23 Jan Virginia Lawmaker Proposes Bill for I-81 Truck Tolling Study A Virginia lawmaker has proposed a bill calling for the state’s transportation board to study the potential for a truck tolling system along Interstate 81. Read more...
23 Jan FedEx Lands at No. 9 on Fortune’s List of World’s Most Admired Companies FedEx Lands at No. 9 on Fortune’s List of World’s Most Admired Companies Read more...
23 Jan Truck Tonnage Down in December, Up for 2017 Truck tonnage fell 5.7% in December, the first drop since September, according to the monthly American Trucking Associations’ Truck Tonnage Index released Jan. 23. Read more...
23 Jan Want to Build Your Own Mack Anthem? You Can — on a Much Smaller Scale Want an all-new Mack Anthem, without the six-figure price tag or commercial driver’s license needed to drive one? Well, you’re in luck. Read more...
23 Jan Volvo Prepares for Future of Electric Trucks Volvo Trucks North America views urban distribution and other pickup and delivery applications as the starting point for battery-powered electric trucks in North America as its parent company prepares to sell them in Europe soon. Read more...
23 Jan Waymo to Begin Testing Driverless Cars in Atlanta Waymo, the driverless car division owned by Google’s parent company, announced Jan. 22 that it will bring its test program to metro Atlanta. Read more...
23 Jan Imported, Low-Cost Tires Gain Market Share The expected names top the 2017 list of market share for new tires for medium- and heavy-duty trucks: Bridgestone, Michelin, Goodyear, Yokohama, Firestone and Continental, respectively. But an outside force has affected the share percentages that those companies have held in recent years, an industry analyst said. Read more...
23 Jan Lawmakers Pushing Legislation to Save Union Pension Funds A year ago, Teamsters Local 707 retirees suffered a fate that could soon hit hundreds of thousands of union workers: Their pension fund crashed. Read more...
22 Jan Trumps Signs Bill After Congress Votes to End Shutdown President Donald Trump signed a government spending bill Jan. 22 that ends a three-day partial government shutdown, a White House official said. But that leaves the fight over a politically charged immigration proposal unresolved for at least another three weeks. Read more...
22 Jan Opinion: Trends Affecting Logistics in 2018 The logistics industry is evolving, bringing both risk and opportunity to corporate supply chains. Read more...