05 Jun Bill Targets Driver Shortage With Age-Restriction Reduction In an attempt to close a truck driver shortage cited by industry insiders, Ninth District Rep. Trey Hollingsworth is co-sponsoring a bill that would lower the age when commercial motor vehicle drivers are able to travel across state lines from 21 to 18. Read more...
05 Jun ATA’s Chris Spear Calls Ag Haulers’ Quest for ELD, HOS Exemptions Excessive INDIANAPOLIS — Electronic logging device exemptions granted to agricultural haulers are “crossing the line on safety,” American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear said June 4. Read more...
04 Jun Uber Freight Launches ‘Fleet Mode’ Uber Freight has added a “fleet mode” to its mobile app to enable dispatchers at small fleets to find and book loads and assign them to their drivers. Read more...
04 Jun 10-Week Streak of Rising Diesel Prices Ends With .3¢ Drop For the first time in 11 weeks the U.S. average retail price of diesel decreased, dropping by .3 cent to $3.285, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration report June 4. Read more...
04 Jun Schneider Executive Shaleen Devgun Named Adviser to Investment Firm 8VC The connection between Schneider, one of the nation’s largest truckload and logistics service providers, and venture capital fund 8VC is deepening with the appointment of Shaleen Devgun, chief information officer and executive vice president at Schneider, as an adviser to the San Francisco-based investment firm. Read more...
04 Jun Opinion: Managing Contracts for Maximum Efficiency and Minimum Risk Trucking fleets work every day to draft, negotiate and execute contracts with suppliers, employees, subcontractors and customers that maximize revenue and produce efficiencies for all involved. But in a heavily regulated industry such as trucking, compliance issues related to federal, state and local laws must be directly reflected in these contracts, and that can get burdensome. Read more...
04 Jun Driverless Tech Part of SoftBank’s 300-Year Plan SoftBank Group Corp.’s Masayoshi Son wants his company to grow for 300 years, and he’s willing to pour billions of dollars into far-out technology to make it happen. Read more...
04 Jun Head of Brazil’s State Oil Company Resigns in Wake of Trucker Strike RIO DE JANEIRO — The president of Brazilian state oil company Petrobras resigned June 1, the latest fallout from a crippling truckers’ strike over fuel prices that has widespread implications for the future of Latin America’s largest economy. Read more...
04 Jun Capitol Agenda for the Week of June 4: The Word In a small side room at Washington’s Union Station, this year’s Infrastructure Week kicked off with a keynote address from Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. She again pointed to the private sector and state and municipal officials as being the key drivers on infrastructure funding. Before the secretary’s address, Austin, Texas, Mayor Steve Adler had offered the infrastructure intelligentsia in attendance a different message. A look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
04 Jun Crossword Puzzle Solution June 4, 2018 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the June 4, 2018 print edition. Read more...