05 Sep Commerce Department: Autonomous Vehicle Technology Will Create Winners and Losers in Transport Industries Workers in the trucking and other industries that move people and goods could find themselves squeezed out of those jobs by the rise of self-driving trucks. Read more...
05 Sep SAF-Holland Will Expand Dumas, Ark., Facility SAF-Holland said it will invest about $4 million in its Dumas, Ark., facility for additional manufacturing and warehousing space, paint line, robotic welding cells and other new technology and equipment as it builds its capacities in axle and suspension systems in the Americas. Read more...
05 Sep Daseke Adds 13th Operating Company, R&R Trucking of Missouri Flatbed group Daseke Inc. purchased its fourth motor carrier this year, bringing R&R Trucking into the corporation and adding defense transportation to its capabilities. Read more...
05 Sep Allison President David Graziosi to Become CEO in June Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. announced that President and Chief Financial Officer David Graziosi will succeed Lawrence Dewey as CEO on June 1, 2018. Read more...
05 Sep Highway From Mexico to Canada Looks for Traction It’s only a modest 2.5 miles of a long-term plan to better connect Las Vegas and Phoenix — the two largest cities in the U.S. not currently linked by an interstate — and a longer-term dream to link Mexico, the U.S and Canada. Read more...
05 Sep Hirschbach Motor Lines to Use Driver Match from Stay Metrics After the recent launch of its Driver Match application, Stay Metrics has announced that Hirschbach Motor Lines will be using the technology to assign drivers to driver managers. Read more...
05 Sep New NFI Distribution Center to Create 170 Jobs Over 5 Years NFI Industries will spend $7.2 million to establish a 622,830-square-foot distribution center in Smyrna, Tenn., which will create nearly 170 new jobs over the next five years, according to an announcement from Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam. Read more...
05 Sep Houston Port Ready to Ease Shipping Backlog After Hurricane Harvey More ships sailed into the Houston Ship Channel on Sept. 1 in what will be a parade of vessels laden with crude oil, consumer goods and cruise passengers that have been unable to dock in a region devastated by Hurricane Harvey. Read more...
04 Sep Capitol Agenda for the Week of Sept. 4: TIGER in the House Images of interstates and neighborhoods underwater in Houston reminded us of the fragility of our nation's infrastructure. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
04 Sep Crossword Puzzle Solution September 4, 2017 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the September 4, 2017 print edition. Read more...