Transportation software provider Xata Corp recently cut 29 jobs in a step to “better align” its workforce with its mobile-based strategy, the company said in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Transportation software provider Xata Corp recently cut 29 jobs in a step to “better align” its workforce with its mobile-based strategy, the company said in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
As federal regulators ready mandates to curtail greenhouse-gas emissions and improve heavy-duty trucks’ fuel mileage, Environmental Protection Agency and trucking company officials said that research gleaned from EPA’s 8-year-old SmartWay program can help shape those rules.
Rand McNally announced on June 26 that its mobile communications devices are now integrated with two applications from TMW Systems Inc., a provider of software to transportation and logistics companies.
IdleAir, which provides anti-idling equipment at truck stops, said it will open four new locations and in Pennsylvania and Texas and will be adding 100 new spots in 13 existing locations.
Oil rose over $85 a barrel in early trading Monday, after taking its biggest drop in two weeks on Friday, Bloomberg reported.
President Obama signed the federal highway bill into law at the White House Friday afternoon, which will fund transportation programs through September 2014, C-Span reported.
Navistar International Corp. said Friday it will offer a new engine technology to meet federal and state emission rules by using a new, urea-based system for aftertreatment.
The U.S. unemployment rate held at 8.2% in June and trucking improved by 2,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.
North American heavy truck orders fell 28% in June to 16,500, the sixth consecutive year-over-year decline, reflecting a seasonal slowdown and continued caution by potential buyers, ACT Research reported.
U.S. intermodal traffic rose 5.2% in June from a year ago and was the highest weekly average for the month of June on record, the Association of American Railroads said.