08 Aug Illinois Community College Adds CDL Classes to Fill Growing Demand for Truck Drivers Sauk Valley Community College in Illinois is ramping up its commercial driver’s license training, adding classes to funnel more workers into the region’s top-growing occupation. Read more...
07 Aug Analysis: In Brazil, Highway Robbery Is a Growth Industry Forget Blackbeard and the Amazon River pirates. Some of the most fearsome and efficient New World predators these days navigate the asphalt. Read more...
07 Aug Diesel Continues Upward Trend, Rises 5 Cents to $2.581 in Sixth Straight Increase The U.S. average retail price of diesel jumped 5 cents to $2.581 in the sixth consecutive increase for trucking's main fuel. Read more...
07 Aug West Coast Ports, Longshoremen Ratify Contract Extension to 2022 West Coast longshoremen at 29 ports in California, Oregon and Washington ratified a three-year contract extension with the Pacific Maritime Association on Aug.4, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union announced. Read more...
07 Aug Arizona Installs Drivewyze System to Eliminate Weigh Station Waste The Arizona Department of Transportation installed automatic verification systems to save time and costs for the more than 9 million trucks that pass through its weigh stations each year. Read more...
07 Aug Senate Confirms Sumwalt for NTSB Chairmanship Robert Sumwalt will serve as chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board after the Senate confirmed him to the post Aug. 3. Read more...
07 Aug Minnesota DOT Hopes Trump’s Infrastructure Promise Can Fix Its ‘Can of Worms’ The Trump administration’s $1 trillion infrastructure promise is starting small — with a reboot — and shifting greater responsibility onto states and municipalities. Read more...
07 Aug From Worst to Best: A Shipbuilder's Fortunes Turn Around Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd., which specializes in dry-bulk carriers, has rallied 83% in 2017 to lead the benchmark Straits Times Index. The Chinese shipbuilding firm has made a comeback after it won 13 contracts worth $318 million in the first quarter, about 40% of its $823 million worth of orders it won last year. Read more...
07 Aug ATA Leaders Express Support for ‘Super Bowl of Safety’ Competitors The 428 commercial drivers taking part this year in the National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships embody the commitment to safety promoted across the industry, said Kevin Burch, the chairman of American Trucking Associations. Read more...
07 Aug UPS Commemorates 110th Anniversary UPS Inc.celebrated its 110-year anniversary Aug. 2 in Seattle’s Waterfall Garden Park, a bit ahead of the actual day, and the city honored the parcel delivery service by declaring Aug. 28 “UPS Day." Read more...