Transport Topics
- ASCE Report: COVID-19 Compounds Infrastructure Woes
- FedEx Posts Loss in Q4, Shows Improvement From Year Ago
- Safety Groups, Teamsters Petition FMCSA to Reconsider HOS Final Rule
- OPEC Cuts Output to Lowest Since 1991 as Virus Slams Oil Demand
- Commodity Freighters Are Shrugging Off COVID-19 — For Now
- House Climate Change Plan Tackles Heavy-Duty Equipment at Ports
- CARB Releases Proposal to Cut Future NOx, Particulate Matter Emissions
- Manufacturing Bounces Back in June on Reopenings
- Daimler CEO Warns of ‘Drastic’ Pay Cuts, Deeper Restructuring
- Cargo Theft Likely to Increase Over July Fourth Holiday, Report Says
- Is Density Related to COVID-19 Infection Rates? These Experts Say No
- House OKs $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan That Impacts HOS, Insurance
- US Unemployment Falls to 11.1%; Trucking Adds 8,000 Jobs
- FAA Concludes Three Days of Test Flights of Boeing’s 737 Max
- House Infrastructure Bill Will Never Become Law, Rep. Sam Graves Says
- Tesla Beats Delivery Expectations, Sending Shares Surging
- Louisiana Passes Legislation Aimed at Significant Tort Reform
- House Clears Extension of Small Business Loan Program to August
- YRC Worldwide Receives $700 Million Federal Loan Package
Senate Funding Panel Includes Twin 33 Provision in Fiscal 2016 Transportation Bill
WASHINGTON - Senate appropriators on June 25 voted to include a provision that would allow the use of twin 33-foot trailers nationwide in a fiscal 2016 transportation funding bill.
Daimler Takes Minority Stake in Zonar
Daimler Trucks North America announced June 25 it has taken a minority stake in Zonar Systems Inc., expanding a relationship started earlier this decade with the Virtual Technician remote diagnostic platform.
Nafta Trade Drops by Most This Year
U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico dropped in April by the most this year, and freight carried by trucks declined, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported June 25.
Kuehne + Nagel Agrees to Buy ReTrans
Swiss logistics company Kuehne + Nagel Group announced an agreement to acquire ReTrans Inc., a Tennessee-based freight management company to expand the buyer's U.S. operations.
Consumers Help GDP Contract Less Than Last Estimated
The world's largest economy shrank in the first quarter, just not as much as previously estimated, with the help of a bigger gain in consumer spending.
West Virginia Trucking Association members receive a 2.7% discount
