United States – October 20, 2026 -- The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) Board of Directors has opened its search for a permanent President & CEO, with Lana Nichols continuing as interim leader while the process runs.

Board seeks a mission-driven executive for a full-time remote role

The position is full-time and remote, reporting directly to the Board of Directors. The Board is looking for a "visionary, mission-driven executive" to lead WIT into its next phase of growth and influence.

Global – – October 20, 2026 -- SpotSee is advising shippers to choose between impact and tilt monitoring based on the specific handling event that could damage a product, rather than on fragility alone. Its TiltWatch XTR QR indicator shows visible evidence when a shipment tips beyond 80 degrees.

Global – October 20, 2026 -- SpotSee is promoting a shift in condition monitoring from post-claim review to documented evidence capture at the receiving dock, using QR-enabled indicators and connected devices that record a shipment's state at the moment of hand-off.

Global – – October 20, 2026 -- SpotSee is promoting four battery-free, single-use QR-enabled indicators as a middle tier between traditional visual indicators and data loggers, aimed at receiving teams that need to know whether a threshold was breached rather than see a full journey history.

Global – October 20, 2026 -- SpotSee is urging cold chain teams to select temperature monitoring by the decision it must support, and has matched five technology categories to specific shipment questions.

Irreversible indicators answer whether a limit was crossed

Irreversible threshold indicators, such as SpotSee's Thermax, give receiving teams visible evidence that specified temperature conditions were reached. The indication does not reset once activated. They suit cases where a clear visual result matters more than a complete temperature history.

London – October 19, 2026 -- Global connected vehicle sales will rise from 68.3 million units in 2026 to 84.6 million by 2032, according to Frost & Sullivan, creating a larger addressable base for AI-powered in-car assistants as automakers adopt generative AI and intelligent voice interfaces to differentiate their vehicles.

Oakland – October 19, 2026 -- Thirty-seven warehouse workers at VISTAR, a subsidiary of Performance Food Group (PFG), voted to join Teamsters Local 853, giving the union wall-to-wall representation at the company's Oakland facility.

Warehouse vote adds to 30 drivers organized in 2025

The new members join 30 VISTAR drivers who became Teamsters in 2025. The warehouse workers organized to secure stronger wages, better benefits and improved working conditions, according to the union.

Seattle – October 19, 2026 -- Alaska Airlines has created a Chief Information Technology Officer role and named Amaresh Siva, a 29-year technology veteran from CVS Health, to fill it. Siva starts next month, reports directly to CEO Ben Minicucci and joins the company's Executive Committee.

Barcelona – October 19, 2026 -- Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress (TMWC) will bring more than 240 experts from cities, governments and companies to Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via venue from 3-5 November, with senior European Commission and Spanish government officials among the headline speakers.

Fira de Barcelona and EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, co-organise the event. Its stated aim is to accelerate the shift to sustainable urban mobility.

Charlotte – October 19, 2026 -- PrePass launched the first phase of PrePass Intelligence, a fleet analytics offering that draws on bypass, safety, toll and vehicle GPS data and is available at no additional cost to customers of its Bypass and Toll solutions.

The release targets a data-fragmentation problem. Fleets know when a bypass occurs or a toll is charged, but working out what those events mean for the business typically requires analyzing large volumes of data across separate systems.