Shell Says It Isn’t in Talks to Take Over Oil Rival BP
(Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg News) Shell Plc denied a Wall Street Journal report that it is in active talks about acquiring its London-based oil rival BP Plc. “This is further market speculation. No talks are taking place,” a Shell spokesperson said. BP surged as much as 10% in New York earlier on ...more
FAA Clears UPS Drones for Longer Flights
UPS used drones to deliver coronavirus vaccines in 2021. (Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist) Two more companies have been granted ...more
ELeapPower Brings Integrated Inverter to Medium-Duty BEVs
Jonathan Dooley of eLeapPower outlines the company’s integrated power electronics systems for electric vehicles. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics) MUNICH — Canadian ...more
Carmakers Are Failing the Privacy Test
Drivers are given little or no control over the personal data their vehicles collect. (dusanpetkovic/Getty Images) BOSTON — Cars are ...more
Daimler, Cummins and Paccar Partner on EV Battery Plant
(Daimler/PR Newswire) Daimler Truck Holding, Accelera by Cummins and Paccar are forming a joint venture to advance battery cell production ...more
Jaxport to Buy Two Ship-to-Shore Cargo Cranes
Jaxport’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. (Mark Bias for Jaxport) Florida state legislators have given Jacksonville Port Authority officials a $30 ...more
NDAA on Congressional Leaders’ Fall Radar
A commercial truck driver closes his trailer after being inspected at Vandenberg Space Force Base. (Calif. Airman 1st Class Rocio ...more
Semi truck hot sauce spill leads to hazmat response on El Paso interstate
Authorities in El Paso, Texas, responded to a major hot sauce spill on a busy ...more
CSX and CPKC Will Connect to Increase Traffic in Southeast
CSX locomotives sit at the CSX North Framingham Yard in Framingham, Mass. (Steven Senne/Associated Press) ...more
Carmaker Lobbying Group Pushes Back on EPA Pollution Plan
Motorists in traffic drive south on Highway 101 in Los Angeles. (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg News) The ...more
Teamsters Break Off UPS Talks, Warn Strike ‘Inevitable’
The last strike was in 1997, which led to UPS losing considerable market share, according ...more
Supply Chain Legislation Awaits Votes in House, Senate
Trucks parked at a truck stop. Among the bills approved in committee was the Truck ...more
Spot Market Struggles With Prolonged Bottom
Arrive Logistics said there have been some upticks in spot rates since May, but it ...more
GDP Growth in Q1 2023 Revised to 2%
Freight rail cars sit in Norfolk Southern's Conway Terminal in Conway Pa. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated ...more
Trucker nearly robbed at gunpoint by criminal impersonating police officer
A truck driver was nearly robbed at gunpoint after being stopped by a criminal in ...more
Iowa state troopers recently took a heavy equipment hauler off the road for load securement ...more
Trans Mountain’s Rising Shipping Costs Draw Oil Producer Ire
A worker stands on a concrete berm at the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project at ...more
OPEC+ Talking About a Fourth 411,000-Barrel Hike in August
An OPEC-branded oil drum at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November 2024. ...more
Trucker flung off of interstate in wreck with armed robber fleeing police
A truck driver is dead after a wreck with an armed robbery suspect during a ...more
Trump Says He’ll Levy 25% Tariff on Japan, South Korea
A transfer crane unloads a container onto a truck in a shipping terminal at the ...more
People stole packages from rolled over FedEx truck, Washington troopers say
The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is investigating the theft of packages from the scene of ...more
Congressmen Ask FMCSA for Proactive HOS Disaster Response
Though FMCSA issues federal emergency declarations, most hours-of-service exemptions are granted after a disaster has ...more
One hospitalized after attempting to pass trucker on right
A motorhome driver was hospitalized after attempting to pass a semi truck on the right ...more