23 Jun California Trucking Association to Take AB 5 Case to Supreme Court The California Trucking Association on June 21 learned that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will not reconsider its earlier rejection of CTA’s challenge to a state independent contractor law. CTA plans to appeal its complaint to the nation’s highest court. Read more...
23 Jun Five Star International’s Frederick Scheler Named North American Dealer of the Year International, the commercial truck brand of Navistar Inc., announced June 15 that it has named Frederick Scheler its 2020 North American Dealer of the Year. Read more...
23 Jun First Highway to Hope Virtual Concert Raises $75,000 for Drivers in Need The St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund announced that the inaugural “Highway to Hope” virtual benefit concert raised more than $75,000. Read more...
22 Jun VW CEO Sees Autonomy Transforming Cars More Than Electrification Volkswagen AG is undergoing the world’s largest industrial overhaul for the electric-vehicle age, plotting half a dozen battery plants just in Europe and retooling assembly lines around the globe. And yet, its CEO sees autonomous-driving technology bringing about an even bigger shift. Read more...
22 Jun Colonial Pipeline Sued for Gas Crisis From Ransomware Attack Colonial Pipeline Co. was sued by a gas station seeking to represent thousands more over the ransomware attack in May that paralyzed the U.S. East Coast’s flow of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Read more...
22 Jun Massachusetts' $2.65 Billion Capital Plan Includes Funds for Transportation Massachusetts leaders recently announced a $2.65 billion Capital Plan, which includes millions for improving transportation infrastructure and bottlenecks. Read more...
22 Jun Trucker Tools Acquired by ASG Trucker Tools has been acquired by the software-focused investment portfolio company ASG, the companies announced June 22. Read more...
22 Jun May Tonnage Rises 3.7% Year-Over-Year Truck tonnage rose 3.7% in May compared with year-ago levels, and is pacing well against comparisons to the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, according to American Trucking Associations’ For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index. Read more...
22 Jun China Trucking Startup Full Truck Alliance Raises $1.6 Billion in US IPO Full Truck Alliance Co., an Uber-like trucking startup, has raised $1.6 billion after pricing its U.S. initial public offering at the top of a marketed range, in one of the biggest listings stateside by a Chinese company this year. Read more...
22 Jun Amazon Might Have to Sell Logistics Business Under Bill Amazon .com Inc. could be forced to sell its valuable logistics services division — the network of warehouses and delivery hubs around the country that power quick delivery of online orders — under antitrust legislation proposed by a congresswoman from Amazon’s hometown of Seattle, according to a spokesman for the lawmaker. Read more...