Equipment: Page 9

  • Schneider National eCascadia Freightliner electric truck
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    Schneider: EV fleet is a competitive advantage

    The intermodal provider invested in more than 90 electric trucks this year as it prepares for California emissions rules.

    By • Nov. 22, 2023
  • One of Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling's new eCascadias drives on a California street.
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    Coca-Cola distributor receives order of 20 Freightliner EV trucks

    Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling's eCascadias will charge at the company's site in Downey, California, according to Daimler Truck North America. 

    By • Nov. 17, 2023
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from Trucking Dive

    These five stories detail the top trends and issues facing the trucking and transportation industry. 

    By Trucking Dive staff
  • Drayage terminal dock workers
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    Provided by The Port of Los Angeles

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    Los Angeles-area ports offer $60M to aid in purchase of zero-emission trucks

    The vouchers to acquire Class 8 drayage trucks come ahead of emissions rules for new trucks in California.

    By • Nov. 13, 2023
  • A Werner tractor-trailer on the interstate near a passenger vehicle.
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    Werner ups projected savings, sheds high-mileage trucks from fleet

    The carrier projected it will trim $43 million in expenses annually based on a cost-reduction program.

    By • Nov. 9, 2023
  • Yellow Corp. terminal Montgomery Illinois
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    Photo by Larry Avila 

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    Yellow sells equipment to Ritchie Bros, Nations Capital

    The auctioneers have been approved as the agents and liquidators for the bankrupt LTL carrier's roughly 60,000 trucks and trailers.

    By • Nov. 8, 2023
  • A driver sits in a Freightliner eM2 battery-electric medium duty truck in the parking lot of Gerens Farm Supply.
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    Penske, Pitt Ohio, Ryder order Freightliner medium-duty EV trucks

    Production of the eM2 battery-electric vehicles is underway in Portland, Oregon, according to Daimler Truck North America.

    By • Nov. 6, 2023
  • An Aurora autonomous truck and trailer outside the company's new Houston terminal.
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    Courtesy of Aurora
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    Aurora opens Houston terminal, creates driverless lane to Dallas

    The autonomous trucking firm's terminals feature on-site weigh stations for pre-trip inspections that allows trucks to bypass inspection sites.

    By • Nov. 3, 2023
  • ATA Chairman Andrew Boyle, First Vice Chairman Dennis Dillinger and President and CEO Chris Spear speak to the trade press in a conference room at the end of ATA MCE 2023.
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    ATA execs elaborate on speed limiters policy

    In response to a driver's question posed by Trucking Dive, CEO Chris Spear said carriers have seen returns on adopting safer technologies.

    By • Nov. 2, 2023
  • A UNFI zero emissions trailer.
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    Courtesy of UNFI
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    UNFI unveils zero-emission refrigerated delivery system linked to efficiency efforts

    The new semitrucks and refrigerated trailer systems in the Sacramento and Gilroy, California, markets support the grocery wholesaler’s emissions-reduction goals.

    By Catherine Douglas Moran • Oct. 30, 2023
  • An overhead view of the six-lane Cross Bronx Expressway filled with bumper-to-bumper cars and large trucks.
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    National Grid begins modeling Northeast electric trucking charging needs

    The study, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, will focus on highways with heavy trucking traffic and areas with commercial activity like ports.

    By Robert Walton • Oct. 27, 2023
  • Chris Stapleton performed a set of live music at the University of Texas Moody Center Monday for a Daimler Trucks North America customer event at ATA MCE 2023.
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    Sting, Chris Stapleton, puppies and trucks: ATA MCE 2023 had it all

    The economy took center stage at the trucking industry conference in Austin, Texas.

    By • Oct. 20, 2023
  • Panelists in an ATA MCE 2023 session on low-emissions trucking said more federal funding should be dedicated to building out the infrastructure.
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    ‘It takes a lot of money’: Low-emissions infrastructure requires more investment

    The Biden administration is analyzing the cost and operational barriers for charging medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks.

    By • Oct. 18, 2023
  • American Trucking Associations Chief Economics Bob Costello shares his economic outlook at the 2023 Management Conference & Exhibition in Austin.
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    Trucking driver shortage falls significantly to 60K, ATA reports

    The shortage shrank from about 78,000 last year and a record of more than 80,000 two years ago, Chief Economist Bob Costello said.

    By • Oct. 16, 2023
  • A semi-truck driving on isolated street with coins surrounding it.
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    Photo illustration: Shaun Lucas/Industry Dive; Getty Images 

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    Tough economy is trucking’s top issue in 2023: ATRI

    The nonprofit's annual report illustrates differences between drivers' and carriers' concerns.

    By • Oct. 16, 2023
  • An "I Love Trucks" sign on the exhibition floor at the 2022 ATA Management Conference & Exhibition.
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    Trucking conferences and events to watch in 2024

    Opportunities abound next year for executives to meet their counterparts and learn what’s new in the industry.

    By • Updated Nov. 13, 2023
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    Courtesy of Navistar
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    Class 8 truck orders show positive sign for industry

    September requests increased to 31,200 units in line with the 2024 season. 

    By • Oct. 11, 2023
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    Crete Carrier president shares reasons for optimism

    COO Tim Aschoff says improving lead time requests give him hope for better times ahead.

    By • Oct. 10, 2023
  • UAW President Shawn Fain speaks at a rally in a Chicago union hall.
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    United Auto Workers strike at Mack Trucks

    Nearly 4,000 workers walked out of workplaces after the union rejected a tentative agreement by 73%.

    By • Oct. 9, 2023
  • A Kodiak autonomous truck hauls a Maersk container.
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    Kodiak, Maersk launch AV route from Texas to Oklahoma

    The lane is a first for commercial AV operations, the autonomous tech firm’s CEO said.

    By • Oct. 6, 2023
  • The Wabash headquarters in Lafayette, Indiana.
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    Wabash recalls more than 3,000 trailers over safety defect

    Some of the manufacturer’s dry van trailers between 2009 and 2024 model years using rail-style lift gate could be defective, according to a government report.

    By • Oct. 5, 2023
  • FTS Logistics 3pl
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    Provided by FTS Logistics 

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    FST Logistics acquires Hyway Trucking

    The purchase is a first for the Ohio-based 3PL services provider, which will double its fleet size.

    By • Oct. 3, 2023
  • A Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams storefront.
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    ‘Shock and dismay’: Bankrupt Mitchell Gold has thousands of furniture shipments stuck in logistics limbo

    Ryder and other providers are storing millions of dollars worth of products in warehouses as they await payment from a company that is out of cash.

    By Ben Unglesbee • Sept. 29, 2023
  • Schneider National eCascadia Freightliner electric truck
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    Provided by Schneider National

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    Schneider National tests hydrogen-powered truck

    Sizeable incentives at a wide scale are still needed to make the technology a reality, said Jim Filter, Schneider's group president of transportation and logistics.

    By • Sept. 28, 2023
  • A Knight Transportation truck by a natural renewable gas station.
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    Courtesy of Business Wire
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    Knight-Swift tests new Cummins renewable gas engine

    The carrier plans to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 50% by 2035.

    By • Sept. 28, 2023
  • Dexterity AI's robot, DexR, loads boxes inside a trailer.
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    FedEx testing AI-powered, trailer-loading robots

    The collaboration with Dexterity AI aims to help the delivery giant more efficiently load the wide variety of shipments it handles.

    By • Sept. 27, 2023