13 May Longtime Competitor Timothy Whitley Claims Grand Champion Title in North Carolina The North Carolina Truck Driving Championships crowned Timothy Whitley as the Grand Champion in Raleigh on May 11. Whitley, a driver for Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., placed first in the Straight Truck division. Read more...
13 May District of Columbia Council Proposes Congestion Pricing Study Leaders representing the District of Columbia have proposed allocating $475,000 to study congestion pricing for vehicles moving in and around the nation’s capital. Read more...
13 May Nancy Pelosi to Headline Infrastructure Week Forum The real Infrastructure Week is finally here, and Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, will be among the lawmakers delivering keynote addresses to stakeholders. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
13 May Redwood Logistics Acquires Eminent Global Logistics Redwood Logistics acquired Eminent Global Logistics, a transportation management systems implementation and service company, according to a May 9 news release. Read more...
13 May GNA, Cal-Riverside to Advise on Lowering Vehicle Emissions Gladstein, Neandross and Associates and the University of California-Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology announced the launch of the Low and Zero Emission Readiness Initiative. Read more...
13 May Germany’s First ‘Electric’ Highway Charges Trucks as They Drive Germany opened the first stretch of a so-called electric highway that will connect hybrid trucks to overhead wires, allowing them to recharge while traveling on the country’s main transportation arteries. Read more...
13 May China Defies Trump With Plans to Raise Tariffs on US Products China announced plans to raise duties on some American imports starting June 1, defying a call from President Donald Trump to resist escalating a trade war that is sending stock futures tumbling and clouding the outlook for the global economy. Read more...
13 May Louis Lockard to Defend Delaware Grand Champion Title More than 30 drivers are set to compete at the Delaware Truck Driving Championships on May 18 in Harrington, Del. 2018 Grand Champion Louis Lockard of FedEx Freight is back to defend his title as well as his 3-Axle victory. Read more...
10 May April Class 8 Sales Lift All Truck Makers U.S. retail sales of Class 8 trucks in April continued to climb and were the highest of the year, edging past 24,000, WardsAuto.com reported. Read more...
10 May AE Industrial Partners Acquires Alpine Air Express AE Industrial Partners has acquired Provo, Utah-based Alpine Air Express Inc., a logistics and transportation company providing regional air cargo services, according to an AEI news release. Read more...