07 Sep Alaska DOT Reroutes Dalton Highway to Protect Road From Creeping ‘Blob’ Alaska highway workers have moved the Dalton Highway to protect it from a giant mass of frozen debris oozing down a hillside. Read more...
07 Sep Battling Amazon, Chicago-Based ShipBob Lands $40 Million, Opens Warehouse With $40 million in new investments announced Sept. 6, Chicago-based e-commerce logistics company ShipBob is eyeing an expansion — starting with a new fulfillment warehouse in Cicero and a push to hire 100 people in the next year. Read more...
06 Sep Economists Paint Rosy Forecast for Trucking WASHINGTON — Economists for trade associations representing manufacturing, construction and retail industries said during an industry conference here that they expect positive growth to continue for the remainder of 2018, with little chance of a downturn over the next year or so despite the threat of increasing trade tensions, rising interest rates and higher costs. Read more...
06 Sep August Class 8 Orders Spike to a New Record Orders for Class 8 trucks in August shattered the previous record for the month, surpassing 53,000 for the highest tally of the year and for the second consecutive month setting a record in a surprisingly active summer. Read more...
06 Sep Kentucky, FHWA Officials Reach Agreement on I-165 Designation State and federal transportation officials amended on Sept. 4 the William H. Natcher Parkway-I-165 conversion agreement to designate the highway stretching from Bowling Green to Owensboro an interstate before several interchange projects along it are completed. Read more...
06 Sep Airlines Are Stepping Up Oil Hedges Before 2020 Shipping Rule Bites Airlines are starting to hedge against the risk that fuel prices could be driven higher by rules targeting another industry’s environmental performance. Read more...
06 Sep Navistar’s Net Income, 3Q Revenue Surge on Market Enthusiasm for Trucks, Engines Navistar International Corp. reported a surge in net income and an 18% increase in revenue for its fiscal year third quarter, citing the market’s enthusiasm for its latest truck and engine products, and expressed confidence that current market conditions would continue into the first half of 2019 — and possibly beyond. Read more...
06 Sep Lack of Action in Congress on Autonomous Technology Could Hinder States, Lawmaker Warns WASHINGTON — The small role Congress currently plays in policy for autonomous vehicle technology could eventually slow, or impede, progress for states and firms testing such systems, a key House transportation authorizer warned on Sept. 5. Read more...
06 Sep Florida Scores Biggest Annual Gain in Heavy-Duty Clean Diesel Trucks Florida posted the biggest surge among states in the use of heavy-duty trucks with clean diesel engines in 2017, notching an 81% jump compared with a year earlier, according to data from IHS Markit. This increase came as fleet confidence in the technology took hold and more freight-hauling opportunities opened up in the nation’s fourth-largest state economy, other experts said. Read more...
06 Sep FMCSA Medical Registry Hack Still Causes Delays Nine Months Later An “incursion” nine months ago that shut down the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners still is causing delays in registering new examiners and backlogs for medical examiners to upload truck driver examinations, officials said. Read more...