The Mack truck manufacturing plant in Lower Macungie, Pa. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call/TCA) Mack Trucks plans to lay off 250 to 350 workers at its Lehigh Valley Operations plant in Pennsylvania, the company confirmed April 18. The Greensboro, N.C.-based truck manufacturer confirmed earlier reports about the layoffs. The decision was made in the face of ...more
The Drug Testing Advisory Board has been in operation since 1988. (DouglasOlivares/Getty Images) The Trump administration has dissolved the Drug Testing Advisory Board, which for more than three decades has overseen the development of federal testing programs and laboratories that process drug tests. The board, which had been in operation since 1988, has played a ...more
From left: Mary Glass; U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass; Joseph Young, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission; Eiichi Kawahara, Ambassador Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs; and Victor Osumi of Delta. (Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP) TOKYO — The new U.S. ambassador to Japan arrived in Tokyo on April 18 and said he ...more
Dehan recommended that carriers learn more about their broker partners to build relationships and acquire more consistent freight. (TippaPatt/Getty Images) Truckstop stressed the importance of carriers building trust with brokerage companies after releasing a survey showing fraud as their top issue April 9. The Broker Insights Survey found that two-thirds of brokers cite fraud as ...more
Containerships at anchor near the Port of Los Angeles. (Tim Rue/Bloomberg) The Trump administration took steps to impose levies on Chinese vessels docking at U.S. ports, threatening to shake up global shipping routes and escalate the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. Under a plan put forward by the U.S. Trade Representative on ...more
Norfolk Southern and OxyVinyls, the chemical company that made the vinyl chloride that was released and burned after the derailment, announced the settlement April 17. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press, File) Norfolk Southern reached an agreement with one of two companies about how much each side will help pay for a $600 million class-action settlement, which ...more
Two Waymo driverless taxis stop before passing one another on a San Francisco street in 2023. (Terry Chea/Associated Press, File) Waymo is seeking California’s permission to expand its footprint in the South Bay area near San Francisco, offering fared robotaxi rides throughout San Jose and along the peninsula. A map included in the company’s updated ...more
Cars on a Hertz car rental lot in Berkeley, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management has amassed a nearly 20% stake in Hertz Global Holdings in a bet on the rental car company’s turnaround plan and that tariffs will boost the value of its vehicles. The firm began buying shares ...more
The New Mexico State Police (NMSP) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) division released the results of a major truck blitz that took place in earlier this month. The commercial vehicle enforcement operation took place April 7 through April 11 in southeastern New Mexico.Troopers say that the purpose of the operation was to increase highway safety by ...more
Multiple law enforcement agencies in Wisconsin partnered this week to conduct aerial traffic enforcement operations. On April 14 and April 16, the Wisconsin State Patrol (WSP) conducted aerial traffic enforcement on US 12/18 (Beltline) in Dane County at the Monona Drive interchange in an effort to “improve safety on one of Wisconsin’s busiest highways.”During the ...more
