14 Feb GM Cruise Falls Short of Self-Driving Test Miles Projection In late 2017, the co-founder of General Motors Co.’s self-driving unit told investors the company was on the verge of putting 1 million miles a month on its autonomous test cars. That projection proved to be quite a stretch. Read more...
14 Feb Tech Company Worklete Uses Software to Build Good Trucker Habits A San Francisco technology company is using software that offers a service to prevent trucking-related workplace injuries, by building habits for truckers and others in the freight industry. Read more...
13 Feb Ohio DOT Chief Paints Dire Picture of State’s Infrastructure Funding The state transportation director gave Ohio lawmakers a blunt assessment of Ohio’s road construction money situation Feb. 13, and it wasn’t pretty. Read more...
13 Feb FedEx Logistics Announces Headquarters Move FedEx Logistics will move its global headquarters to the former Gibson Guitar factory building in Memphis, Tenn., according to a Feb. 12 press release. Read more...
13 Feb ATA President Chris Spear Urges Senate Panel to Fund Infrastructure Projects Long Term WASHINGTON — Sustainable funding for construction and maintenance of large-scale infrastructure projects nationwide is needed to address wasted economic productivity from traffic congestion and the potential harm older structures pose to drivers, the top executive of American Trucking Associations told a Senate committee Feb. 13. Read more...
13 Feb Medium-Duty Sales Strong in January Sales of medium-duty trucks had a strong start in 2019, climbing above 18,000 units in January, WardsAuto.com reported. Read more...
13 Feb Texas Shale Forces Big Oil Cost Revolution, Chevron CEO Says The low break-even costs to pump in the Permian are forcing Chevron to be more efficient everywhere, Wirth said, from the deepwater platforms in the Gulf of Mexico to its liquefied natural gas plants. Read more...
13 Feb AAR Supports Gas Tax, Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Measure to Fund Infrastructure WASHINGTON — A vehicle-miles-traveled tax would present a good long-term solution for funding the nation’s infrastructure, while higher fuel taxes could address more near-term needs, representatives from the Association of American Railroads said. Read more...
13 Feb NFI Expands Brokerage, Intermodal Business With Purchase of SCR Air Services NFI completed the purchase of SCR Air Services Inc., a Seattle-based freight brokerage firm that specializes in shipping food and other products needing temperature control, the company announced Feb. 11. Terms were not disclosed. Read more...
13 Feb Redwood Logistics Acquires Strive Logistics Redwood Logistics said it is acquiring Strive Logistics, a move that will create a multimodal freight brokerage firm with more than $1 billion in freight under management. Read more...