Dec 26, 2017 | logistics trucking services, service trucking company, Trucking
By Lauren Thomas – CNBC – United Parcel Service just became Tesla’s biggest Semi-truck customer to date. The delivery service and logistics provider announced Tuesday morning its plans to preorder 125 of Tesla’s new electric Semi tractors....
Dec 8, 2017 | logistics trucking services, service trucking company, Trucking
By Jennifer Smith, Wall Street Journal – Forget the Clydesdales. Anheuser-Busch has reserved 40 of Tesla Inc.’s all-electric Semi trucks, as the maker of Budweiser seeks to reduce fuel costs and vehicle emissions. The U.S. subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV...
Dec 8, 2017 | Container Drayage, Ports, Shipping
By Jennifer Smith – Wall Street Journal – Labor negotiations between employers and unionized dockworkers at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports got off to a rocky start this week after union leaders walked out of contract-extension talks. The main point of...
Nov 28, 2017 | freight supply chain management, service trucking company, Trucking, trucking company services, trucking services for hire
By Seth Clevenger, Transport Topics – Tesla Inc. unveiled its long-anticipated, all-electric Class 8 tractor Nov. 16, marking the electric car maker’s entry into the commercial truck business and reimagining the heavy-duty truck as we know it. Tesla co-founder...
Nov 28, 2017 | Economy, Shipping, Supply-Chain, Trucking
By Daniel P. Bearth, Transport Topics – Freight surged in October and carriers are bracing for what could be a record-breaking holiday shipping season. American Trucking Associations said its seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage index climbed to 147.6 in...
