News
Trucking News
View the latest commercial trucking industry news from FleetOwner magazine, including fleet management, fuel economy, truck products, employment news and more....
Retreading brochure available
For fleets considering retreads, or fleets who already use retreads but might be searching for more information as they seek to control costs, a new brochure from two respected industry groups will help provide the answers...
Food safety: What’s in the fridge?
President Obama refocused attention on what refrigerated motor carriers have always known-- that truck fleets play a vital role in helping to assure the safety of the U.S. food supply from point of origin to the end consumer, or “from farm to fork” in the current political parlance. ...
Driver Scorecard provides instant access to performance
By providing instant access to driver performance, the new Driver Scorecard module from McLeod Software offers safety managers the chance to intervene quickly to correct driver behavior. ...
Construction tire improves wear
Continental’s HTR2 all-position wide base tire, which replaces the HTR model, is designed for 20% more wear volume through a wider tread pattern and increased tread depth, according to the manufacturer...
Live floor trailer light and rugged
A new series of live-floor trailers from Titan Trailers is intended for “extreme” applications such as demolition, but weights significantly less than models with steel floors, according to the manufacturer...
AltWheels Fleet Day tickets available
Space is filling up fast for spots at this year’s AltWheels Fleet Day, to be held Monday, Oct. 5, at Staples World Headquarters in Framingham, MA...
Early earnings reports don’t show much improvement
Earnings reports are starting to trickle in for trucking, with USA Truck and JB Hunt reporting lower second-quarter earnings for 2009 while Heartland Express posted a slight gain. Troubled giant YRC Worldwide is expected to report its earnings at the end of the month....
Leland fields new management team
Leland Brake and Wheel has a new management team in place, appointing Jason Gerding president, Bill Laughlin director of sales, and Brian M. Rassin, marketing product director...
Navistar names top service tech
Robert Ball of Maudlin International Trucks, Inc. of Orlando, Florida, took top honors at the third annual Navistar Service Technician Rodeo...
Thermo King offering Thermo King, Carrier parts rebates
Rebates of up to $250 are available for purchasing qualifying parts for Thermo King and Carrier refrigeration units from participating Thermo King dealers in the U.S. and Canada. The program runs through September 30....
Hybrids look for Capitol Hill support
Hybrid truck OEMs and suppliers alongside fleets and public interest groups, gathered Thursday in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol to call for more incentives and other fiscal support to spur increased sales of this fuel-saving and emission-reducing technology....
Green fuel card revealed
A new fuel card is being touted as a tool commercial fleets can use to help offset their carbon emissions...
Continental rolls out heavy-truck tire training
To satisfy the training and technical information needs of its dealer network personnel, Continental Tire North America is rolling out a new online program called "Engage360 Untamed Innovation."...
Mack sponsoring WasteExpo driving challenge
At the WasteExpo refuse industry show coming up June 9- 10 in Las Vegas, Mack Trucks will again sponsor a “driving skills safety challenge” open to any driver at least 18 years of age with a valid commercial drivers license ...
TCA awards James Ransom top safety award
James Ransom, CDS, director of safety for Boyd Bros. Transportation, has been named the Clare C. Casey Award winner by the Truckload Carriers Assn. (TCA)...
Xata adds in-cab touch-screen color display
Xata Corp. has added an in-cab, touch-screen color display to its offerings. The TREQ-M4, provided by QSI Corp., is available as an upgrade for existing XATA products or as an option on new purchases...
Truck freight might be seeing bottom
NEW YORK. Truck freight may be showing the first signs of a turnaround after 39 months of depressed freight volumes including sharp declines since last October, according to truckload executives addressing an audience of financial analysts here. Major LTL carriers, however, reported no changes in freight levels, which have been consistently dropping since December...
Ports struggling due to economic downturn
Cargo volumes at ports around the country have been dropping steadily due to the global economic downturn, hitting lows not seen for more than a decade. ...
FTR sees ‘worst market in a generation’
FTR Associates has further decreased its 2009 and 2010 truck and trailer projections as it said the U.S. has still not reached economic bottom...
Fifth wheel release system from TnT
TnT has introduced a new release aimed at the light- and heavy-duty aftermarket designed to help drivers release a fifth wheel, sliding tandems, and open cargo doors or reach straps safely and easily...
Racor releases air dryer
The Racor division of Parker Hannifin Corp. has announced the new Racor/Nabtesco compressed air dryer system...
TSA completes 1 million hazmat background checks
The Transportation Security Administration has announced the completion of more than one million fingerprint-based background checks on truck drivers required to carry a Hazardous Material Endorsement (HME) on their CDL’s...
PeopleNet partners with Iridium for satellite communications
PeopleNet has announced a partnership with Iridium to offer satellite communications as an option alongside its wireless network, allowing the company to offer universal coverage to its fleet customers across the continent, according to PeopleNet. ...
Online cost calculator from Skypatrol
Skypatrol has launched the CoolSavings Calculator, an online tool that shows business owners and fleet managers how its GPS fleet management and mobile asset tracking solutions reduce operating costs, increase workforce productivity and raise the bottom line, according to the company....
Volvo, Mack stick by SCR
Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) and Mack Trucks have applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s commitment to implementing its 2010 emissions regulations as planned. ...
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 Next»
