Transportation Industry News, Today

ONE20 just announced that its apps, including its F-ELD solution, will cease operations as of June 18. According to the company, ONE20 Inc. was launched in 2015 “as a way for drivers to get access to the tools they need to do what they do, without sp ... Read More

Overlanding, the practice of equipping four-wheel drive vehicles for self-reliant adventure travel into the wilderness, is growing rapidly. The trend was evident in the large crowds attending the 2018 Overland Expo West last weekend near Flagstaff, Ariz. The show drew an estimated 14,000 visitors, almost a 17 percent increase over 2017, ... Read More

Compared with April 2017, the SA index surged 9.5%, which was the largest year-over-year increase since October 2017. Year-to-date, compared with the same four months last year, tonnage increased 8%, far outpacing the annual gain of 3.8% in 2017. ... Read More

The April Truck Tonnage Index rebounded from a dip in March, indicating a robust freight environment, according to the American Trucking Associations. ... Read More

Many U.S. households remain in a precarious financial position despite unemployment falling to the lowest level in years, a new Federal Reserve survey shows. ... Read More

A study focusing on autonomous vehicles says these new technologies could send massive shock waves through our society. ... Read More

WASHINGTON — New electronic logging device guidance that would address flexibility concerns raised by aspects of the agriculture sector will be unveiled shortly by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the agency’s chief told House lawmakers May 22. ... Read More

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s International Roadcheck is just around the corner, taking place June 5-7 across the U.S. and Canada. ... Read More

A Senate committee on May 22 unanimously approved a bill that would require the Department of Health and Human Services to provide an explanation for a 15-month delay in issuing mandatory federal hair testing guidelines for such safety-sensitive transportation employees as truck drivers. ... Read More

BYD (Build Your Dreams) has delivered a battery-electric 8TT truck to the Port of Oakland. The Class 8 truck was grant-funded by CARB and will be part of a three-year feasibility study to determine whether zero-emission trucks could replace diesel trucks in port operations. ... Read More

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will recall up to 2,457 2018 Ram 4500 and Ram 5500 chassis cab trucks for a potential defect that could result in loss of braking due to brake hose corrosion, the company has announced. ... Read More

Spireon hit a major milestone this year by surpassing 200,000 active trailer telematics subscribers for its FleetLocate asset and trailer intelligence solution. ... Read More

Xtra Lease is installing SAF-Holland P89 air disc brakes on over 6,000 dry van and refrigerated trailers that it has purchased this year, the equipment rental and leasing provider announced. ... Read More

The ATA’s advanced seasonally-adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index headed up 1.1% from March to April at 112.5 (2015=100), following a 1% (revised from an original estimate of 1.1%) decline in March, which came in at 110.1. Compared to April 2017, the SA index was up 9.5%. ATA said this ... Read More

Two more trucking companies have joined a growing list of operators that are increasing compensation to retain their current drivers and attract new recruits. ... Read More

National gasoline prices are inching closer to that $3 mark, according to Energy Information Administration. ... Read More

Lightning Systems’ line of battery-electric Ford Transit LightningElectric vans will now include a 150-mile range model, designed for three-shift operations and long-distance routes. ... Read More

GE Transportation, a foundation piece of the company built by inventor Thomas Edison, a business founded in Erie and based there for most of its 110-year history, is merging with another Pennsylvania company in a deal worth $11.1 billion. ... Read More

Truck tonnage jumped 9.4% in April compared with the same period a year ago, according to American Trucking Associations’ monthly for-hire truck tonnage index. ... Read More

Along with adding enhancements for Ryder customers such as scheduling maintenance from a phone in seconds, RyderGyde also can help non-customers find best gas prices and rent vehicles. ... Read More

The Decatur City Council on May 21 unanimously approved a first-of-its-kind development agreement for a new Love’s Travel Stop & Country Store. ... Read More

Werner Enterprises, the 11th largest carrier in the country, has said it will appeal a nearly $90 million judgement against it regarding a 2014 crash in which a 7-year-old was killed a 12-year-old paralyzed. In a statement, Werner denies fault in the crash, saying a pickup truck (in which ... Read More

Nearly a third of the U.S. Senate penned a letter to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration boss Raymond Martinez last week calling on the agency to “explore improvements” that can be made to existing hours of service regulations for truck operators. Thirty Senators, all but two of them Republican, ... Read More

Rising 3.8 cents, the average price per gallon now stands at $3.277, topping last week’s $3.239 average as the highest weekly average since the week of December 29, 2014, when the weekly average came in at $3.213. ... Read More

Concern that Democrats would vote as a block against the nomination of Heidi King to be administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration led to a delay in today’s scheduled vote, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D) told reporters May 21 ... Read More