Новости за 21.09.2022

The trucking technology company Trucker Path determined the best and worst interstate highways for truck drivers based on the availability of amenities and feedback from truck drivers.

Circle K parent Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. only gets about half of its gross profit from fuel. That has CEO Brian Hannasch thinking about how to kickstart the company’s fresh food business, which represents just 11% of sales in its 9,000 North American stores.

Two members of the Senate committee on highway policy raised concerns about inadequate parking for the nation’s truckers during a recent hearing about supply chain connectivity.

Driverless technology company Torc Robotics and Schneider are preparing to launch a pilot program to further implement autonomous longhaul trucking, the companies announced Sept. 20.

A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a truck tolling plan by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation that was challenged in a lawsuit by American Trucking Associations as specifically aimed at motor carriers traveling through the state.

A fraud prosecution of two former executives of now-defunct Celadon Group Inc. that has lingered in the courts for nearly three years has been dismissed at the request of the U.S. government amid allegations of inaccurate statements by an FBI agent working on the case.

Retail gasoline prices in the U.S. have posted their first increase — albeit very modestly — after a 98-day streak of declines, suggesting consumers won’t get much more relief at the pump. Prices now stand at $3.681 a gallon, according to auto club AAA.

Walmart Inc., the largest private-sector employer in the U.S., aims to hire 40,000 seasonal workers for the holiday season this year — a sizable decrease from 2021.

Five state colleges in Florida will be able to train at least 1,200 new truck drivers yearly thanks to an $8.2 million grant from the governor.

Grote Industries Inc. announced its new modular, digital wiring harness for trailers, 4SEE, which is slated to go into limited release in North America in the fourth quarter, with full release beginning in 2023.

The Hertz Corp. is planning to order up to 175,000 electric vehicles from General Motors Co. over the next five years for its rental fleet, the companies said Sept. 20.

The car industry, already grappling with a shortage of semiconductors, is now seeing another source of supply chain concern: a lack of ships.