08 Jan Minnesota’s New Senator Prepares to Fight for Teamsters Pensions Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith met with retired Teamsters on Jan. 6 to talk about a proposed solution to the problems facing their pensions. Read more...
08 Jan Ford Offers F-150 Model With Diesel Engine Ford Motor Co. announced a 3.0-liter Power Stroke diesel will be available spring 2018 in its F-150 pickup truck. Read more...
08 Jan Navistar Expects Strong Year for Truck Manufacturer Navistar executives predict 2018 will be a strong year for the Springfield, Ohio manufacturer. The company reported a profit of $30 million in 2017 — its first annual profit in six years — a result company officials called a breakthrough year for the truckmaker. Read more...
07 Jan Can Bridges Handle Weight of Platooning Trucks? Engineering Firm Wants to Know WASHINGTON — While truck-to-truck communication, driver training and safety have advanced the effort to hasten platooning to market, another critical aspect is looming and just may cause momentum to pull back some: the impact on infrastructure. Read more...
05 Jan Value of NAFTA Freight Jumped in October, BTS Finds The United States carried more freight by value with its North American Free Trade Agreement partners in October 2017 than in October 2016, according to a study released by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Jan. 4. Read more...
05 Jan Survey: Driver Shortage Explains Unseated Trucks More than 90% of fleets had unseated trucks in the fourth quarter despite the capacity crunch the industry is facing, according to the Trends in Truckload Recruitment and Retention report, a nonscientific survey of recruiters at the fleet clients of Driver iQ. Read more...
05 Jan N.Y. Gov. Proposes Eliminating Toll Booths From State Thruway by 2020 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to eliminate toll booths from the State Thruway by 2020. Read more...
05 Jan Faster Page Loads Deliver Truckloads of New Drivers for U.S. Xpress Traffic jams and speed limits may prevent truckers from driving any faster, but America’s largest independent truckload carrier has found a way to speed its internet connections with drivers across the country to help address its truck driver shortage. Read more...
05 Jan Severe Storm Prompts States to Issue Restrictions, Emergency Plans The Rhode Island Department of Transportation banned tractor-trailers from all state highways for most of Jan. 4 as the state faced heavy snow and high winds. Read more...
05 Jan US Services Index Falls to Four-Month Low as Orders Moderate America’s service industries expanded in December at the weakest pace in four months as orders cooled at companies that make up the bulk of the economy, a survey from the Institute for Supply Management showed Jan. 5. Read more...