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
(Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News) The diesel market is pricing in a crisis, one that soon could get even worse because of a lack of the type of crude that’s good for making the fuel. Output curbs from countries including Saudi Arabia and Russia are limiting supply of medium and heavy crudes and pushing refiners toward using ...more
The production line at a Stoughton facility. Starks said production of trailers in the U.S. is set to decline for five consecutive quarters before increasing in the final three months of 2024. (M O D Photography for Stoughton Trailers) Production of trailers in the United States is set to decline for five consecutive quarters before ...more
United Auto Workers members walk in the 2019 Labor Day parade in Detroit. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press) DETROIT — Leaders of the United Auto Workers union are considering targeted strikes at a small number of factories run by each of Detroit’s three automakers if they can’t reach contract agreements by a Thursday night deadline. The union’s ...more
(Union Pacific Railway via Facebook) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific’s new CEO, who came into the job last month with a reputation for cost-cutting, says he won’t shy away from that but no one should expect the kind of sweeping changes he made when he first oversaw the railroad’s operations a few years ago. Jim ...more
A banner welcomes Hyundai Motor Group to their future home at the Bryan County site in Ellabell, Ga. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP, File) SAVANNAH, Ga. — The state of Georgia and local governments are on track to give $2.1 billion in tax breaks and other incentives to Hyundai Motor Group after the South ...more
A Tevva hydrogen electric truck on the road. Tevva is based in England, and ElectraMeccanica is based in Canada. (Tevva) Proposed merger partners ElectraMeccanica and Tevva plan to launch a Class 8 hybrid electric and hydrogen-powered truck in the United States in 2027, ElectraMeccanica CEO Susan Docherty said. The 19-metric-ton or 41,888-pound truck will be ...more
