The Volvo Trucks Customer Center tripled the size of the customer experience track in Dublin, Va. (Volvo Trucks North America) Volvo Trucks North America completed structural upgrades to its test track facility in Dublin, Va., the automaker announced Aug. 24. The Volvo Trucks Customer Center had the size of its custom-designed course tripled to 3 ...more
ImageThe Transport Topics Top 100 Private Carriers is a listing of the largest corporate-owned truck fleets in North America. Companies are ranked on the basis of the total number of tractors in the fleet and the print edition and online PDF include a description of the business, the name of the top fleet executive and type ...more
Smoke billows from a tank fire at the Marathon Petroleum facility in Garyville, La. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via Associated Press) Marathon Petroleum Corp. is in the process of shutting the third-largest oil refinery in the U.S. after a blaze at a storage tank. MORE SHUTDOWNS COMING: Two refineries to close for maintenanceThe ...more
Houston Ship Channel will be 700 feet wide and about 46.5 feet deep after an expansion project is completed next year. (Port Houston) Cargo freight volumes in July remain depressed and well below 2022’s record levels, especially at West Coast ports. The Port of Los Angeles, which is vying with the Port Authority of New ...more
A Cruise autonomous taxi in San Francisco on Aug. 10. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Just before Patti Smith took the stage in San Francisco this month, the emcee thanked sponsors, including robotaxi company Waymo. The audience booed, reflecting the hostility that’s growing in the city for one of tech’s most-watched industries. There was the recent ...more
(Iowa Department of Transportation) Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced a new funding pipeline to help truckers with $5 million commercial driver license infrastructure grants to get more drivers on the road by helping pay for community college training centers and new equipment. “Here in Iowa, we need to do everything we can to help get ...more
A Wing drone delivery to a home. (Wing via YouTube) Walmart Inc. is planning its longest drone deliveries yet by teaming up with Alphabet Inc.’s Wing unit at two Dallas-area stores. The Wing drones will be able to drop off food and household essentials as far as six miles from the stores, Prathibha Rajashekhar, senior ...more
A truck leaves a Yellow terminal in Kansas City, Mo., in July. (Charlie Riedel/Associated Press) A competition for the 169 terminals owned by Yellow Corp. began as the Nashville, Tenn.-based less-than-truckload carrier’s bankruptcy proceedings unfolded, with analysts expecting more players to take part in an upcoming auction beyond those who already have raised their hands. ...more
Previously drivers as young as 19 could sign up. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) SAN FRANCISCO — Uber raised the minimum age requirement for most of its new drivers in California to 25 on Aug. 24 under rules the company said are necessary because of the rising costs of commercial auto insurance in the state. The ...more
A Cruise vehicle in San Francisco. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Cruise, the taxi company that uses self-driving cars, is preparing to come to Raleigh and may be interested in Durham, N.C., as well. On Aug. 22, the company began “initial testing/data collection” in Raleigh using cars with drivers behind the wheel, according to spokeswoman Anna ...more
