24 Feb Maverick's Vaughn Named Transport Topics' First Recruiter of the Year NASHVILLE - Brad Vaughn, vice president of recruiting for Maverick Transportation of North Little Rock, Arkansas, was named the winner of Transport Topics' first Recruiter of the Year award as the Recruitment and Retention Conference concluded here on Feb. 24. Read more...
24 Feb James Hoffa Wins Teamsters Election But Faces Declining Union Membership James Hoffa has officially won re-election to serve another term as general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, after election supervisor Richard Mark certified the vote on Feb. 16. Read more...
24 Feb Otto Accused of Stealing Google's Self-Driving Secrets It took Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo seven years to design and build a laser-scanning system to guide its self-driving cars. Uber Technologies Inc. allegedly did it in nine months. Waymo claims in a lawsuit filed Feb. 23 that was possible because an ex-employee, Anthony Levandowski, co-founder of Uber-owned Otto, stole the designs and technology and started a new company. Read more...
24 Feb Texas Truck Drivers Urged to Fight Human Trafficking Semitrailer drivers are being asked to keep their eyes on more than the road as state and local officials continue their fight to end human trafficking. Read more...
24 Feb Consumer Sentiment Shows First Drop Since US Election Consumer confidence fell for the first time since November's election, as party lines divided Americans following a boost in enthusiasm for the new administration's economic policies. Read more...
24 Feb Port of Oakland: Big-Rig Smog Checks Reflect Change in Trucking Industry For trucking companies at the Port of Oakland, California, the hardest part is mostly over - if they're still in business, that is. Read more...
24 Feb Sales of New US Homes in January Were Slower Than Forecast Purchases of new U.S. homes in January were slower than forecast, signaling an increase in mortgage rates may be giving some potential buyers pause. Read more...
24 Feb Truck Drivers Can Pay Tolls in Texas With PrePass Help Inc. announced that its PrePass transponders can now pay tolls at facilities run by the Texas Department of Transportation, North Texas Tollway Authority and the Harrison County Toll Road Authority. Read more...
24 Feb Embark Enters Race to Develop Autonomous Trucks A new technology company has joined the race to develop autonomous driving systems for commercial trucks. Embark, a startup based in San Mateo, California, is working to build self-driving technology that would allow trucks to run on highways with no human input. Read more...
23 Feb The Voice of Mack the Truck Raves About Trucking NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The son of a Texaco truck driver from Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor John Ratzenberger has always had a strong affinity for the industry. So after he became famous as voluble mailman Cliff Clavin in the 1980s sitcom "Cheers" and voicing Hamm the Piggy Bank in the animated "Toy Story" movies, it was natural for Ratzenberger to lend his vocal talents to a truck in "Cars," another Pixar film. Read more...