12 Jun Everyone Gets in on the Fun at Competitive Iowa Truck Driving Championships Walmart Transportation’s Jim Stinemates is a five-time Iowa Truck Driving Grand Champion. After having surgery earlier this year, he’s sitting out the 2019 competition, which is being held June 13-14 at the Prairie Meadows Casino, Racetrack & Hotel in Altoona. Read more...
12 Jun Walmart’s Mike White Wins Indiana, Is Hungry for More INDIANAPOLIS — Charles “Mike” White of Walmart Transportation is not one to rest on his laurels. Read more...
12 Jun Canada Is First Nation to Sign Pledge to Slash Truck Emissions Canada has become the first nation to endorse a pledge to speed global adoption of zero-emission and near-zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in key urban communities by 2025 and achieve full market penetration by 2040. Read more...
11 Jun Martin-Brower’s Bryan Krol Goes Toe-to-Toe With Competition Legend, and Wins YORK, Pa. — Bryan Krol got his start in trucking by working in a warehouse. As a young man, Krol worked alongside his father-in-law in Kent, Wash. “This is a job, don’t make it a career,” Krol’s father-in-law told him. Read more...
11 Jun Blockchain Mentioned Less In Boardrooms Blockchain, the technology that allows digital information to be shared across networks, has been mentioned fewer and fewer times by corporate executives, signaling what was thought to be the next big thing in trucking may already be declining. Read more...
11 Jun Hold Up on the Fill-Up: Gasoline Is Set to Plunge at the Pump Gasoline prices have been sliding steadily for several weeks, and they’re promising to get even cheaper as crude prices fall and the U.S. moves into the summer driving season. Read more...
11 Jun Uber Tries to Steer Its Vision of Flying Cars Through Regulators Uber Technologies Inc. is bringing its vision of a Jetsons’-like future of battery-powered flying vehicles for the masses to Washington, where it will have to persuade regulators to approve this new model for how aviation works. The company opened its two-day Uber Elevate Summit 2019 on June 11. Read more...
11 Jun Democrats Signal Hope for Passing New North America Trade Accord House Democrats are expressing optimism as they begin what could be the final stage of negotiations to approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, paving the way to vote on President Donald Trump’s top legislative priority. Read more...
11 Jun Corn, Wheat Spike After US Cuts Forecasts on Midwest Flooding Corn’s waning rally snapped back to life after the U.S. government predicted a deluge in the country’s grain belt will harm supply more than analysts expected. Read more...
11 Jun Underlying US Producer Prices Rise at Slowest Pace in Year A measure of underlying U.S. producer prices rose at the slowest pace in more than a year, signaling inflation pressures remain muted and potentially reinforcing calls for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. Read more...