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Business, Products & Services, State

Logistics startup FR8relay gets grant for drop and hook project

Bentonville, Ark.-based FR8relay is collecting grants to develop a drop and hook model meant to transform trucking and rural communities.

Federal, News, OOIDA

OOIDA maintains opposition of driver training exemptions

Organizations keep asking the FMCSA for an exemption from the driver training rule, and OOIDA keeps opposing.

Elections, News, State

Three Florida county ballots include transportation tax questions

Voters in three Florida counties will decide this fall on proposed countywide sales taxes to benefit transportation work.

Crime & Courts, News

Truck drivers’ misclassification case against Diakon to resume

A truck drivers’ lawsuit resumes against over contractor/employee classification as the court settles an Illinois-or-Virginia dispute.

Business, News, Products & Services

TravelCenters of America opens South Dakota truck service center

TravelCenters of America has a new truck service center in Summit, S.D. The four-bay center is at Exit 207 on Interstate 29.

Business, Products & Services

Heartland Express cuts deal for Joplin, Mo.-based CFI

Heartland Express is buying the headquarters, trucks and trailers of a second company this year, Joplin, Mo.-based Contract Freighters Inc.

News, State

Spotted lanternfly egg-laying season starts soon

Spotted lanternflies are laying eggs, so be on the lookout for smears of mud in Pennsylvania and an increasing number of other states.

OOIDA

The OOIDA tour trailer stops in Gee Cee’s at Toledo, Wash.

Marty Ellis has parked the OOIDA tour trailer at Gee Cee’s Truck Stop in Toledo, Wash. Some OOIDA life members have checked in recently.

News, State

Port of Oakland blames AB5 protest on 28% decline

A weeklong protest over California’s Assembly Bill 5 led to a 28% decrease in container volume, the Port of Oakland says.

Business, Equipment

Cummins, Paccar announce natural gas engine partnership

Paccar big truck nameplates Kenworth and Peterbilt are being developed using Cummins’s new X15N natural gas engine to cut exhaust emissions.