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https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-big-rig-coming-in-september-with-200-to-300-miles-range/ Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been saying for some time that the electric car company will sh

http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles/20170823-can-truckers-learn-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-mandate/ As the mid-December deadline looms for compliance with the electronic logging device mandate, experts say truckers can weather the storm and even profit from the experienceas long as shippers do their bit.

http://valawyersweekly.com/2017/08/21/experts-differ-on-use-of-trucker-safety-scores/ In this lawsuit filed by three plaintiffs against the freight broker that hired a tractor-trailer driver who allegedly caused multiple crashes and the death of two persons and severe injury to a third person, the Roanoke U.S. District Court excludes the defense expert testimony on the standard of care, but

http://www.supplychaindive.com/news/shippers-carriers-freight-brokers-FDA-new-food-safety-rules/503345/ As of April 6, 2017, new regulations for the transportation of human and animal foods are in place. The rule on sanitary transport of foods includes new requirements for shippers, carriers and brokers that are intended to reduce and eliminate the contamination of foods o

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http://www.govtech.com/fs/Developer-of-Self-Driving-Technology-for-Semi-Trucks-Arrives-in-Tucscon.html (TNS) -- A Chinese startup company developing self-driving technology for commercial trucking has opened a facility in Tucson for research and testing including a planned Tucson-Phoenix run with an autonomous truck.

http://www.govtech.com/fs/More-States-Explore-Truck-Platooning-Technology-and-Regulations.html It could be years before drivers on U.S. highways catch a glimpse of a tractor-trailer rig cruising down the highway with another truck trailing a perilous 20 or 30 feet behind.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cargill-invests-18-million-to-increase-storage-and-unload-capability-for-gibbon-neb-growers-300507883.html MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- A multi-million dollar project to upgrade the Cargill grain facility in

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2017-08/22/content_30943464.htm China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp ? the country's biggest food trader by sales revenue, on Monday confirmed that COFCO International Ltd, one of its subsidiaries, has formed a grain supply partnership with the Illinois-based farm cooperative Growmark Inc

https://www.joc.com/regulation-policy/transportation-regulations/us-transportation-regulations/how-carrier-can-hold-shipment-unpaid-fees_20170820.html Q: You have written before that a carrier does not have a lien on a shipment for freight charges the shipper may owe the carrier on previous shipments. That is,

http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/east-coast-farmers-truckers-bring-hay-to-north-dakota/article_28f1f6b3-4d99-559f-87ab-fb4431dd6fa7.html DICKINSON When Tom Bedgar asked Jeff King if hed take a load of hay from Maryland to North Dakota, King went home, talked to his wife and prayed about it.

http://magicvalley.com/news/local/a-last-minute-guide-for-drivers-chasing-monday-s-eclipse/article_7087c771-c34a-5123-b939-8367e9d9b616.html TWIN FALLS With only three days to go before the total solar eclipse, motorists are already pouring into Idaho to stake out their campsites, fill their hotel rooms and prepare for the show.

https://www.joc.com/sounding-alarm-eld-compliance_20170819.html Differences of only a few percent in terms of the effect of the ELD mandate on capacity could make a big difference in the trucking environment. But even given the uncertainty, it would be a grave error for shippers to assume that warnings of ELD-related disruption are simply another false alarm

http://www.heraldpalladium.com/news/local/despite-demand-truckers-aren-t-getting-rich/article_cd2266e5-8f80-5477-a1f6-bb2e6ed838f2.html On average, the American truck driver earns about $44,000 per year, according to various sources. However, the figure i

http://internationalleathermaker.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/4431/Cargill_CEO_warns_of_dangers_in_leaving_Nafta.html David MacLennan, Chief Executive of U.S. based Cargill, the worlds largest agricultural commodities provider, says it would be a mistake for the American economy to exit the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) as the U

https://www.wired.com/story/this-lumbering-self-driving-truck-is-designed-to-get-hit/ THE BIG PROMISE of driverless cars is that they'll save lives by preventing crashes

http://www.feedstuffs.com/news/growmark-cofco-announce-grain-partnership COFCO International Ltd. (CIL) and GROWMARK Inc. announced they have created a new grain partnership, bringing together the robust farmer cooperative network of GROWMARK with the global trading power of CIL to develop an extensive supply chain, directly linking the farmers from the richest food production areas of North America to

http://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/The-race-to-build-sand-mines-in-West-Texas-could-11823727.php MIDLAND One of the U.S. oil industry's biggest bottlenecks in West Texas will soon clear up dramatically as new sand mines open in the oil-rich Permian Basin.

https://www.gobytrucknews.com/memorial-parade-sept-5/123 Trucker Lives Matter, a Florida-based non-profit transportation group representing truckers from around the nation, is sponsoring A Day Without a Trucker parade on September 5. According to their Facebook page Truckers plan to drive t

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-17/-smokey-and-the-bandit-charm-fades-as-truck-driver-hiring-lags Its been 40 years since Burt Reynolds starred in Smokey and the Bandit and made driving a rig on the open highway seem like a cool way to make a living. That same year, only Star Wars sold more tickets.

http://www.wctrib.com/news/business/4312344-farmward-cooperative-name-new-merged-company RENVILLE Following the announcement of the upcoming merger between Harvest Land Cooperative and Co-op Country Farmers Elevator, the company has announced its new name Farmward Cooperative.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-oil-sand-idUSKCN1AW07F (Reuters) - U.S. shale oil companies are pulling back on the amount of sand they use to hydraulically fracture new wells, responding to rising prices of the material that are driving up costs.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-14/the-blue-collar-student-debt-trap?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social Trucking beckons to thousands