22 Jun N.Y. Proposes Grant of Up to $21 Million for Inland Port SYRACUSE, N.Y. — State transportation officials have agreed to provide up to $21 million to transform the DeWitt rail yard owned by CSX Corp. into an intermodal cargo facility to ship containers to and from ocean ports. Read more...
22 Jun ASCE Gives Kansas C on Infrastructure Report Card Kansas’ infrastructure has improved slightly, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ most recent report card. Read more...
22 Jun Roadrunner Pares Losses for Full-Year 2017 Roadrunner Transportation Systems reported a net loss of $91.2 million for full-year 2017 compared with a loss of $360.3 million in 2016. The diluted loss per share was $2.37 for 2017 compared with a diluted loss per share of $9.40 for 2016. Read more...
22 Jun Central Oregon Truck Increases Driver Pay Central Oregon Truck Co. implemented a pay structure that gives new drivers $65,000 a year in base pay and experienced drivers more than $90,000 a year in pay. Read more...
22 Jun German Auto Stocks Decline on Threat of 20% Tariff German automotive stocks fell after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 20% tariff on all European car imports, escalating his demand for concessions aimed at lowering the U.S. trade deficit. Read more...
22 Jun Global Auto Sector Likely to Feel Effects of Tariffs Over the past three decades, the global auto industry has gotten, well, more global. Manufacturers built scores of factories outside their home countries to reduce exposure to currency swings, take advantage of cheaper labor and manufacture cars closer to buyers. Read more...
22 Jun UPS, Teamsters Reach Tentative Deal on Five-Year Contract More than five weeks before its contract with UPS expires Aug. 1, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Atlanta-based shipping giant announced late June 21 tentative agreement on a five-year contract that industry officials say could pave the way for UPS to begin Sunday delivery service. Read more...
22 Jun Lehigh Valley Planners Target Tractor-Trailer Parking as E-Commerce Surges While the growing presence of tractor-trailers has been a complaint of Lehigh Valley, Pa., residents in recent years, local planners are concerned with the one place they’re not seeing them — designated truck parking spots. Read more...
22 Jun International Makes Bendix Air Disc Brakes Standard on Severe-Service Trucks International Truck announced the standard availability of air disc brakes for the International HV Series and HX Series models used in severe service. Read more...
21 Jun Editorial: Hot Topics for Summer’s Swelter A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would provide relief for truckers from some hours-of-service rules. With it, both houses of Congress are now circulating legislation that targets change to HOS regulations, adding to a flurry of trucking-related activity taking place on Capitol Hill. Read more...