18 Dec Autonomous Vehicles Pose New Challenges to Future of Cybersecurity Today, as artificial intelligence (AI) technology is making a future full of self-driving cars increasingly likely, hacking has become a serious potential concern. Read more...
18 Dec Record Travel Projected for Christmas, New Year’s Holidays As the Christmas song goes, “Gee, the traffic’s sure terrific.” In fact, travel experts say they believe the final holiday travel period of the year — Dec. 23 through midnight New Year’s night — will set a new record. Read more...
18 Dec Homebuilder Sentiment Hits 18-Year High, Beating Forecasts Confidence among U.S. homebuilders jumped in December to the highest level since July 1999, exceeding all analyst estimates, as a growing economy boosts housing demand, according to data Dec. 18 from the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo. Read more...
18 Dec CSX Caught Mid-Revolution by Death of Rail-Legend Harrison With CEO Hunter Harrison’s death on Dec. 16, CSX Corp. lost the guiding hand of a railroading legend who added almost $17 billion in value in less than a year. Read more...
16 Dec Share the Road Drivers Deliver Wreaths to Arlington Cemetery American Trucking Associations and ATA’s Share the Road Highway Safety Program celebrated the arrival of the Wreaths Across America convoy at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Dec. 16. Read more...
16 Dec Hunter Harrison, CEO at CSX, Dies at 73 Hunter Harrison, the successful railroad-turnaround specialist whose career spanned more than 50 years, has passed away just two days after CSX Corp. announced the CEO would take a medical leave of absence. Read more...
15 Dec Stevens Driver Wins Transition Trucking Award A driver with Stevens Transport was named the winner of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes 2017 Transition Trucking Driving for Excellence award. Read more...
15 Dec UPS Chief Touts Alaska Role in Asia Trade Route UPS International President Jim Barber told an Anchorage, Alaska, group the right timing for his first trip to Alaska had come for a number of reasons, including the hub’s expanding importance in connecting to China and Asian-Pacific communities. Read more...
15 Dec Industrial Output Moderates After Storm-Related Rebound U.S. industrial production rose at a slower pace in November as factory output moderated following the biggest advance in more than seven years that reflected a hurricane-related surge, Federal Reserve data showed Dec. 12. Read more...
15 Dec Wabash National CEO Dick Giromini to Step Down June 1 Wabash National Corp. CEO Dick Giromini will step down June 1 and be succeeded by President and Chief Operating Officer Brent Yeagy, one of several announcements made by the Lafayette, Ind., trailer manufacturer Dec. 15. Read more...