WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has appointed Vinn White as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s deputy administrator, succeeding Robin Hutcheson, who resigned as FMCSA administrator in January. Sue Lawless, FMCSA’s chief safety officer and a career federal employee, has been serving since then as acting administrator until a political appointee was designated…
DULLES, Va. — A reporter picks up interesting anecdotes that often don’t make it into regular articles. Here are some tidbits and observations from a behind-the-scenes press tour at Dulles International Airport (IAD), outside Washington last Monday. Dulles set a record with 25 million passengers last year. The airport authority is also moving ahead with…
Managed transportation provider Uber Freight announced Tuesday it is teaming up with Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR) to provide the trucking industry access to autonomous assets. Premier Autonomy, available from now until 2030, will enable qualified carriers to buy Class 8 trucks equipped with an Aurora Driver subscription for autonomous driving. Aurora Driver is the self-driving hardware…
For the first time since March, the benchmark price used for most fuel surcharges has risen two straight weeks. The price published by the Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration for Monday is $3.769 a gallon, an increase of 3.4 cents. It marks the first time since the weeks of March 18 and 25 that the…
Less-than-truckload carrier Saia announced the opening of two terminals in California and Minnesota. The facilities were acquired from bankrupt Yellow Corp.’s estate. A service center near Anaheim, California, appears to be a location previously leased by Yellow (OTC: YELLQ) while a location in Owatonna, Minnesota, had been owned and operated by the defunct carrier. In…