J.B. Hunt Transportation Services' acquisition of BNSF Logistics is expected to close before the end of the year. (J.B. Hunt) J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced Sept. 14 that its transport subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the brokerage operations of BNSF Logistics. A supply chain services subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe, ...more
From left: Zimmerman, John, Carroll and Mumau. The boys decided to combine their studies of precision machining and biomedical technology to help address parking needs in the New Stanton area of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. (PennDOT) Two teens from Lenape Technical School not only won the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s school challenge to solve truck parking ...more
The first iteration of the Cruise WAV includes a ramp that riders will be able to use unassisted from the curb. (Cruise) Cruise in October will begin testing a rectangular robotaxi equipped with a retractable ramp and ample interior that the autonomous vehicle company says is “the world’s first purpose-built, wheelchair accessible, self-driving vehicle.” The ...more
A worker prepares a tire to be mounted onto a truck chassis at the Volvo AG New River Valley Plant in Dublin, Va. (Justin Ide/Bloomberg News) Production at U.S. factories barely rose in August as a drop in motor vehicle assemblies masked a rebound in output of other consumer goods and business equipment. The 0.1% ...more
Striking United Auto Workers picket at Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., shortly after midnight on Sept. 15. (Paul Sancya/AP) DETROIT — About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Sept. 15 after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three ...more
A Norfolk Southern train in Pennsylvania. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) OMAHA, Neb. — Norfolk Southern's CEO pledged to continue working to improve safety after a consultant the railroad hired following the fiery Ohio derailment recommended making sure that safety is truly a priority at all levels and continuing many efforts it has already begun. CEO ...more
Yellow owned about 12,700 tractors and 42,000 trailers at the end of the second quarter of 2023, according to company documents. (Charlie Riedel/Associated Press) A bankruptcy court on Sept. 15 approved a timeline for the sale of shuttered less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp.’s terminals, trucks and trailers, making some key dates public for the first time. ...more
Quantron plans to begin producing a Class 8 fuel cell electric tractor in the United States next year and has signed a hydrogen fueling agreement with California-based FirstElement Fuel. (Quantron) AUGSBURG, Germany — Quantron, a provider of zero-emission commercial vehicle technologies, is rolling out an expanding range of fuel cell electric and battery-electric trucks in ...more
Stifel Associate Vice President Bruce Chan said Sept. 12 that higher fuel prices are likely to mean the loss of more trucking companies in what is already a weak freight market. (Bim/Getty Images) Soaring diesel prices are likely to push more trucking companies out of business, especially smaller carriers, after casualties already spiked in the ...more
President Joe Biden speaks about the auto workers strike from the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Sept. 15. (Susan Walsh/AP) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sept. 15 dispatched two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the strike by unionized autoworkers, expressing sympathy for the union by suggesting that the ...more
