Truckers charged with using fake names to obtain multiple CDLs
Fifty-one truck and bus drivers have been arrested and charged with using fake names to obtain multiple commercial drivers licenses, according to a report in the New York Daily News...
Libya having little impact on fuel prices
Experts believe there will be little impact on global oil markets at this point regardless of whether the ongoing Libyan civil war is indeed entering its final stages or continues to drag on for many more months...
ODFL to boost rates
LTL carrier Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. (ODFL) plans to boost its base rates by roughly 4.9% effective Sept. 6 this year...
CarrierWatch monitoring service debuts
A new monitoring center for truckload freight brokers, 3PLs, and shippers, has been launched by TransCore...
Gordon Trucking acquires Buske Lines Inc.
Gordon Trucking, based in Pacific, WA, has acquired Buske Truck Lines, Inc...
Bridge closure forces long detours in Iowa, Wisconsin
A cracked beam in the Iowa Highway 9 bridge over the Mississippi river into Wisconsin has caused a road closure that will force motorists to take a 60-mi. detour, according to a report in the Des Moines Register...
Buyers adapting to used market
High demand coupled to still-shrinking inventories is forcing many used-truck buyers to alter their purchasing strategies. Yet experts believe the squeeze on used truck supply, which has seen buyers acquiring ...
Fleets honored as innovators by PeopleNet
BOCA RATON, FL. Four fleets were presented with PeopleNet’s Innovator of the Year awards last week at the company’s annual User Conference here...
Truckers upset over NY/NJ toll hikes
Using the bridges and tunnels between New York City and New Jersey will cost truckers a pretty penny with a Port Authority toll hike approved Friday that will increase fares to 5-axle trucks from $40 to $65 per trip beginning next month...
LinkAmerica appoints former UPS, Greatwide executive Simone CEO
John Simone has been named president & CEO of LinkAmerica Corp., a regional asset-based carrier based in Tulsa, OK...
Electronic border crossing paperwork system
As Canada gets set to enforce its e-manifest program for carriers and shippers crossing into the U.S., many of those affected will be looking for software programs to assist in the meeting the requirements...
US 60 lane closures in Gold Canyon, AZ, planned
Lane closures of both eastbound and westbound lanes of US 60 east of Kings Ranch Road between mileposts 204 and 211in the Gold Canyon, AZ, area are scheduled for the upcoming weeks...
Fuel standards should save fleets money, report says
An analysis of the new federal fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks and pickups conducted by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) concludes that fleets and consumers alike should reap more than enough savings to compensate for increased costs to make those vehicles comply with the new regulations...
Major East Coast traffic delays possible
A 9/11 tribute to be held today in Washington, D.C., will require several road closures and cause major traffic delays on the Dulles Toll Road and around Dulles International Airport, officials said. The road closures are to make way for a motorcycle procession...
Trucking company owner guilty of workers’ comp fraud
Ohio trucking company owner Jeff Davis was found guilty of workers’ comp fraud in a scheme involving his girlfriend, Tabitha Taylor...
Goodyear names president of North American tire business
Stephen R. McClellan has been named president of the North American Tire business unit of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co...
Polar Tank Trailer names vp of engineering
Polar Tank Trailer has named Denis Grossen the new vice president of engineering. Grossen joins Polar from Force Protection Industries, where he served as senior director of engineering...
Customers given instant access to carrier’s service reps
A new real-time communications channel has been launched by Reddaway, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide...
Equipping workers with tablets: What you need to know
The phenomenal acceptance rate of smartphones and tablet devices among the general public is slowly creeping its way into trucking. Fleets have long sought out technology to streamline operations, but now many are also finding that by putting these devices into the hands of their employees, not only do they have more efficient operations, they also have happier employees...
Two charged in multi-state fuel advance scheme
Two men where arrested in Ohio and charged in a multi-state fuel advance scheme and defrauding a Bordentown Township, NJ, trucking company out of $10,000, according to the Burlington County Times...
Cargo crime, border issues focus of conference
An increase in cargo theft and other Canadian-U.S. border issues were the focus of a Canadian Trucking Alliance meeting with carriers and Canada’s Public Safety Minister, Vic Toews, last week...
Menlo Worldwide makes European appointments
To support its expanding European operations, Menlo Worldwide Logistics, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc., has made two executive appointments...
MEAA names technical support and quality assurance manager
August (Gus) Wajda has been promoted to the position of technical support and quality assurance manager for Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America’s (MEAA) heavy-duty business...
The benefits of modest economic growth
BOCA RATON, FL. Although the economy is still the number-one concern for fleets, even the current 2% growth is netting real benefits for the trucking industry, Dan Murray, vice president of research for the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) told the crowd of more than 700 people attending the 11th annual PeopleNet User conference taking place this week in Boca Raton, FL...
Fuel card program data integrated with LoadMaster
Fleet fuel management data obtained from the Multi Service Fuel Card program will now be available in LoadMaster dispatch software from McLeod Software...
PwC: Optimism dropping in the private sector
A new survey by global consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) finds that “economic optimism” among private sector executives is plummeting rapidly both inside and outside the U.S. as a number of issues are fueling an unsteady outlook for the world’s markets...
Video safety game targets truck/train crashes
Operation Lifesavers Inc. (OLI) is offering professional truck drivers an online interactive safety course designed to help them make sound decisions at railroad crossings...
2011 Moog catalog arrives
The 2011 Moog Commercial Vehicle Master Chassis catalog is now available from Federal-Mogul Corp...
Falling diesel prices more a short-term blip
Though diesel fuel prices in the U.S. took a welcome nosedive over the past two weeks, dropping an average of over 10 cents per gallon between Aug. 1 and Aug. 15 – experts not only believe the decline will be short-lived, but it will also be muted given the broader economic uncertainty now occurring...
Con-way Freight driver wins Bendix National Truck Driving Championship
For the third year in a row, and fourth time in five years, a Con-way Freight driver has been named Grand Champion of the Bendix National Truck Driving Championships...
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