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Researchers in California are exploring the possibility of using the battery systems in battery-electric locomotives to store power for the U.S. power grid, according to a paper published in the academic journal Nature Energy. Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory said they explored using batteries as a…
Paccar Inc. is recalling 4,914 Peterbilt Model 579 Class 8 tractors that have experienced six under hood fires. A misplaced fastener can chafe alternator cable insulation. No injuries or deaths have resulted. On certain Model 579 trucks equipped with a Paccar MX-13 engine and Paccar 160-amp alternator, the alternator positive cable may chafe against the…
This week on Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, founder and CEO of DriverReach, is joined by passionate and engaging next-generation executive Ashley Kordish, CEO of Michigan-based Ralph Moyle Inc. (RMI). Recently highlighted in an issue of TSA’s Truckload Authority, Kordish was born and raised in the logistics industry: RMI was founded by her grandfather…
This story is developing. The Surface Transportation Board has approved, with conditions, Canadian Pacific’s plans to merge with Kansas City Southern, paving the way for CP to take control of KCS as early as April 14. The conditions include an “unprecedented” seven-year oversight in which CP (NYSE: CP) and KCS will provide extensive data to…
The acquisition of Coyote Logistics by RXO announced Sunday received a rip-roaring reception on Wall Street Monday, with the company’s stock price trading up by double-digit percentages on a move that management said will make it the third-largest freight brokerage in the country. At about 11:15 a.m. EDT, RXO stock was up about 21.9% to…
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he will deploy the Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard to ports affected by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) strike. In an X/Twitter post, the governor stated that guard members will be deployed to ports affected by the strike “to maintain order and, where possible, resume operations at ports…