26 Jun Unmanned Starsky Robotics Truck Navigates Florida Expressway Automated truck technology startup Starsky Robotics successfully completed its first unmanned test drive on a public highway June 16. Read more...
26 Jun Federal Drug Officials Weigh Whether to Add Testing for Fentanyl For the second time in about four years, Congress has asked drug agencies if federal workers, including truck drivers, should be tested for fentanyl, which is used legally for pain and illegally for its high. Read more...
26 Jun Goods-Trade Deficit Widens as Levies Rise on Chinese Items The U.S. merchandise-trade deficit widened in May to a five-month high amid a surge in imports after President Donald Trump’s decision to increase levies on $200 billion of items from China. Read more...
26 Jun Tesla Must Go ‘All Out’ to Set Deliveries Record, CEO Elon Musk Says Tesla Inc. could be on the verge of a quarterly record for vehicle deliveries, though the electric carmaker will need to go “all out” in the last few days of the month, CEO Elon Musk wrote in an internal memo. Read more...
26 Jun Trump Vows More Tariffs if No Progress Is Made on Trade Deal President Donald Trump said substantial additional U.S. tariffs would be placed on goods from China if no progress on a trade deal is made after his meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the G-20 Summit in Japan. Read more...
26 Jun Formerly of Alaska, Becky Nelson Scorches Record Florida Field to Win Grand Champion Title This year’s Florida Truck Driving Championships welcomed a record 279 competitors. Grand Champion Rebecca “Becky” Nelson of FedEx Express outdrove them all. Read more...
26 Jun Rookie Competitor Eric Stein Had All the Ingredients to Win Nebraska's Grand Champion Title In his first year of competing, Eric Stein dominated the field at the Nebraska Truck Driving Championships, winning the Rookie of the Year Award, the 3-Axle division, the Grand Champion Award and the Professional Excellence Award for the highest score on the written test. Read more...
26 Jun Surging Corn Prices Put US Wheat Back in the Feed Trough A looming shortfall in U.S. corn production after a historical spat of wet weather means wheat is back on the menu at cattle feedlots in the southern Plains. Read more...
26 Jun Business-Equipment Orders Post Best Gain in Four Months Orders with U.S. factories for business equipment rebounded in May with the largest increase in four months, signaling corporate investment is holding up despite tensions with major trading partners fueling uncertainty about the outlook. Read more...
26 Jun Cargo Theft Cases Rise in 1Q During the first quarter of this year, cargo thefts in the United States rose 25% to 144 reported incidents, with the average loss for each occurrence rising 1% to $116,717, according to a report from the SensiGuard Supply Chain Intelligence Center. Read more...