Transport Topics
- OPEC Cuts Output to Lowest Since 1991 as Virus Slams Oil Demand
- Safety Groups, Teamsters Petition FMCSA to Reconsider HOS Final Rule
- FedEx Posts Loss in Q4, Shows Improvement From Year Ago
- ASCE Report: COVID-19 Compounds Infrastructure Woes
- House Clears Extension of Small Business Loan Program to August
- Louisiana Passes Legislation Aimed at Significant Tort Reform
- Tesla Beats Delivery Expectations, Sending Shares Surging
- House Infrastructure Bill Will Never Become Law, Rep. Sam Graves Says
- FAA Concludes Three Days of Test Flights of Boeing’s 737 Max
- US Unemployment Falls to 11.1%; Trucking Adds 8,000 Jobs
- House OKs $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan That Impacts HOS, Insurance
- Is Density Related to COVID-19 Infection Rates? These Experts Say No
- Cargo Theft Likely to Increase Over July Fourth Holiday, Report Says
- Daimler CEO Warns of ‘Drastic’ Pay Cuts, Deeper Restructuring
- Manufacturing Bounces Back in June on Reopenings
- CARB Releases Proposal to Cut Future NOx, Particulate Matter Emissions
- House Climate Change Plan Tackles Heavy-Duty Equipment at Ports
- Commodity Freighters Are Shrugging Off COVID-19 — For Now
- CBO Trims GDP Forecast for 2020, Lifts 2021 Projection
Mitchell1 Enhances Search Capabilities for Diagnostics Data
ATLANTA — A new search function for the TruckSeries diagnostics software suite from Mitchell1 gives technicians faster access to repair information, the company announced March 17.
Phillips to Launch Telematics Systems for Trailers, Chassis, Containers
ATLANTA — Phillips Connect Technologies is rolling out an expanded line of telematics systems designed to track the status and condition of trailers and intermodal chassis and containers.
FlowBelow Tractor AeroKit to Be Offered as Option on International LT Series Trucks
ATLANTA — FlowBelow Aero announced that its Tractor AeroKit system will be offered as a factory-installed option on a fuel-efficiency package on International LT Series trucks starting this spring and also that it is looking to expand its presence in the trailer market.
TMC Annual Meeting Goes ‘Beyond the Frontier of Maintenance’
The evolution of trucks and truck maintenance is apparent in key highlights on the agenda for the upcoming annual meeting of the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations.
Fleets on Alert for 'Staged Accidents' as Spotlight Falls on Louisiana Trial
Fender benders on the interstates in and around New Orleans are as common as a homemade bowl of jambalaya for lunch. But an accident on Interstate 10 at Milepost 238 on Nov. 17, 2017, seemed a little strange, as truck driver Robert Runnels recalls it.
