Monthly Archive: October 2021
Peterbilt Motors Co.’s Denton, Texas plant has completed delivery of Class 8 electric trucks to California-based Shippers Transport Express. The 10 Model 579EVs will immediately be put to work as part of the company’s drayage…
Supply chain stakeholders are forming a coalition in the southwestern U.S. that seeks to stage certain logistics activities in Nevada, Utah and Arizona and away from the densely populated metropolitan and port areas in California.
New leadership at Hendrickson ary Gerstenslager, president and chief executive of Woodridge, Ill.-based Hendrickson, will retire at the end of the year after 32 years of service. Succeeding Gerstenslager will be Matt Joy, Chief...
Commercial motor vehicle inspectors removed more than 6,700 vehicles and 2,000 drivers from service during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) 2021 International Roadcheck. Overall, some 40,000 commercial vehicles were inspected during the three-day blitz…
A team of trucking outsiders is working on a fifth-wheel solution to reduce the death and injuries caused by Class 8 truck and trailer rollovers on U.S. highways.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is taking aim at what it refers to as the “mythical” truck driver shortage in a letter to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Lewie Pugh, OOIDA’s…
Port of Los Angeles, America’s largest container gateway, looks destined to max out this peak season. In fact, it may be maxing out right now, putting some Christmas retail sales at risk, analysts say.
It seems like much of the talk in the trucking industry today surrounds electric vehicles. But even locations with stringent environmental sustainability goals are only calling for 30 percent of new medium and heavy-duty vehicle…