uShip names general manager
Charles Myers, a 35-year veteran of the transportation industry and former CEO of getloaded.com, has been named general manager of uShip Freight. Myers will oversee the company’s recently-launched brokered loads solution and private network freight exchange services...
Equipment leasing/renting: The fleet bridge to the future
America’s fleets have never been so full of older trucks and that reality is driving up the truck leasing and rental business just as it is new truck sales. It is not only about adding capacity, however, or about the need to reduce operating costs...
Rush Enterprises promotes 2 to senior vp slots
Commercial vehicle dealer Rush Enterprises has promoted two people to new senior-level positions...
Peterbilt logs order for 200 Model 367 LNG trucks
Heckmann Corp. has ordered 200 Peterbilt Model 367 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks, Peterbilt has announced. Heckman is transitioning its tractor-trailer fleet from diesel to natural gas vehicles, according to Peterbilt...
Medium, heavy truck sales up again
For the third consecutive month, March sales for medium- and heavy-duty trucks rose in the U.S. and Canada, according to WardsAuto.com...
NTTC latest to support ELDs
The National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) association is the latest industry trade group to support mandates for electronic logging devices (ELDs) to document hours of service (HOS) compliance...
GPS tracking for unpowered assets
Networkfleet has released a new device, the AT-1400 Asset Tracker, which provides GPS tracking capabilities for assets that have no constant source of power...
Accounting reform would change truck leasing rules
A joint effort by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to “harmonize” global accounting standards may end up rewriting truck leasing rules to a large extent, changing the way fleets need to account for leased trucks on their ledger books...
Conference Board indexes still indicate growth
Several of the economic indexes compiled by the Conference Board remained on the upswing in March, which bodes well for U.S. economic growth this year...
NPTC leadership awards honor fleets & suppliers
CINCINNATI. The NPTC Annual Education Management Conference and Exhibition, which wrapped up earlier this week in Ohio, took time throughout the event to honor those who contribute to the overall good of the industry and the organization...
TMSA conference to focus on integrated sales & marketing
The 2011 annual conference of the Transportation Marketing and Sales (TMSA) will offer a diverse educational program of marketing, sales and communications sessions. The topics will correlate with the conference’s theme, “Common Goals. Common Ground. Common Destination. Maximizing Marketing & Sales Results.”...
Study claims traffic violations raise risk of future crash
A new study by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is finding a high degree of correlation between the number and type of traffic convictions received by commercial truck drivers and their risk of being involved in a crash down the road...
Wabco Holdings adds new executive position
Global truck component supplier Wabco Holdings recently named Kazuo Kawashima to the newly created chief quality officer position within its executive suite; a position that reports directly to Wabco’s CEO Jacques Esculier, who also serves as chairman...
Regional LTL wins chemical safety award
LTL carrier A. Duie Pyle recently received the 2011 Responsible Care Partner of the Year Award from the American Chemistry Council (ACC) in recognition of the fleet’s performance and safety record in handling chemical shipments...
NPTC and Bridgestone Bandag salute safe fleets
CINCINNATI. Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions and the National Private Truck Council (NPTC) presented their 2011 Fleet of the Year and Fleet Safety awards this week at the NPTC Annual Education Management Conference and Exhibition....
Study: Few create most driving distractions
A new study of 34,466 commercial vehicle operators monitored through in-cab video systems finds that only a small population of drivers – just 5% – are the most distracted behind the wheel and are the most likely to engage risky driving behavior...
ATA releases latest American Trucking Trends
Commercial trucks paid more than $34.4 billion in federal and state highway-user taxes in 2010, according to the American Trucking Assns...
The futility of diesel price forecasting
When it comes to predicting fuel prices, analysts are slicing their forecasts paper thin these days — into very short-term, short-term and longer-term sections...
Safeway: Lean distribution is key
CINCINNATI. “Lean distribution is the key to our success,” guest speaker Tom Nartker, vice president of Safeway, Inc., told the audience of private fleet executives and industry suppliers here at the National Private Truck Council Annual Education Management Conference and Exhibition...
Ryder opens 16th location in California
Ryder System recently opened its 16th truck rental, leasing, and maintenance center in Southern California. The center, in the city of Ventura, is located on 2.1 acres...
Mack names Tri-State Truck Center 2010 distributor of the year
Tri-State Truck Center in Memphis, TN, has been named the Mack Trucks 2010 North American Distributor of the Year...
Betts Spring signs agreement with DTNA
Betts Spring Co. has reached agreement with Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) on a three-year renewable contract to supply Betts and Life-time Fenders branded spray suppression products and other proprietary components...
Vnomics, Manage Mobility forge partnership
Telematics software provider Vnomics is partnering with wireless system provider Manage Mobility to help provide a complete end-to-end communication package for both commercial trucking operations and government fleets...
Stevenson takes CTP Top Graduate honors
CINCINNATI. Troy Stevenson, director of logistics for GreenLine Foods, Inc., was honored yesterday at the National Private Truck Council (NPTC) Annual Education Management Conference and Exhibition for graduating at the top of the class of individuals who earned their Certified Transportation Professional (CTP) credentials in 2011...
Auto Truck Group names business development director
Brent MacLean, a 24-year veteran of the industry, has been named director-business development, for Auto Truck Group, a work truck upfitter...
Upbeat message delivered to nation’s truck dealers
PHOENIX. The health of the nation’s economy is improving, and with that, so are the fortunes of the country’s commercial truck dealers. That was the message that American Truck Dealers chairman Kyle Treadway delivered to attendees at the 48th annual ATD Convention and Expo this weekend at the Phoenix Convention Center here...
TransCore: Rate hikes coming first—and dramatically—to spot markets
Higher fleet operating costs combined with capacity demand rising in tune with the economic recovery is driving truck rates up in many traffic lanes, but the action is most intense on the spot market, according to analysis completed by TransCore Freight Solutions...
T. Boone Pickens to keynote WasteExpo
T. Boone Pickens, founder of Mesa Petroleum, BP Capital, and Clean Energy, will be the keynoter at Penton Media’s WasteExpo, to be held May 9-12 at the Dallas Convention Center...
State, local government groups forge transportation funding 'principles'
The major organizations representing state and local governments in the U.S. – the National Governors Association (NGA), the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), the National Association of Counties (NACo) and the National League of Cities (NLC) – have jointly agreed on a set of “principles” they say should guide transportation funding efforts for the future...
Celadon expands employee health program
Celadon Trucking Services (CTS) is expanding its “Highway 2 Health” program with the addition of a full -service medical center located at its Indianapolis headquarters...
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