Inspection blitz in North Dakota, Montana
The North Dakota Highway Patrol announced it is conducting a commercial motor vehicle safety inspection saturation effort this week in conjunction with a similar commercial truck inspection blitz being held in northeastern Montana by the Montana Highway Patrol...
Phillips adds sales manager
Tom Pittam has joined Phillips Industries as Southeast Asia sales manager. Pittam will be responsible for growing the company’s presence in the Asia region...
App ensures legal smartphone use while driving
PHH Arval has partnered with ZoomSafer to field what it calls the fleet industry’s first smartphone app that detects when employees are driving and then automatically encourages safe smartphone use. ...
Ryder solution integrates reverse and forward logistics
Ryder System is expanding its reverse-logistics capability to include what it calls a “co-location solution”—designed to integrate forward and reverse logistics in the same facility to “deliver increased velocity, visibility and savings.” ...
EBE adds regional manager
Kirk Babbitt has joined EBE Technologies as a regional manager, focusing on EBE’s suite of financial and logistics software solutions...
Light-vehicle sales remain strong in November
Data analyzed by J.D. Power and Associates and LMC Automotive indicates that new light-vehicle retail sales are experiencing further recovery and strength through the first half of November and are projected to come in at 791,900 units, representing a seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) of 11.3 million units – the highest monthly selling rate in three and a half years. ...
UPS to boost rates in 2012
United Parcel Service plans to increase rates next year by a net of 4.9% for UPS Ground packages, along with all UPS Air services and U.S.-origin international shipments – increases that will go into effect Jan. 2....
Reports: Outlook improves, but vulnerabilities remain
Recent metrics are heralding near-term improvements for the U.S. economy, but experts caution that it still remains “vulnerable” as well....
Meritor Wabco scores Wabash award
Meritor Wabco Vehicle Control Systems has announced receiving the prestigious 2011 Platinum Supplier Award from trailer maker Wabash National Corp....
MFTA appoints director of business operations
Long-time employee James S. Peary has been named director-business operations, for Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America (MFTA). ...
FCCC, Enova partner on ‘Green for Free’ truck deal
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC) and Enova, a developer of proprietary hybrid-electric and all-electric drive systems and drive system components, have launched a program they say will “make electric vehicles more accessible to fleets.” ...
Ranking the nation’s most congested highway corridors
Truckers will have a better idea of exactly where to expect traffic delays, as well as some help in planning for them, thanks to a report released by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI)...
RI Trucking Assn. celebrates 80 Years
The Rhode Island Trucking Assn. celebrated its 80th anniversary with a dinner held on Nov. 15. ...
Class 8 demand hits six-month highs
According to the latest State of the Industry report released by ACT Research Co. (ACT), Class 8 new and net orders rose to six-month highs in October, to 29,824 and 28,026 units, respectively...
GOP ties highway spending to oil drilling
House Republicans introduced their version of a highway bill yesterday, tying the funding mechanism to domestic energy production, including offshore oil drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The plan to link highway funding to oil drilling is considered controversial by many Democrats. ...
Volvo Financial names Yonce U.S. sales vp
Volvo Financial Services has promoted Stephen Yonce to vice president of Truck Financial Services for the U.S. division of Volvo Financial Services. In his new role, Yonce will have responsibility for the truck financial services sales team and become a member of the U.S. executive team...
Drive Cam to acquire Rair
DriveCam announced on Wednesday that it will acquire Rair Technologies. The investment and acquisition are expected to close in early December, subject to customary closing conditions...
Report: Wages trending up, but slowly
Annual wage increases for workers in the private sector should move modestly higher in early 2012, according to the preliminary fourth quarter Wage Trend Indicator (WTI) compiled by BNA, a business data crunching firm owned by Bloomberg L.P....
Wingfoot adds 2 truck care centers
Two new facilities have joined the Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems network as Wingfoot Truck Care Centers. ...
Trucker rescues boy wandering across Washington highway
A 4-year-old boy who wandered away from home and into traffic is safe and sound thanks to a trucker who is said to look a bit like Santa Claus. ...
Report predicts boost in consumer spending, trucking revenue
Traditionally, “trucking has been the big winner when the economy recovers from a recession,” according to IBISWorld, which dubs itself the “nation’s largest publisher of industry research.” ...
East appoints Western region manager
East Manufacturing has named Jim Edwards Western region manager. Edwards replaces Ron Downs, who is retiring...
Will Eurogeddon get us, too?
The gathering debt crisis in Europe not only threatens the very existence of the Euro as a common currency among many European Union member nations, it is likely to lead Europe into a recession—if it has not already entered one—and along the way create a global credit crunch that in turn would greatly impact U.S. exports and possibly push this country into recession...
New standards for light vehicle fuel economy announced
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Dept. of Transportation (DOT) have formally rolled out the second stage of their joint rulemaking to set higher fuel economy and greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution standards for passenger cars and light trucks. EPA and DOT announced yesterday that their newest joint rule—for model year 2017-25 vehicles-- will save Americans over $1.7 trillion at the pump or nearly $8,000 per vehicle by 2025...
Highway Hero nominations deadline is Nov. 30
Nov. 30 is the deadline for nominations for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s North America 2012 Highway Hero Program...
Pipeline deal will ease crude bottleneck
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Canadian firm Enbridge Inc. has agreed to buy 50% of a pipeline that currently moves oil from the U.S. Gulf Coast to Oklahoma. Enbridge plans to reverse the pipeline’s flow— a move that the newspaper said could ease a bottleneck of crude in the Midwest....
Trucker relief fund accepting scholarship applications
The St. Christopher Truckers Development & Relief Fund (SCF) announced it is now accepting scholarship applications for a $10,000 scholarship that will be awarded to a former professional truck driver whose medical problems led to being unable to drive a truck...
Arkansas jury awards $7M in fatal truck crash
A federal jury in Arkansas has awarded a $7 million judgment to the family of a Farmington, Mo., truck driver killed when his vehicle was struck by another semi-truck driven by a fatigued driver...
TMD Friction appoints industry veteran engineering director
Former president of Vehicle Brake Systems Consulting Jim Clark has been named engineering director for North America for TMD Friction...
‘Hidden’ FMCSA report highlights truck safety improvement
A report released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) last month yet buried on its website out of public view indicates that both the number and rate for fatal truck-involved crashes nosedived significantly between 2007 and 2009 – the most recent years with available crash data...
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