12 May Vigillo Founder Steve Bryan's New Tech Company Measures Carrier Reputations A new data service aims to help motor carriers improve and maintain their reputations as safe operators before they ever have to face a plaintiff attorney’s wrath in a courtroom. Read more...
12 May Hertz Shares Surge on Sale to Knighthead In a deal that hands a huge victory to shareholders of bankrupt Hertz Global Holdings Inc., the car renter picked Knighthead Capital Management and Certares Management to buy the company out of Chapter 11, capping a dramatic brawl for control of the company. Read more...
12 May TIA Pledges Greater Capitol Hill Presence; New CEO Anne Reinke Leads First Meeting The head of the Transportation Intermediaries Association stressed that the industry is healthy and poised for a return to the kind of camaraderie that existed before the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
12 May Repairs to I-40 Bridge Could Take Months MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Repairs to the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee could take months after a crack was found in the span, forcing thousands of trucks and cars to detour and shutting down shipping on a section of the Mississippi River, a transportation official said May 12. Read more...
12 May DOT Issues Further Allowances for Haulers in States Affected by Colonial Pipeline Attack Government agencies at the federal and state levels have taken measures — including steps to facilitate truck movement — as a response to the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline. Read more...
12 May VW Plans to Have Autonomous Microbus Ready for Roads in 2025 Volkswagen AG plans to offer a highly automated version of the hippie-era microbus it’s reviving as an electric van as the carmaker commercializes self-driving technology along with startup Argo AI. Read more...
12 May More Stations in Southeast Running Out of Gas Drivers waited in long lines at gas stations in the Southeast on May 12 after a hack of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline led to distribution problems and panic buying, draining supplies at thousands of gas stations. Read more...
11 May House Lawmakers Seek $15 Billion in Infrastructure Earmarks House lawmakers have requested $14.9 billion in spending on earmarked projects for a transportation bill set to be a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda. Read more...
11 May ATA's Chris Spear Calls on Congress to Advance Surface Transportation Bill This Year The adoption of legislation designed to improve connectivity across commercial corridors and ensure long-term funding for highway programs would benefit the country’s freight supply chain, the leader of the group representing the trucking sector told a Senate panel May 11. Read more...
11 May Volvo Sees Three Paths to Decarbonize Trucking Volvo Group expects a near-term convergence of biofuel, battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric-powered trucks as the industry, in the U.S. and in Europe, begins to adopt transformative and disruptive technologies aimed at eliminating harmful emissions and “leapfrogging” current practices. Read more...