13 Apr Minnesota Voters to Decide Fate of Auto Tax for Roads, Bridges Come November, Minnesotans may decide whether the sales tax they pay for a variety of auto-related services — from oil changes to car rentals — should be dedicated solely to road and bridge improvements across the state. Read more...
13 Apr In the Age of Amazon, Warehouses Are Smart Investments Forget your fancy office towers. The future lies in warehouses. Read more...
12 Apr Chao Stresses Continued Outreach to Ag Haulers on ELD, HOS Rules The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will continue to meet with and host briefings geared toward livestock haulers who are discontent with the electronic logging device rule, according to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. Read more...
12 Apr Trucking Industry Leaders Join Trump to Tout Tax Reform A trucking executive and truck driver joined President Donald Trump at the podium during an April 12 White House Rose Garden event held to discuss the effects the tax reform law passed by Congress in December had on businesses. Read more...
12 Apr DTNA to Recall More Than 7,000 Western Star Trucks Daimler Trucks North America will conduct a voluntary safety recall on up to 7,128 Western Star trucks over wiring issues that could increase the risk of fire. Read more...
12 Apr Freight Brokers Using Technology to Automate Processes PALM DESERT, Calif. — Automation isn’t just for trucks. There was plenty of evidence at the Transportation Intermediaries Association Capital Ideas conference and exhibition here that it’s also going to change the way freight is managed by shippers and third-party logistics companies. Read more...
12 Apr VW Appoints Herbert Diess CEO in Sweeping Overhaul Volkswagen AG picked a new leader in a management shakeup to ready the world’s largest automaker for a wave of technological change upending the industry’s traditional business models. Read more...
12 Apr Class 8 Sales Jump Past 19,000; March Volume Is Year’s Highest U.S. retail sales of Class 8 trucks in March passed 19,000 to reach the highest volume this year, WardsAuto.com reported, as nearly every available truck on the road was hauling freight and the trucking industry’s search for more drivers intensified, analysts said. Read more...
12 Apr Trump Threatens Endless NAFTA Talks After Walk-Back on Autos Donald Trump says he’s willing to “renegotiate forever” on NAFTA, a threat that comes as his trade office again softens its marquee demand for changes to the auto sector. Read more...
12 Apr UPS Flight Dispatchers Vote to Authorize Strike as Contract Talks Continue Eighty-one unionized UPS Inc. flight dispatchers based at the company’s Louisville, Ky., Worldport hub voted unanimously to authorize their leadership to call a strike as contract talks continue, according to the union and a statement released from UPS on April 9. Read more...