Trucks at the Volvo Customer Center in Gothenburg. (Joe Howard/Transport Topics) GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Leaders from Volvo Trucks said they’re taking a customer-focused approach to achieving corporate goals for reduction of carbon emissions, including drilling down on fleets’ operations to identify and fine-tune opportunities where adoption of zero-emission trucks will make business sense. “We need ...more
Nikola began production of the Tre hydrogen fuel cell electric truck July 31 at its Coolidge, Ariz., factory. (Nikola Corp.) The first deliveries of Nikola’s hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered Class 8 truck are set to begin as early as late September, CEO Steve Girsky said Sept. 13. Production of the Tre fuel cell electric vehicle began July 31 ...more
Locomotives are stacked up with freight cars on April 21, 2016, at the Union Pacific Railroad's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Neb. (Associated Press/David Zalubowski, File) OMAHA, Neb. — An explosion inside a shipping container at the world’s largest railyard prompted evacuations in western Nebraska on Sept. 14 because of the toxic smoke generated when ...more
(GXO) GXO Logistics announced Sept. 14 it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the high-end e-commerce order fulfillment platform PFSweb. Irving, Texas-based PFSweb specializes in high-touch fulfillment in such verticals as luxury and health brands. The acquisition price was set at an enterprise value of about $142 million. GXO plans to acquire the ...more
Yellow Corp. trucks at a facility in Hayward, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Just weeks before closing its doors and dismissing thousands of employees, Yellow Corp. doled out millions of dollars in bonuses to executives so they wouldn’t leave the trucking firm during its chaotic unraveling, court papers show. Yellow paid bonuses totaling about $4.6 ...more
President Joe Biden drives a Cadillac Lyriq through the showroom during a tour at the Detroit Auto Show in 2022. (Evan Vucci/AP/File) WASHINGTON — Efforts by the Biden administration to limit pollution from automobile tailpipes — a major source of planet-warming emissions — face a crucial test as legal challenges brought by Republican-led states head ...more
A toll gantry on I-95 in Rhode Island. (TT File Photo) Attorneys for American Trucking Associations and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation sparred in oral arguments before a federal appeals court over whether the state’s trucks-only tolling plan discriminates against out-of-state heavy trucks traveling in the state. In a hearing Sept. 12, the two ...more
The joint venture will see Utility Trailer’s 3000R line of refrigerated freight trailers paired with two Schmitz Cargobull transport refrigeration units. (Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co.) Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. unveiled plans Sept. 11 for a joint venture with Germany’s Schmitz Cargobull Corp. that will be known as Cargobull North America. The joint venture will see ...more
Moderator Evan Armstrong and LIANA panelists (from left) Lawrence Gross, Tim Denoyer and Alan Murphy discuss the state of the transportation industry. (Dan Ronan/Transport Topics) LONG BEACH, Calif. — As 2023 heads toward the last quarter, shippers and transportation companies hope that the fall peak season pushes the industry out of the freight recession, a ...more
Moderator Evan Armstrong and LIANA panelists (from left) Lawrence Gross, Tim Denoyer and Alan Murphy discuss the state of the transportation industry. (Dan Ronan/Transport Topics) LONG BEACH, Calif. — As 2023 heads toward the last quarter, shippers and transportation companies hope that the fall peak season pushes the industry out of the freight recession, a ...more
