Positive news peaking through despite decline in tonnage
Despite a decline in the August Truck Tonnage numbers, there is some positive news showing up among the latest economic reports for the industry...
More historical traffic, transit times part of software update
ALK Technologies is including more real-time, predictive, and historical traffic speed data with the release of PC*Miler Web Services 25. This data will be included free of charge in PC*Miler 25 until PC*Miler 26 is released in 2012, ALK said...
Autocar Parts expands sales staff
Autocar Parts, a provider of truck and trailer parts for fleets, has added three sales and customer service personnel to its staff...
ATA Safety Management Council honors trucking’s best
Alfred “Al” LaCombe has been named National Safety Director of the Year by the American Trucking Assns. (ATA). LaCombe, the director of safety and training for Dupre Logistics, was presented the award at the 2011 Safety & HR National Conference and Exhibition by the ATA Safety Management Council...
Truck immobilization device battles cargo theft
A new device designed to slow down and stop a tractor-trailer is said to help prevent cargo theft and can result in lower insurance costs...
Walter Bennett, former Utility president, dies
Walter Bennett, former president & director of Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co., has passed away at the age of 93...
Real-time HOS, DVIR data being integrated to management software
CHICAGO. Two leading providers of software and compliance solutions are joining forces to help fleets improve visibility into available driver hours and the inspection process...
TruckPC, TND 760 integrated with McLeod products
CHICAGO. Rand McNally’s TruckPC and TND 760 Fleet Edition products are now integrated to run with the latest editions of McLeod Software’s LoadMaster Enterprise and Powerbroker...
Qualcomm and McLeod announce new applications integration
CHICAGO. Qualcomm and McLeod Software chose the 21st annual McLeod User Group meeting, “The Ability to Do More,” as the venue to announce the integration of Qualcomm’s Circle of Service Workflow application with McLeod’s LoadMaster Enterprise trucking dispatch operations management system...
LA Port owner-operator ban overturned
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned a controversial ban on owner-operators at the Port of Los Angeles, a decision the American Trucking Assns. (ATA) hailed as a “decisive victory for the trucking industry and consumers.”...
SuperTech Grand Champion crowned
Jeffrey Schlecht has been named the SuperTech Grand Champion for the second time in his career...
First U.S. Continental Tire “ContiLifeCycle” retread facility opens
The first facility in the U.S. to be licensed as a “ContiLifeCycle” Continental Tire retread facility opened its doors last week...
Red Dot names account executive
Jeff Sybil has been named OEM account executive with Red Dot Corp., a supplier of HVAC systems and components...
Light-vehicle sales continue rebound
The retail sales rate for new light vehicles have taken a healthy bounce in September, reflecting a year-long strengthening trend in sales U.S. automakers, especially where light trucks are concerned...
New ‘green’ leasing option
Ryder System Inc. announced the launch of its new “flex-to-green” lease offering, making it easier for private fleet operators to jumpstart their sustainability programs by providing the option of incorporating alternative fuel vehicles into their fleets, the truck rental and leasing company said...
Johnson Refrigerated Truck Bodies names leasing manager
Dolores Cote has been named leasing manager/regional sales manager, for Johnson Refrigerated Truck Bodies...
Goodyear launches fleetHQ blog
Customers with tire-related questions can find answers on a new blog introduced by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co...
ABF president & CEO Kemp to retire
Arkansas Best Corp. announced that Wesley B. Kemp, current president & CEO of its largest subsidiary, ABF Freight System, Inc. (ABF), will retire on Dec. 31, 2011. Roy M. Slagle, ABF’s current senior vice president of sales and marketing,, replace Kemp effective Jan. 1, 2012...
American Truck Group joins HDA Truck Pride
American Truck Group, based in Gulfport, MS, has joined the HDA Truck Pride group as an independent parts distributor and “Truck Service Expert.”...
EEOC sues motor carrier Prime Inc.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday that Springfield, MO-based motor carrier New Prime Inc. -which does business as Prime Inc.. - violated federal law by discriminating against female driver-applicants...
Lehmkuhl named president of Con-way Freight
W. Gregory (Greg) Lehmkuhl has been named president of Con-way Freight, the regional and national less-than-truckload division of Con-way Inc...
Love’s Travel Stops opens in Napavine, WA
The newest Love’s Travel Stop has opened in Napavine, WA, on Interstate 5 at Exit 72...
Understanding HOS data
A new management service has been launched to assist fleets with understanding the data associated with electronic hours-of-service (HOS) reporting and compliance...
Indiana motorists warned of new texting ban
About 50 electronic message boards on highways across Indiana will display message reminding drivers about the state’s recently enacted texting while driving ban...
PA turnpike begins lane closures though November
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission began a repaving project on the Pennsylvania Turnpike between Lansdale and Mid-County causing speed limits to be reduced to 40 mph and lane closures in both directions during the overnight hours...
ARI, Roush CleanTech combine for propane demo vehicle
A new propane autogas demonstration vehicle is now available for “in-house” demonstrations to clients of Automotive Resources International...
Trucking company owner alleged to owe $30 million in unpaid taxes
James L. Watts, president of Watts Trucking Service, has been charged by the federal government with owing more than $30 million in unpaid employment and unemployment taxes, according to a civil suit filed in U.S. District Court, Davenport, IA...
Traffic congestion worst in Chicago, Fort Lee and Houston
Locations in Chicago, IL; Fort Lee, NJ, and Houston, TX, have earned the dubious distinction of holding the top three spots in the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)/ Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) annual report on highway congestion at freight-significant highway locations...
Safety enforcement up under CSA
An analysis of how the new Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) system put in place by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) last year determined that there’s been a significant jump in trucking safety enforcement activities – with the system engendering three times more contact with carriers compared to the old system...
Gordon Trucking using hair samples for drug testing
Pacific, WA-based Gordon Trucking is requiring hair samples for drug testing well as urine samples in a move to tighten pre-hire screening of truck driver applicants, according to a report in the Journal of Commerce...
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