23 Mar Truck Drivers' Risk for Diabetes Far Greater Than National Average LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Health education specialist Kay Pfeiffer compares diabetic professional truck drivers who are not testing their blood sugar with “driving at night without headlights — and you’re going to crash.” Read more...
23 Mar ELDs Hot Topic at MATS as April Enforcement Ramp-Up Nears LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The federal mandate of electronic logging devices has been in effect since late last year, but some truckers still have lingering questions about the finer points of the regulation as tougher enforcement nears. Read more...
22 Mar Editorial: A Proper Pause for Safety’s Sake The decision by Uber to halt testing of its autonomous trucks in the wake of a fatal accident involving one of its pilot autonomous cars was a prudent move, and one that demonstrates how the relentless pace of technological innovation sometimes needs a pause. Read more...
22 Mar Higher Trucking Costs Eat Into General Mills' Profit Three months ago, General Mills executives believed the company was on the verge of simultaneous sales and profit growth for the first time in years. Instead, higher trucking and other costs suddenly ate into profit. Read more...
22 Mar Mack Cites Comeback of Longhaul Market in 2018 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fleets in the longhaul segment are increasingly spurring Class 8 demand as the highway market makes a comeback, according to Mack Trucks, whose new Anthem model is aimed directly at that segment. Read more...
22 Mar Amazon Is Looking for Larger Whole Foods Stores to Support Delivery Plans Less than a year after closing its acquisition of Whole Foods, Amazon.com Inc. is looking for fresh ways to expand its brick-and-mortar retail network while bolstering the online shopping business. Read more...
22 Mar Trump Slaps Tariffs on $50 Billion Worth of Chinese Goods President Donald Trump took his boldest step to level the economic playing field with China, ordering sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods in a move that could escalate already-tense trade relations between the world’s two biggest economies. Read more...
22 Mar BFGoodrich Launches Two All-Terrain Tires to Meet Strong Demand LOUISVILLE, Ky. — BFGoodrich has begun production of two new all-terrain commercial truck tires aimed at the surging oil and gas, construction and logging sectors — calling the Cross Control S and Cross Control D tires its most significant innovations for commercial truck tires in nearly two decades. Read more...
22 Mar PHMSA Requests Input on Transporting Hazardous Materials With Automated Technologies The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has requested information on the use of automated technologies in the transportation of hazardous materials, according to a document published in the Federal Register March 22. Read more...
22 Mar Cracks Are Starting to Appear in the Global Economy’s Momentum The global economy’s upswing showed signs of strain in March as a drop in momentum at businesses from Japan to the euro region underscored the world’s vulnerability to confidence shocks from a trade war. Read more...