14 Mar Editorial: Keeping Trucks on the Road Starts Here This is a time for talking about truck maintenance, as the March 18 issue of Transport Topics coincides with and will be distributed at the 2019 annual meeting of the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations. Read more...
14 Mar North Florida Warehouse FTZ Debuts Heavy-Lift Service at Jacksonville TraPac Terminal North Florida Warehouse FTZ has launched its heavy-lift service at the TraPac container terminal in Jacksonville, Fla. Read more...
14 Mar State DOTs Are Provided Parking Software for Trucks at Rest Stops Intelligent Imaging Systems announced it is providing state departments of transportation with its IIS Smart Parking software for trucks at rest stops. Read more...
14 Mar Driver Turnover at TL Fleets Drops in 4Q, ATA Report Shows The turnover rate at large truckload carriers fell 9 percentage points in the fourth quarter, according to an American Trucking Associations report. At 78%, the rate is 10 points lower than it was during the same period in 2017. Read more...
14 Mar February Class 8 Sales Jump as Demand Remains Strong U.S. Class 8 retail sales for February rose 19% compared with a year ago to 19,858 vehicles, WardsAuto.com reported, underscoring that demand remains strong. Read more...
14 Mar Roadrunner Continues to Struggle in Aftermath of Federal Charges Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. reported a fourth-quarter loss of $58.4 million, or $1.52 a share, compared with a loss of $23.3 million, or 61 cents per share in 2017. The Downers Grove, Ill.-based truckload and less-than-truckload carrier continues to struggle financially in the wake of an accounting scandal and the departure of several key executives, and at a time when business conditions in the freight industry remain strong. Read more...
14 Mar Old Dominion Moves Into Expanded Facility in Mobile Trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line held a ribbon-cutting March 13 to celebrate its move to a larger facility for its Mobile, Ala., service center, one of five in the state. Read more...
14 Mar Law Enforcement Officers Challenged to Enforce Bill Legalizing Transport of Hemp, CVSA Says Conflicts between existing state laws and a new federal law legalizing the transport of industrial hemp are making it difficult for law enforcement officers to enforce the new law, the head of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance told officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Read more...
14 Mar Detroit at Center of Autonomous Tech Universe, Navigant Report Shows A new study by Navigant Research rates three companies as leaders in the race to develop and make money on self-driving, autonomous cars and trucks. Read more...
14 Mar Secretary Elaine Chao Announces New Transportation Technology Council The federal government is creating a council to address oversight gaps created by emerging technologies, such as autonomous vehicles, that fall within the jurisdiction of multiple Department of Transportation agencies. Read more...