DTNA Breaks Ground on New Portland Headquarters
Daimler Trucks North America said it has broken ground at the site of its new headquarters building in Portland, Oregon.
July 21, 2014Roadrunner Acquires Logistics Firm Integrated Services
Roadrunner Transportation Systems has acquired regional logistics firm Integrated Services for $13 million.
July 21, 2014Volvo Group Ordered to Pay Penalty in Engine-Emission Case
Volvo Group has been ordered to pay penalties of about $91 million by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in a case involving engine-emission compliance, the company said.
July 21, 2014Rand McNally Releases Road Atlas for Commercial Drivers
Rand McNally has released the 2015 edition of the Motor Carriers’ Road Atlas, which it calls the No. 1-selling trucking print atlas.
July 21, 2014Letters: Focus on Detention; On HOS, E-Logging
Greg Fulton’s “Detention Time Is Too Important to Ignore” provided a solid perspective with a number of good suggestions on how to avoid detention and the loss in truck productivity. Moving the industry in this direction is certainly a worthy effort that should benefit all shippers, carriers and receivers long term.
July 21, 2014Opinion: The Dawn of Autonomous Driving?
As I watched the video of a man sitting passively in the driver seat, I marveled at just how easily the vehicle managed to properly steer itself. What amazed me even further was when I was told the footage was from the 1950s.
July 21, 2014Editorial: A Disappointing Stopgap
So it has come to pass that the House of Representatives has approved by a wide margin a 10-month, $11 billion stopgap fix for the Highway Trust Fund just weeks before it would become insolvent.
July 21, 2014June Truck Sales Jump 21%
Class 8 vehicle sales surged 21.6% in June to 19,373 units, the third-highest monthly total since the end of 2006, WardsAuto.com reported.
July 21, 2014House Passes Highway Patch
The Republican-led House of Representatives on July 15 easily passed legislation that would rescue a cash-strapped federal highway account through May.
July 21, 20142Q Fleet Failures Nearly Double on Cost Pressures, Report Says
Trucking failures virtually doubled in the second quarter, compared with the same period last year, as continued driver and regulatory cost pressures pushed more marginal fleets off the road, a new report found.
July 21, 2014