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USPS Installs EV Chargers in Atlanta, Will Expand Nationwide

This week, USPS unveiled its first set of EV charging stations at its South Atlanta Sorting and Delivery Center, the first of hundreds that will be installed at centers nationwide this year.

January 23, 2024
BusinessEquipment

Paccar Delivers 54% Jump in Q4 Profit, Record Revenues

Truck maker Paccar saw profits jump 54% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2023 on the back of record revenues and a double-digit jump in U.S. and Canadian truck deliveries.

January 23, 2024
BusinessEquipmentFuelAutonomous

Volvo Unveils Redesigned Flagship Class 8 VNL Tractor

Volvo Trucks North America launched a revamp of its flagship over-the-road Class 8 VNL tractor Jan. 23, the first major overhaul since a 2017 redesign.

January 23, 2024
GovernmentBusiness

Group Releases 2023-2024 Top Judicial 鈥楬ellholes鈥 Report

Civil courts in Georgia and Pennsylvania have tied as the nation鈥檚 top 鈥淛udicial Hellholes鈥 listed in a new 2023-24 report, primarily due to large nuclear verdicts and other events.

January 23, 2024
BusinessEquipmentSafety

60 Seconds: States Issue Emergency HOS Waiver for Fuel Deliveries

Extreme cold weather prompts efforts to prevent shortages. Although some states issued orders several days ago that soon expire, others with longer duration emergency orders are Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, South Dakota and Tennessee.聽

January 23, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA

Port NOLA Project Gets $226 Million in Federal Grant

WASHINGTON 鈥 The planned $1.8 billion Louisiana International Terminal project in St. Bernard Parish was awarded a $226 million grant Jan. 22 from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

January 23, 2024
BusinessLogisticsBreaking News

Truck Tonnage in December Dips 0.5% Year-Over-Year

Truck tonnage dipped in December, closing out the worst 12 months for freight activity since the pandemic year of 2020, American Trucking Associations reported.

January 23, 2024
BusinessEquipmentFuel

Love鈥檚, DTNA Roll Out Freightliner Maintenance Network

Love鈥檚 Travel Stops and Daimler Truck North America have begun rolling out a maintenance network for light mechanical repairs on the truck maker鈥檚 Freightliner-branded vehicles.

January 23, 2024
BusinessEquipment

Truck Sales at Navistar鈥檚 International Unit Rise 9% in 2023

Sales of International-branded trucks totaled 75,500 in 2023, up 9% compared with 2022, the original equipment manufacturer鈥檚 parent company said Jan. 22.

January 23, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

Amazon Fined in France for Employee Monitoring in Warehouses

France鈥檚 privacy watchdog said Jan. 23 that it hit Amazon鈥檚 warehouse unit with a $35 million fine for using an 鈥渆xcessively intrusive system鈥 to monitor worker performance and activity.

January 23, 2024

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