Maryland Leaders Continue Requests for Highway User Revenue
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Municipal leaders and transportation advocates continued their nearly decadelong plea to restore pre-recession levels of highway user revenue on Feb. 22.
February 23, 2018Glitches or Not, Nissan Starts Testing Semi-Autonomous Rides
YOKOHAMA, Japan — In the future Nissan envisions, driverless cars will pick up children from school and recommend restaurants to tourists in various languages.
February 23, 2018Trucking Industry Needs More Women, Younger Workers, Says Past ATA Chairman Kevin Burch
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The trucking industry will need 100,000 new drivers per year for the next 10 years to address the industrywide driver shortage, according to Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express Inc., and immediate past chairman of American Trucking Associations.
February 22, 2018Industry Experts Champion Active, Friendly Online Presences as Recruiting Tools
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A dutifully-managed online presence functions as an important tool for attracting drivers, according to recruiting experts at freight companies.
February 22, 2018ATA’s Chris Spear Urges Fleets to Plan for Future When Developing Workforce
NASHVILLE, Tenn.— Trucking companies need to “look beyond the hood” when cultivating a workforce, monitoring on the road ahead for issues that will shape their businesses in years to come, American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear said here.
February 22, 2018BNSF Announces $110 Million 2018 Capital Program in Oklahoma
BNSF Railway has announced its 2018 expenditure program in Oklahoma, which totals about $110 million.
February 22, 2018UPS to Add Zero-Emissions Delivery Trucks
UPS Inc. announced it will deploy 50 newly designed plug-in electric delivery trucks by the end of the year. The vehicles are comparable in acquisition cost to its conventional-fueled package delivery trucks without the use of subsidies — a development it calls an industry first and one that breaks a key barrier to large-scale fleet adoption.
February 22, 2018Ritchie Bros. Orlando Auction Offers Used Trucks to Global Buyers
ORLANDO, Fla.— Industrial auctioneer Ritchie Bros. jammed row after row of used equipment in all shapes and sizes riding on tires or treads onto a 232-acre site here to launch its annual premier auction in February, the first since acquiring rival IronPlanet.
February 22, 2018White House Signals New Trade Deals Must Help Those Left Behind
The White House signaled President Donald Trump will pay close attention to the fate of workers left behind by globalization as a new benchmark for negotiating trade deals around the world.
February 22, 2018Port of Vancouver Works on Strategic Plan Update
A lot has happened since the Port of Vancouver comprehensively updated its strategic plan about a decade ago, and port officials have decided that it’s time to update their guiding document.
February 22, 2018