Category: News

NEW YORK — Americans increased their spending in June as inflation eased in many areas, and the job market remained remarkably strong.

Truck tonnage in June slipped 0.8% when measured against the same month in 2022, the fourth straight year-over-year decline, according to American Trucking Associations.

A new study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform found that trucking in America is “under siege by litigation.”

Amazon’s carbon emissions ticked lower for the first time since the company began reporting the figure, citing increased purchases of renewable electricity and a slowdown in sales growth.

FedEx Freight driver David Schroeder, Ohio’s trucking champion who will be competing at nationals in his home state, embraces safety on and off the skills course.

OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific will renew its push for one-person train crews when the railroad tests the idea of having a conductor in a truck respond to problems in Nebraska and Colorado.

The needle refused to budge on the national average diesel price, holding at $3.806 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released July 17.

FedEx Corp. hired John Dietrich, the former head of an aircraft leasing company, as its new chief financial officer amid a sweeping plan to restructure the package delivery giant.

A program to train formerly incarcerated individuals to obtain commercial driver licenses is part of $2.59 million in grants awarded in Massachusetts across 14 organizations.

Here’s the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the July 17, 2023 print edition.