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Grimaldi Group orders up to 10 vessels to carry electric vehicles
The new ships ordered by the Grimaldi Group, designed for carrying electric vehicles, will burn 50 percent less fuel than earlier car carriers. Source link
Bendix plant to expand Mexico operation
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has begun to construct a 185,000-square-foot production facility at its operation in Acuna, Mexico. The plant will use automated manufacturing processes to produce two emerging,…
Fleet Advantage To Order 200 Electric Trucks – Fuel Smarts
Fleet Advantage's plan to purchase EVs will be the company’s first major purchase of alternative energy trucks.Photo: Vesna Brajkovic Fleet Advantage announced it will place orders for 200 Class 8…
South Dakota Issues HOS Executive Order for Fuel Delivery
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem issued an emergency hours-of-service waiver for fuel deliveries to better prepare for harvest season and colder weather amid low diesel and gas supplies.Noem granted a 30-day hours-of-service…
US trailer demand defies economic downturn
Growing use of equipment pools and power-only trucking support long-term demand for 53-foot trailers that transcends short-term economic trends, manufacturer Wabash says. Source link
You would do – (fill in the blank) – in this situation? | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum
So I was run off the road and wrecked today - by a tri-axle dump,pulling an equipment trailer, with an excavator.I was on Rt. 80E, going down what they call the "Big hill,"from 380 - 80 split, down to Scotrun…
Nearly 60% of freight brokers still use paper checks
NEW YORK – Oct. 27, 2022 – Denim, the leading financial enablement platform for the freight and logistics industry, has released its inaugural Freight Broker Pulse Report in partnership with Ascend2. With insights from 168…
Einride, GE Appliances Conclude Autonomous EV Pilot on Public Roads
Freight mobility technology company Einride has completed a public road pilot of Einride’s autonomous, electric vehicle (EV), in Selmer, Tenn. After receiving the first U.S. approval for operations of this new type of…
TFI’s Bedard unfazed by slowdown: ‘We like a storm’
TFI International grew revenue and profit in the third quarter, in the face of “broader macro uncertainty.” Profit increased 86% year over year to $245.2 million (all figures U.S.) in the third quarter, while revenue rose 7%…
Universal Logistics Reports Record Results for Q3
Universal Logistics Holdings Inc. set all-time records for total operating income and earnings per share during the third quarter of 2022, the company reported Oct. 27.The Warren, Mich.-based asset-light transportation and…
