DHL uses AI to automate communication across the board

DHL Supply Chain is expanding its use of AI agents across global operations. AI will now handle routine communications tasks, including emails and phone calls. DHL states that this will…

Hydra Energy receives funding for co-combustion truck trials

Natural Resources Canada has put nearly $1.4 million toward a research and development project that will see Hydra Energy Canada retrofit diesel trucks with hydrogen co-combustion engines. The co-combustion engines…

Range Zero Emissions becomes first Rizon dealer in Washington

Range Zero Emissions vehicles has become the first authorized sales and service partner in Washington State for Rizon’s Class 4–5 battery-electric commercial trucks. The agreement is strengthening the availability…

Hendrickson panel examines the evolution of the smart trailer

As trucking companies become more data-driven, the trailer is an underexploited area from which to derive insights. But that’s changing with the evolution of the smart trailer, which is becoming…

Wayne Smith Farms, Cooley Transport receive first US deliveries of Mack Pioneer

Mack Trucks has delivered the first all-new Mack Pioneer trucks in the United States. Wayne Smith Farms and Cooley Transport received the delivery through Mack dealer…

Purolator expects to handle 1.3 million parcels daily leading up to Christmas

Purolator says it is expecting to process more than 52 million packages this holiday season, handling an average of 1.3 million pieces each day from Nov. 1 through Dec. 24,…

Freightliner Cascadia tows autonomous spaceplane in runway tests

A fifth-gen Freightliner Cascadia supported high-speed runway tests for Dream Chaser, an autonomous spaceplane designed by Sierra Space to transport pressurized and unpressurized cargo to and from low Earth orbit.

Dolly Parton partners with Tennessean Travel Stop for 2026 rebrand

Dolly Parton is partnering up with the Tennessean Travel Stop to rebrand its flagship location in Cornersville, Tenn., as Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop by the summer of 2026. This…

Toronto’s Hwy. 401 congestion costs truck drivers 216 hours a year

Losing time is costing money for commercial drivers in Toronto, where congestion on Highway 401 now amounts to the equivalent of nearly six work weeks each year. That is the…

ECONOMIC TRUCKING TRENDS: Peak shipping season ‘virtually non-existent’, but trailer orders get a lift

Trailer orders sprung to life in October, and cancellations fell. However, demand remains historically weak. ACT Research lists the headwinds facing Class 8 truck demand – and there are a…

Oklahoma program helps laid-off workers become truck drivers

Workers based in Oklahoma who have recently lost their jobs may be eligible for free training or reduced tuition to become professional truck drivers through a new grant program.Through the…

DOT, Pennsylvania spar over issuance of CDLs

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said DOT will withhold nearly $75 million in federal funding if Pennsylvania does not revoke illegally issued non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs). The funding threat…

Trucking Announcements: Appointments at Andy, ECI, Double Coin; ATRI adds Ludwick, Kiely to board

Each week, trucknews.com lists notable events, promotions and awards in the trucking industry. This week, Montreal-based Andy Transport named Julianna Marcotte Jarawan as its vice president of operations and East Coast International…

FMCSA revokes more ELDs; plans study on HOS, crash risk

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has removed five additional electronic logging devices (ELDs) from its list of registered devices. “This action reinforces FMCSA’s commitment to ensuring that every…

Autonomous truck adoption is expanding, though more slowly than first expected

The real-world adoption of Level 4 autonomous trucking has taken longer than originally anticipated, but such trucks are out there delivering freight today. Ann Rundle and Lydia Vieth of ACT…