U.S. safety regulators are investigating reports that autonomous robotaxis run by General Motors’ Cruise can stop too quickly or unexpectedly quit moving, potentially stranding passengers.
December 16, 2022Trucking Business News
Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.
Ports Close Out Year of Change; Infrastructure on Tap in 2023
As 2022 comes to a close, a significant shift is taking place at America’s ports. Until late summer, Los Angeles’ was the busiest in the nation, but that honor now belongs to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
December 16, 2022Equipment Trends in 2022 Find Room for Surprises
For the first 10 months in 2022, the supply chain still posed difficulties for manufacturers of new trucks and trailers.Â
December 16, 2022IIJA’s Implementation Gained Momentum in 2022
President Joe Biden during his State of the Union Address to Congress this year proclaimed that the United States was embarking on an “infrastructure decade,” setting the tone for the administration’s efforts to implement the bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure law.
December 16, 2022First-Time In-Person Competitor Wins Rush Tech Skills Challenge
SAN ANTONIO — Rush Enterprises Inc. resumed its annual technician challenge as an in-person competition — with a first-time in-person competitor as grand champion — after a two-year hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a return to normal that was welcomed by the company’s leader.
December 15, 2022Most of Keystone Pipeline Reopened After Spill
The operator of a pipeline with the largest onshore crude oil spill in nine years has reopened all of it except for the stretch in Kansas and northern Oklahoma that includes the site of the rupture.
December 15, 2022Ford, China’s CATL Mull Workaround for New US Battery Plant
Ford Motor Co. and China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. are considering building a battery manufacturing plant in Michigan in a complex arrangement designed to reap new tax benefits.
December 15, 2022DOT Awards Virginia $97.6 Million in Loans to Improve I-81
Virginia has $97.6 million in two new low-interest federal loans to improve safety and traffic flows along its rolling Interstate 81 that cuts through rural mountain areas in a main trucking route linking southern economic areas and northeast markets.
December 15, 2022Union Pacific’s Embargoes Generate Complaints From Shippers
Federal regulators and shippers are questioning Union Pacific’s decision to temporarily limit some businesses’ shipments as part of its effort to clear up congestion across the railroad.
December 15, 2022Trimble Agrees to Acquire Transporeon for $2 Billion
Trimble announced it has agreed to acquire Transporeon, a cloud-based transportation management software platform focused on connected supply chain infrastructure, in an all-cash transaction valued at $2 billion.
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