14 Nov Container Shipping Returns to Portland, Ore., on a Limited Basis Container ships will resume calls to Portland,Ore., in January, though on an extremely limited basis Read more...
14 Nov Safety Belt Use Increased Since 2007 Among Truck Drivers, New Survey Says The number of truck drivers wearing safety belts increased by more than 20% since 2007, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Read more...
14 Nov Miles Traveled Don't Give Complete Picture of Highway Fatalities, Deborah Hersman Says MEMPHIS, Tenn. —An improving economy and higher number of vehicle miles traveled “don’t tell the whole story” for continuing increases in the number of fatalities on U.S. highways, National Safety Council CEO Deborah Hersman told executives attending a safety meeting here. Read more...
14 Nov ABF Freight, Teamsters Set Negotiation Date ABF Freight, the less-than-truckload carrier operated by ArcBest, announced that ABF and the Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee have agreed to exchange initial proposals on Dec. 18 and 19, and begin negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement the week of Jan. 7. Read more...
14 Nov Senate Confirms Nominee for DOT’s Top Policy Post The U.S. Department of Transportation will be staffed with a new policy leader after the Senate on Nov. 13 easily confirmed Derek Kan, formerly a general manager for Lyft. Read more...
14 Nov Cold Carriers Hires Swift Exec Randy Savoy to Lead Growth Trucking conglomerate Cold Carriers is planning to expand its growing presence in the temperature-controlled trucking sector with more acquisitions in 2018, building on deals it has made during the past few years, its recently named chief operating officer said. Read more...
14 Nov October Medium-Duty Sales Rise as All Segments Post Gains U.S. retail sales of medium-duty trucks in October remained strong amid broad-based demand, pushing past 18,000 units, according to WardsAuto.com. Read more...
14 Nov Wholesale Prices Rose More Than Forecast in October U.S. wholesale prices advanced more than forecast in October, boosted by higher margins at fuel retailers, a Labor Department report showed Nov. 13 in Washington. Compared with a year earlier, producer prices rose the most in more than five years. Read more...
14 Nov Tesla’s New Semi Already Has Some Rivals Tesla Inc. will unveil its electric Tesla semi-truck on Nov. 16 in southern California. It’s all part of CEO Elon Musk’s “Master Plan Part Deux” in which he vowed to expand the company’s lineup to “cover the major forms of terrestrial transport.” Read more...
14 Nov Frosty Jurors, Chilly Boss Among Five Things Heard, Seen in Pilot Flying J Fraud Trial The temperature inside the Chattanooga, Tenn., federal courtroom Nov. 13 matched the temperature of the relationship between a Pilot Flying J executive on board with a fraud scheme and a salesman who wasn’t — frosty. Read more...