NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE (AP) – Volvo Trucks North America President Peter Voorhoeve outlined the company's ambitions to deliver a fleet of zero tailpipe pollution trucks by 2050, with three tractors behind him — two powered by diesel and the third by batteries. Voorhoeve stated the proposal has three parts during a...
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Military drivers should assist in clearing ports, according to a federal panel
A federal advisory council has recommended that the Biden administration devise a strategy to provide active military, veterans, and National Guardsmen with voluntary and paid truck driving positions to help unload cargo containers from congested ports. The advice, which is one of several given by the Advisory Committee on Supply...
I-70 closures have taken a ‘major toll’ on a Colorado trucking company.
Since monsoonal rains drenched western Colorado this summer, trucking companies have been scrambling to dig themselves out of a hole. The storms hit during the year's generally dry months, causing severe mudslides that shut down a 20-mile stretch of Interstate 70 in the Glenwood Canyon area, some 160 miles west...