents agreed to a tentative truce last month. Read more...
10 Jul Walmart Got a $10 Billion Surprise After Buying Flipkart When Walmart Inc. paid $16 billion for control of India’s e-commerce pioneer Flipkart Online Services Pvt. last year, the American retail giant got a little-noticed digital payments subsidiary as part of the deal. Read more...
10 Jul Strengthening Storm Set to Hit Louisiana With Foot of Rain Oil and natural gas producers in the Gulf of Mexico began evacuating workers and shutting in output as a storm gathers strength off the coast of Florida. Read more...
10 Jul DHL Sees Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals as Key to Growth DHL Global Forwarding USA is rapidly moving to increase the amount of medical, life sciences and pharmaceutical freight — especially temperature-controlled items — it is forwarding around the world. Read more...
09 Jul Canadian Oil Firms Offer to Ship by Rail if Output Limits Ease Canada’s oil-sands producers are offering to commit to shipping a certain amount of their crude by rail in return for the Alberta government raising its production limits. Read more...
09 Jul Document Automation Puts Trucking Back Office in Fast Lane The deluge of documents that trucking generates is increasingly managed and processed via automation. Providers of document-management systems said these systems yield labor savings and efficiencies. Read more...