Nikola Chairman Steve Girsky is taking over as CEO — the startup electric truck maker’s third chief executive in less than a year — as incumbent Michael Lohscheller departs to tend to a family health matter. The timing of the announcement comes a day after Nikola declared it had enough votes to pass a shareholder…
Maersk, the world’s second-largest container shipping company, raised its full-year earnings outlook Friday while simultaneously lowering its forecast for the second half. The hike in full-year guidance was due to better-than-expected performance in the past — the second quarter — not greater optimism toward the future. And second-quarter upside was driven by lower lower-than-expected costs,…
To view more FreightWaves infographics, click here The post Daily Infographic: Almost all US renewable diesel is consumed in California; most isn’t made there appeared first on FreightWaves.
Truckers in Canada are fighting to claim part of an estimated $9 million in wages that has been withheld from them by various employers in recent years while calling on the federal government to do more to help fight against carriers that operate the scheme known as Driver Inc. A group called Justice for Truck…
A truck driver for Werner Enterprises was injured but survived after being taken hostage by two suspects in his rig at a truck stop early Wednesday. The suspects were later killed after a shootout with Ohio state troopers following a lengthy pursuit and a seven-hour standoff that ended in Dayton. Kent E. Harshbarger of the…