CSX via Facebook OMAHA, Neb. — With the rail industry relying on longer and longer trains to cut costs, the Biden administration is handing out $570 million in grants to help eliminate many railroad crossings in 32 states. The grants announced June 5 will contribute to building bridges or underpasses at the sites of more ...more
Added features for truckers at four of the service areas include a separate entrance, lounge, showers, lockers, restrooms and washers/dryers. (Artist rendering via New York State Thruway Authority) Trying to make life on the road easier for truckers is part of the New York State Thruway Authority’s ongoing $450 million project to modernize its aging ...more
A Mission Petroleum Carriers tanker delivers fuel to a Chevron station. The national average diesel price has risen just once since Jan. 30. (Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc.) Diesel prices fell by a nationwide average of 5.8 cents to $3.797 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released June 5. Highlights The current average diesel ...more
Nick Souza for Port of Long Beach At least one terminal at the Port of Los Angeles canceled some cargo operations June 5 as disruptions that hit several key U.S. West Coast ports last week appear to continue amid labor contracts negotiations. One port operator, Fenix Marine Services, said in a notice to truckers that ...more
UPS workers at a rally in Brooklyn in April. (Paul Frangipane/Bloomberg News) UPS Inc.’s union workers will hold a vote on whether to grant authorization to Teamsters leaders to call a strike after the current five-year contract lapses. The results of the vote, which is typical in labor discussions to give negotiators a stronger hand, ...more
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks to supporters in Owensboro, Ky., May 19. (Timothy D. Easley/Associated Press) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kentucky officials say they won’t start paying out $21 million in economic incentives for a proposed electric vehicle battery facility until the company further explains why the U.S. Department of Energy abruptly rejected a $200 million ...more
Trucking Cares Foundation executives (from left) John Lynch, Chris Spear and Phil Byrd present a donation to Virginia Task Force 1 to assists in its relief efforts. (American Trucking Associations) The Trucking Cares Foundation donated $25,000 to Virginia Task Force 1, a leading disaster response team, American Trucking Associations’ charitable arm said June 2. Federation ...more
General Motors' Flint Assembly Plant. (GM) FLINT, Mich. — General Motors Co. will invest more than $1 billion in two of its plants to prepare for production of next-generation heavy-duty trucks, the Detroit automaker announced June 5. Some $788 million will go to Flint Assembly, which assembles the Chevrolet Silverado HD, the GMC Sierra HD ...more
Love’s Travel Stops recently opened a truck wash at one of their Missouri truck stops, with more to come soon. Love’s recently announced that the new “automated system” truck wash service is available at the store located in Harrisonville, Missouri. “Keeping your truck or fleet clean shouldn’t be a burden. That’s why Love’s is expanding ...more
A motorist was arrested in Sarasota County, Florida, on Sunday after colliding with a semi truck while traveling the wrong way on the interstate. The crash occurred shortly before 5 a.m. on June 4.According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), 21 year old Angel Eduardo Martinez was traveling south in the northbound lanes of I-75 ...more
