Management News

House passes highway-bill extension

Sep 14, 2011, By David Cullen, executive editor

The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed legislation to extend federal highway, transit and highway safety programs...

NTSB calls for cellphone ban

Sep 14, 2011, By Deborah Whistler, contributing editor

Citing distraction from the use of a mobile phone by the driver of a semi as the probable cause of a 2010 crash that killed 11 people, the National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday recommended banning the use of mobile phones by commercial drivers except in emergencies...

Survey: Job growth is done for 2011

Sep 14, 2011

U.S. employers are expected to remain exceptionally guarded in terms of hiring workers for the balance of 2011, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, conducted by global human resource consulting firm ManpowerGroup – though the firm’s poll also finds employers aren’t planning to reduce head count, either...

Old Dominion opens Wisconsin facility

Sep 14, 2011

Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) has opened a new service center in Madison, WI. The company expects to hire 12 employees for the facility...

PCI indicates U.S. economy will remain sluggish

Sep 13, 2011, By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor

While the data behind the monthly Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index (PCI) still doesn’t indicate a “double dip” recession is drawing near, it clearly indicates that the U.S. economy is going to stay sluggish for some time, with subpar gross domestic product (GDP) definitely affecting freight volumes...

Yokohama to boost prices

Sep 13, 2011

Yokohama Tire Corp.’s light- and medium-duty commercial truck tires will see price increases of up to 8%, effective Oct. 1, 2011, the company announced...

GE Capital to host CSA webinar

Sep 13, 2011

GE Capital Fleet Services will host a webinar on the impact of the Dept. of Transportation’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program...

Diesel manufacturers ‘ready’ to implement Obama’s infrastructure plan

Sep 13, 2011, By Deborah Whistler, contributing editor

The expansion of new construction programs for roads, bridges, schools and buildings in the “American Jobs Act” outlined by President Barack Obama Thursday will require the efficient power provided by American-made clean diesel engines and equipment, according to Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum...

Staten Island lobbies for toll relief for truckers

Sep 13, 2011, By Deborah Whistler, contributing editor

With the Sept. 18 deadline fast approaching for the New York/New Jersey Port Authority’s toll increase at all of its crossings, there has been no word yet on whether truck drivers who frequently cross the bridges that connect New York City and New Jersey will receive any kind of discounts...

Sentry Insurance unites with CargoNet to combat cargo theft

Sep 13, 2011, By Deborah Whistler, contributing editor

Sentry Insurance announced it has become a member of CargoNet, a national initiative to combat cargo theft through improved information sharing between the insurance and trucking industries and law enforcement...

Highway bill extension clears Senate committee

Sep 12, 2011, By Deborah Whistler, contributing editor

A short-term extension of the highway spending bill that will keep infrastructure projects going was passed by a Senate committee last week...

National Truck Driver Appreciation week kicks off

Sep 12, 2011, By Deborah Whistler, contributing editor

This week is National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (NTDAW), set aside to honor professional truck drivers nationwide...

Trojan Battery names senior vp of global business development

Sep 12, 2011

Mat Segal has been named senior vice president of global business development for Trojan Battery Co. Segal will manage international sales growth...

Love’s installing cardless fuel system

Sep 12, 2011, Love’s installing cardless fuel system

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores will install radio frequency identification (RFID) technology at all of its locations...

CARB fines trucking company $59K for polluting trucks

Sep 12, 2011, By Deborah Whistler, contributing editor

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) fined IVVE Transportation $59,050 for using what CARB called “high-polluting vehicles” that do not comply with state standards...

Obama calls for $140 billion for infrastructure spending

Sep 9, 2011, By David Cullen, executive editor

In a speech before a joint session of Congress last night, President Barack Obama urged Republicans on Capitol Hill to push past partisanship and speedily pass his proposed $447-billion jobs-creation package of spending initiatives and tax cuts...