30 Jan Georgia Ports Shrug Off Trade Worries, Post Record Year Georgia’s seaports shook off fears of global trade tensions and the early days of the partial government shutdown to post another record year of freight traffic in calendar year 2018, a sign the economy remains sound despite recent turmoil. Read more...
30 Jan Fleets Prepare Drivers for Extreme Cold Trucking groups prepared their drivers with tips on operations and safety as a polar vortex gripped the Midwest, delivering extremely cold temperatures and harsh wind chills. Read more...
30 Jan Houston Trucking, Shipping Companies Decry Proposal to Limit Biggest Vessels Representatives for container shipping companies and trucking companies pushed back against a proposal to restrict the number of 1,100-foot-plus container vessels that call on Houston, saying this would hurt the entire shipping and logistics supply chain. Read more...
30 Jan Tolls, Regulations, Bunker Fuel Costs Could Vex Industry ATLANTA — Incoming fuel regulations and political gridlock will bring unwelcome expenses and headaches to shipping and trucking companies through next year, according to one policy expert who spoke at SMC3 Jump Start 2019 on Jan. 29. Read more...
30 Jan Meritor Boosts First-Quarter Revenue, Net Income Commercial vehicle supplier Meritor Inc. reported increased revenue and net income in its fiscal first quarter as well as new significant contracts with leading trailer makers. Read more...
30 Jan Peterbilt Standardizes Jost Air Slide Fifth Wheel Peterbilt has named the Jost JSK37 12-inch inboard air slide fifth wheel as standard on its Model 579 Class 8 truck, according to a Jan. 22 press release from Jost. The standardization became effective Jan. 1. Read more...
30 Jan Able Moving & Storage Acquires My Truck Buddy Able Moving & Storage has acquired assets of My Truck Buddy in a transaction between Virginia moving companies. Read more...
30 Jan Job Market Off to Healthy Start in January Companies added more workers than forecast to U.S. payrolls in January, signaling a healthy start to the year for the job market despite the partial government shutdown. Read more...
30 Jan ELD Era Brings Fleets, Shippers Toward More Collaboration, Experts Say The advent of ELDs is influencing how carriers and shippers work together to control costs, deploy capacity, design networks, offer and charge for services, make capital investments, recruit and assign drivers and leverage new technology. Read more...
30 Jan Growth of Electric Vehicles Could Jeopardize Iowa’s Road Fund In about 20 years, the growing use of electric vehicles could take a quarter-billion-dollar-a-year hit on a state fund relied upon to finance better roads, the Iowa Department of Transportation said Jan. 29. Read more...