The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled a Nov. 8 hearing to consider the nomination of Ray Martinez as the country’s top trucking regulator.
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Rhode Island Truck-Toll Launch Postponed to February or March
The trucking industry received at least a two-month reprieve from the onset of Rhode Island tolls Nov. 6 as state transportation officials said they have pushed the launch date for the first truck-toll collections into next year.
Self-Driving Cars Could Save Lives Even Before They’re Perfected, Report Says
Putting self-driving cars on the road sooner rather than later could save hundreds of thousands of lives, according to a report released Nov. 6 by Rand Corp., a Santa Monica policy research nonprofit.
Building Resilient Communities Best Way to Reduce Risks, FEMA Chief Says
The extreme weather events that destroyed vital infrastructure this year in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands illustrate the need to build resilient communities, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long said
Expeditors’ Profits Jump 12%, Beating Analyst Forecasts
Expeditors International of Washington reported strong earnings in the third quarter, with profits jumping 12% year-over-year, easily beating the consensus forecast of analysts.
Schneider’s 3Q Profits Flat, Missing Consensus Forecast
Schneider announced profits were flat in the third quarter, missing the consensus forecast of analysts due to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and higher driver pay and retention costs to gear up for the capacity crunch in 2018.
'Greed and Power' Fueled Pilot Flying J Fraud, Prosecutor
Mark Hazelwood wasn’t hurting for money. Neither was Pilot Flying J, his employer and the nation’s largest diesel fuel retailer.
Bid to Save Pacific-Rim Trade Pact Comes to a Head
The push to salvage a Pacific-rim trade pact will come to a head this week as nations diverge on whether it should be preserved, abandoned or renegotiated from scratch after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal.
Honeywell teams with Omnitracs to add electronic logs to its driver workflow solution
Software deployed by less-than-truckload carriers Holland and Reddaway
Ford recalls 73,000 Transit vans, 30,000 F-150 pickups
Ford issued four safety recalls involving Transit vans, which potentially could catch fire, and F-150 trucks. Here are details of the recalls, which concern a towing module that could be corroded by water; two different transmission/ shifting problem