Everyone Gets in on the Fun at Competitive Iowa Truck Driving Championships
Walmart Transportation’s Jim Stinemates is a five-time Iowa Truck Driving Grand Champion. After having surgery earlier this year, he’s sitting out the 2019 competition, which is being held June 13-14 at the Prairie Meadows Casino, Racetrack & Hotel in Altoona.
June 12, 2019Canada Is First Nation to Sign Pledge to Slash Truck Emissions
Canada has become the first nation to endorse a pledge to speed global adoption of zero-emission and near-zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in key urban communities by 2025 and achieve full market penetration by 2040.
June 12, 2019Martin-Brower’s Bryan Krol Goes Toe-to-Toe With Competition Legend, and Wins
YORK, Pa. — Bryan Krol got his start in trucking by working in a warehouse. As a young man, Krol worked alongside his father-in-law in Kent, Wash. “This is a job, don’t make it a career,” Krol’s father-in-law told him.
June 11, 20192019 Alabama Truck Driving Championships
Scenes from the 2019 Alabama Truck Driving Championships at Pelham Civic Complex on May 31.
June 11, 2019Blockchain Mentioned Less in Boardrooms
Blockchain, the technology that allows digital information to be shared across networks, has been mentioned fewer and fewer times by corporate executives, signaling what was thought to be the next big thing in trucking may already be declining.
June 11, 2019Hold Up on the Fill-Up: Gasoline Is Set to Plunge at the Pump
Gasoline prices have been sliding steadily for several weeks, and they’re promising to get even cheaper as crude prices fall and the U.S. moves into the summer driving season.
June 11, 2019Uber Tries to Steer Its Vision of Flying Cars Through Regulators
Uber Technologies Inc. is bringing its vision of a Jetsons’-like future of battery-powered flying vehicles for the masses to Washington, where it will have to persuade regulators to approve this new model for how aviation works. The company opened its two-day Uber Elevate Summit 2019 on June 11.
June 11, 2019Democrats Signal Hope for Passing New North America Trade Accord
House Democrats are expressing optimism as they begin what could be the final stage of negotiations to approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, paving the way to vote on President Donald Trump’s top legislative priority.
June 11, 2019Corn, Wheat Spike After US Cuts Forecasts on Midwest Flooding
Corn’s waning rally snapped back to life after the U.S. government predicted a deluge in the country’s grain belt will harm supply more than analysts expected.
June 11, 2019Underlying US Producer Prices Rise at Slowest Pace in Year
A measure of underlying U.S. producer prices rose at the slowest pace in more than a year, signaling inflation pressures remain muted and potentially reinforcing calls for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.
June 11, 2019