12 Apr Freight Brokers Using Technology to Automate Processes PALM DESERT, Calif. — Automation isn’t just for trucks. There was plenty of evidence at the Transportation Intermediaries Association Capital Ideas conference and exhibition here that it’s also going to change the way freight is managed by shippers and third-party logistics companies. Read more...
12 Apr VW Appoints Herbert Diess CEO in Sweeping Overhaul Volkswagen AG picked a new leader in a management shakeup to ready the world’s largest automaker for a wave of technological change upending the industry’s traditional business models. Read more...
12 Apr Class 8 Sales Jump Past 19,000; March Volume Is Year’s Highest U.S. retail sales of Class 8 trucks in March passed 19,000 to reach the highest volume this year, WardsAuto.com reported, as nearly every available truck on the road was hauling freight and the trucking industry’s search for more drivers intensified, analysts said. Read more...
12 Apr Trump Threatens Endless NAFTA Talks After Walk-Back on Autos Donald Trump says he’s willing to “renegotiate forever” on NAFTA, a threat that comes as his trade office again softens its marquee demand for changes to the auto sector. Read more...
12 Apr UPS Flight Dispatchers Vote to Authorize Strike as Contract Talks Continue Eighty-one unionized UPS Inc. flight dispatchers based at the company’s Louisville, Ky., Worldport hub voted unanimously to authorize their leadership to call a strike as contract talks continue, according to the union and a statement released from UPS on April 9. Read more...
12 Apr Economist Noel Perry Says Strong Freight Market, Driver Shortage Won’t Last PALM DESERT, Calif. – The strongest freight market in the past 50 years won’t last much beyond this year, a prominent industry economist said here last week. Read more...
12 Apr TIA Chairman Jason Beardall Wants to Reach Out to Shippers PALM DESERT, Calif. — Jason Beardall, president of England Logistics, wants his time as TIA chairman to be remembered for several things. Read more...
12 Apr Volvo Group Introduces All-Electric, Heavy-Duty Truck for European Market Volvo Trucks on April 12 introduced its first all-electric truck for commercial use, with sales and production of its FL Electric model to start in Europe in 2019. Read more...
12 Apr Northeast Truck and Trailer Expands Network Northeast Truck and Trailer opened a facility in Pearl, Miss., its sixth location. Read more...
12 Apr VW Board to Consider Truck IPO, Other Sweeping Changes Volkswagen AG’s supervisory board is meeting April 12 to push through a change in top management and organization, after a rushed statement left more questions open than answered. Read more...