Latest News Updates From Jim Stinson

Jim Stinson

Staff Reporter

Jim received a business bachelor's degree from Boston University. He attended Indiana University and received a master's degree in journalism, and since then has been a business reporter, an Indiana Statehouse reporter, an editorial writer and a White House reporter.


Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Experts: Trucking Companies Should Use Data Collected to Improve Margins, Decrease Downtime

ARLINGTON, Va. Trucking companies that effectively mine the data generated by their operations can free up time and capital to invest in other areas of their businesses, experts said at an industry meeting here.

June 27, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Worklete Continues Expansion Into Trucking Industry Safety Training

A software company that specializes in training people to adopt safer work habits is expanding its executive ranks as it targets reducing on-the-job mishaps that can cause serious injuries and potentially increase motor carriers insurance rates.

June 26, 2019
Government, Business

ATA Economist Bob Costello: Recession Remains Uncertain, but Expect More Carrier Closures

INDIANAPOLIS Bob Costello isnt sure that a recession a downturn that could impact freight and trucking companies across North America is coming, or when, but the economist senses something is amiss.

June 12, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics

Blockchain Mentioned Less in Boardrooms

Blockchain, the technology that allows digital information to be shared across networks, has been mentioned fewer and fewer times by corporate executives, signaling what was thought to be the next big thing in trucking may already be declining.

June 11, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel

ATAs Chris Spear: New Fuel Tax Remains Most Viable Way to Fund Infrastructure

INDIANAPOLIS A day before he was to go to Congress to testify about new highway funding, American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear spoke of his hope that President Donald Trump would push harder for a new $2 trillion infrastructure bill.

June 11, 2019
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Indiana Sen. Mike Braun Envisions Infrastructure Plan Bigger Than Trumps

INDIANAPOLIS The nation needs an even larger infrastructure bill than the one proposed by President Donald Trump, an Indiana senator told an audience at the National Accounting and Finance Councils 2019 annual conference.

June 11, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment

NAFC Panels: Data Is Used to Cut Repair Costs, Improve Policy

INDIANAPOLIS Why does an average truckload fleets trucks go 8,400 miles before a breakdown but the best-in-class fleet goes 44,600 before one? Its all about data.

June 11, 2019
Business

Significant Upward Changes in Trucker Pay Continue

A persistent driver shortage, near full employment and a favorable freight market last year have contributed to a significant change in the pace of pay increases in the first quarter of 2019, according to the National Transportation Institute.

June 6, 2019
Business, Logistics, Top 100

Wilson Logistics Acquires Market Transport and Larger West Coast Portfolio

Wilson Logistics said it has purchased Market Transport, a DSV Global Transport and Logistics subsidiary.

June 5, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

Port Tampa Bay Finishes Deepening, Hopes for More Cargo

Port Tampa Bay completed a $63 million expansion of its Big Bend Channel a year ahead of schedule, port officials said, as the Sunshine State eyes grabbing more freight from shippers while serving a growing distribution corridor in Central Florida.

June 5, 2019