Daimler delivers first two electric eCascadias trucks to Penske
“Fourteen months after announcing its intent to develop a Class 8 electric truck, Daimler Truck North America officially delivered the first two Freightliner eCascadia models to representatives from Penske Truck Leasing and NFI at a ceremony in Yountville, Calif.” – According to the article in ccjdigital.com and its author Jeff Crissey. It looks like electric […]
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Is the Freight Recession over?
Chart of the Week: Outbound Tender Volume Index — USA (SONAR: OTVI.USA) After approximately nine months of flat or contracting volumes and rates, the freight market has started to change course. The national Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) just had its longest stretch of positive growth this year at 31 days of year-over-year growth. During this stretch, […]
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Bernie Sanders wants to spend $216 billion to replace all diesel trucks with electric trucks
Bernie Sanders wants to spend $216 billion to replace all long-haul diesel trucks with fast-charging electric trucks if he is elected president in 2020.- According to the article in the freightwaves.com and its author John Gallagher “Because this nation depends heavily on goods that are shipped all over the country by truckers, we must ensure […]
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Owner-operator Taylor Barker wins 2019 Trucker Talent Search
“Taylor Barker, a tank-hauling owner-operator out of Kingsport, Tennessee, won the 2019 Overdrive-Red Eye Radio’s Trucker Talent Search contest after a live finale held Friday, Aug. 23 at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.” -According to the article in overdriveonline.com and its author James Jaillet From left: Jason Henley, Taylor Barker and Ken Freeman. […]
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CBP seized a shipment of illegal firearms parts from China
LOS ANGELES — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport in coordination with the Machinery Center of Excellence and Expertise (CEE), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), intercepted and seized 52,601 firearms parts in violation of the Chinese Arms Embargo. The sights, stocks, muzzles, brakes, buffer kits, and […]
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Truckers can make comments on Hours of Service changes proposal until Oct. 7
Truckers, trucking industry stakeholders and the public at large have 45 days — until Oct. 7 — to file formal feedback for the U.S. DOT to consider when crafting a rule to overhaul federal Hours of Service regulations. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has proposed major changes to the trucking hours-of-service (HOS) regulations, […]
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Truckers are the ones who keep the NASCAR drivers racing
“Millions of NASCAR fans turn on their televisions or file into racetrack stands each year to take in all the action of a good race. What those fans don’t see is the preparation that goes into making a race successful.” – According to the article in the freightwaves.com and its author Ashley Coker “The race […]
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Diesel prices will spike due to IMO 2020
“In anticipating the price impact on diesel prices from the launch of IMO 2020 on January 1 – with any impacts expected to start before that – most forecasters have been fairly moderate in their outlook, with some exceptions. But Fitch Solutions, a unit of Fitch Group, recently came out with its forecast. Prominent in […]
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Armed Robbery At The Truck Stop Ends Up In Arrest Of The Offender
Will County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an armed robbery in progress yesterday morning, 8/18/19, around 4:33am. Deputies arrived at the Knights Inn/River Road Truck Stop, 24007 W. Lorenzo Road in Wilmington Township and spoke with a male attendant who stated that he was just robbed by a masked gunman. The employee stated that around 4:30 […]
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