Opinion: Coating Crucial to Stopping Tank Corrosion
In truck and rail tankers and beyond, chemically bonded phosphate ceramics can stop corrosion, improve safety, extend equipment life and minimize maintenance and downtime.
December 5, 2016Self-Driving Truck Hauls Freight in Ohio as State Unveils Investment to Aid Research
A semi-autonomous truck operated by Otto has completed the first of multiple test runs planned in Ohio this week as the state announced a $15 million investment in highway sensors and cable to support testing of advanced transportation technologies.
December 1, 2016October Tonnage Dips 0.9% From 2015
Truck tonnage sagged 0.9% in October versus a year ago, the second consecutive decline in American Trucking Associations’ monthly index, despite other positive economic numbers in the retail, manufacturing and industrial sectors.
November 28, 2016Opinion: Addition by Subtraction
In a time of business growth, trucking companies may find themselves trying to keep up with increasing demands, including fleet management needs. Regardless of whether the business grows organically or through a merger or acquisition, you need to find a way to manage the needs of your business and customers. However, simply adding more vehicles to your fleet isn’t always the right answer. Sometimes, it comes down to “addition by subtraction.”
November 28, 2016Big Drop in Class 8 Registrations Signals End of Truck-Buying Spree
A sharp decline in registrations of new trucks is taking the air out of what has been a remarkably robust period of growth in the size of the nation’s Class 8 fleet.
November 28, 2016Borne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past, Truck OEMs Return to Medium Duty
The reintroduction of medium-duty models from three manufacturers will reconfigure that segment of the commercial truck industry, especially in the lighter weight classes.
November 28, 2016J.B. Hunt Settles Discrimination Case With Sikh Applicants Over Hair Testing
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. and four East Indian Sikh truck driver applicants agreed to a settlement — with the company paying more than a quarter million dollars — that would no longer force job applicants to submit to hair drug testing if it violated their religious beliefs.
November 28, 2016That Truck You See on Ohio Roads This Week Might Be Driving Itself
Just weeks after making what it called the world's first shipment by a self-driving truck, Otto plans to travel a 35-mile stretch of U.S. Route 33 in Ohio in another test of its autonomous technology.
November 27, 2016Michigan House OKs Truck Platooning
Two months and three days after Michigan’s Senate unanimously passed a bill allowing truck platooning in the state, the House followed suit Nov. 10.
November 14, 2016Trump Touts Infrastructure
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s win, trucking and transportation industry executives saw the president-elect’s bullish interest in modernizing the country’s infrastructure as a glass-half-full.
November 14, 2016