ATA President Chris Spear (left), Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (middle) and ATA Chairman Dan Van Alstine (right) are joined by drivers (from left) Dean Key, Tina Klein, Eric Stein and Paramjeet Singh. (American Trucking Associations) American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear renewed calls for Congress and the Biden administration to continue with efforts that fund ...more
Looney has been the strongest advocate among the CEOs of the oil supermajors for a faster shift into low-carbon energy. (Jason Alden/Bloomberg News) BP Plc CEO Bernard Looney has resigned over the failure to fully disclose past relationships with colleagues. The surprise development leaves the oil and gas giant leaderless at a crucial juncture, when it ...more
Cargo ships wait in the anchor zone to cross the Panama Canal from the Pacific entrance near Panama City, Panama, on Sept. 1. (Walter Hurtado/Bloomberg News) The operator of the Panama Canal said there’s no immediate prospect of relief from the drought that’s reduced water levels and snarled shipping and global supply chains. Panama Canal ...more
Wabtec's fully electric FLXdrive locomotive. (Wabtec) Progress Rail, a division of Caterpillar Inc., has accused Wabtec Corp. of violating antitrust laws and contractual agreements after acquiring GE Transportation in 2019 — an $11 billion deal that made the Pennsylvania-based rail firm the industry’s largest supplier of certain locomotives and technologies. Indiana-based Progress, which voiced concerns ...more
The late-evening service will be available at more than 4,000 stores nationwide. (Walmart) Walmart is making a late-night change to its delivery services. In a blog post, the nation’s largest retailer announced it was expanding online pickup and delivery options at more than 4,000 stores nationwide. Now, Walmart is offering Express Delivery until 10 p.m. ...more
A truck passes under a tolling gantry on the Kansas Turnpike. (Kansas Turnpike Authority) Making driving safer between the Oklahoma border and Kansas City is among the benefits of a massive Kansas Turnpike Authority project to update its 1950s tolling system by replacing 21 toll plazas with overhead gantry cameras and transponder sensors. “Cashless tolling ...more
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (second from right) joins other dignitaries at the groundbreaking ceremony Sept. 6. (Illinois Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity via X) Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker celebrated groundbreaking at a $250 million soybean processing plant expansion at Incobrasa Industries Ltd. to double its production capacity for animal feed, packaged vegetable oil and ...more
Massey Motor Freight owner Troy Massey accepts a plaque acknowleding the 100,000th Peterbilt Model 389. (Peterbilt Motors Co. via X) Peterbilt Motors Co. marked the production of the 100,000th Model 389 at its Denton, Texas, manufacturing plant as a milestone Sept. 7. The Model 389 was introduced in 2006. The milestone model is equipped with ...more
Locomotives are stacked up with freight cars in the Union Pacific Railroad's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Neb. (David Zalubowski/AP/File) OMAHA, Neb. — Federal inspectors said they found an alarming number of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific was using at the world’s largest railyard in western Nebraska this summer, and the railroad ...more
The pre-production truck was undergoing “battery fire investigation and testing” at a facility near its Phoenix headquarters when it caught fire. (Nikola Corp.) Nikola Corp. says one of its battery-electric big rigs experienced a “thermal incident” Sept. 8 during a test on the cause of recent fires that prompted a recall. The pre-production truck was ...more
