Peterbilt trucks on display at the OEM's Denton, Texas, facility. (Mike Senatore/Transport Topics) Truck maker Peterbilt Motors Co. is relying on its flexibility as it traverses a market facing increasingly uncertain conditions. The potential for tariffs on foreign trade continues to loom, threatening supply chains across North America. Peterbilt’s parent company, Paccar Inc., has manufacturing ...more
Daimler Truck North America has begun delivering self-driving configurations of its fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia to Torc. (Daimler Truck) Torc Robotics began testing its autonomous trucks on what is expected to be the Daimler Truck subsidiary’s first driverless freight lane between Laredo and Dallas, the parent company said. One of the busiest freight lanes in the ...more
VW has had a large plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., since 2011. (Volkswagen) Volkswagen AG may build some Audi cars in the U.S. in a bid to avert President Donald Trump’s tariffs, its chief executive told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in an interview published April 18. “We have a forward strategy with exciting projects, tailor-made and attractive ...more
The Mazda CX-50 sport utility vehicle. (Mazda) Mazda Motor Corp. will pause exporting one model type to Canada that it makes in the U.S. as a temporary countermeasure to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a spokesperson said April 18. The Japanese automaker will halt production of CX-50 sport utility vehicles destined for Canada at its Alabama ...more
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
