08 Jun KLLM Announces Another Pay Increase for Drivers KLLM Transport Services will institute another pay hike for company drivers, bringing the increase to 30% in just the past eight months, the Jackson, Miss.-based over-the road carrier announced. Read more...
08 Jun Bernanke Says US Economy Faces ‘Wile E. Coyote’ Moment in 2020 U.S. economic growth could face a challenging slowdown as the Trump Administration’s powerful fiscal stimulus fades after two years, according to former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Read more...
08 Jun As Economy Heats Up, Truck Driver Shortage Burns More Companies A strengthening economy has its downsides. Just ask United Natural Foods Inc. Read more...
08 Jun The Eyes of Autonomy Advances in sensor technology will play a key role in the development of increasingly sophisticated driver- assist systems and the eventual deployment of self-driving trucks in commercial fleets. Read more...
08 Jun Website Not Encrypted? Google Soon Will Add Warnings That Could Turn Visitors Away Come July, Google Chrome will add stark security warnings that could turn business away from your website if it’s unencrypted. Specifically, Google will brand your site as “not secure” in the address bar of its popular web browser if it senses you’re operating without encryption. “Users presented with this warning will be less likely to interact with these sites or trust their content,” so it’s “imperative” that site operators get their websites encrypted, said Patrick Donahue, security engineer... Read more...
08 Jun The Future Is Autonomous, Not Jobless If autonomous vehicles are the future of the trucking industry, what is the future of the truck driver? On the surface, it might appear to some casual observers that automation could soon spell the end of the truck driving profession, but that perception quickly falls apart when examining the current limitations of the technology and the stark realities of trucking’s labor needs. Read more...
07 Jun Editorial: Opportunities and Challenges The opportunities and challenges inherent in the technological revolution underway in trucking are evident throughout this week’s issue of Transport Topics. Read more...
07 Jun Ted Cruz Says Imperiled Biofuel Overhaul Plan Not Dead A day after a tentative agreement to overhaul U.S. biofuel policy appeared to collapse amid farm-state concerns, EPA chief Scott Pruitt met to discuss the issue with the lead senator pushing for the changes: Ted Cruz. Read more...
07 Jun Roadside Repairs by Fleets Rose 21% in 1Q, Study Says RALEIGH, N.C. — Fleets saw their roadside breakdowns increase by 21% in the first quarter this year compared with the fourth quarter of 2017, according to the Truckload Vertical Benchmarking Study from American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council and FleetNet America. Read more...
07 Jun North American Class 8 Orders Continue Strong Growth in May Orders for new Class 8 trucks more than doubled last month versus year-ago levels, according to preliminary data from ACT Research. Read more...