Roadside, Pilot offer health care clinics
In response to health risks faced by over-the-road drivers, Roadside Medical Labs and Clinics and Pilot Travel Centers have created a network of retail medical clinics for truckers ...
Volvo to recall 125,000 trucks
According to a report in today’s Wall Street Journal, Volvo AB has announced a voluntary recall of 125,000 trucks in North America because of a problem with the lighting system...
ATA awards truck
Nick Goodell, director of the TruckGuardian Group for ThoughtDrivers LLC, won a Freightliner Cascadia from a random drawing of 175 registrants at the American Trucking Assns. ...
Heil taps Stamper
Heil Environmental has named Crista Stamper chief quality officer (CQO). She will be responsible for leading the company’s “lean manufacturing initiatives”...
FMCSA proposes new driver training rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has finally addressed the issue of behind-the-wheel training for entry-level commercial drivers....
Kenworth extends OOIDA rebate
Kenworth Truck Co. will continue to offer its rebate program for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Assns. (OOIDA) through 2008....
Penske opens Lubbock facility
Penske Truck Leasing has opened a new 12,000-sq.-ft. service center in Lubbock, TX that offers commercial and consumer truck rental services, full-service truck leasing ...
Volvo Financial appoints two
Volvo Financial Services North America has announced the appointments of Leo Hawkes as chief financial officer and Gary McCartney as vp of Canada operations...
ATA, Conway launch safety video
American Trucking Assns. (ATA) and Con-way Freight have released a 30-second video that educates the public about the dangers of tractor-trailer blind spots...
Descartes acquires RouteView Technologies
Descartes Systems Group has announced the acquisition of RouteView Technologies, Inc., a developer of delivery operations management software...
Denso promotes Ohya
Kenji Ohya, senior managing director of Denso Corp. and a member of the Board of Directors, will replace Mitsuo “Matt” Matsushita as president & CEO of Denso International America...
Isuzu holds Fuel Economy Challenge
Isuzu Commercial Truck of America sponsored a three-day “Fuel Economy Challenge” for fleet managers, which included a seminar and hands-on driving experience...
Lot to like in GM/Navistar deal
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Though details regarding the sales of General Motor’s medium-duty truck business to Navistar, the parent company of International Truck & Engine Corp., remain thin ...
International acquires GM Medium-Duty business
By Justin Carretta, online news editor and Jim Mele, editor-in-chief
After months of rumors, International Truck and Engine Corp. has officially announced it is buying General Motors’ medium-duty truck business...
Hendrickson upgrades Paralift axle system
Hendrickson Auxiliary Axle Systems has rolled out the newly upgraded 20,000-lb capacity Paralift steerable truck lift-axle system. Paralift is now available with adjustable ride height ...
Ryder acquires Lily Transportation
Ryder System, Inc. has agreed to acquire substantially all the assets of the full service truck leasing, commercial truck rental and contract truck maintenance businesses of Lily Transportation ...
Coast-to-coast trucker medical clinics
Roadside Medical Labs and Clinics and Pilot Travel Centers have announced they are teaming up to create a coast-to-coast network of retail medical clinics to address the health risks faced by over-the-road drivers...
Wesport taps Picarello
Westport Innovations has named Tony Picarello vp of sales & marketing for its Global Heavy-Duty business unit. Picarello, most recently executive director of marketing for Volvo Trucks North America...
New wireless parking sensor system from Mobile Awareness
Mobile Awareness, LLC has released a new wireless parking sensor system, the MA-WPSS-4M17, developed especially for trucks with trailers, utility vehicles, buses and recreational vehicles...
Bendix awards Linda Fehlman Award
Bendix has announced that Mark Wasem has received the Linda Fehlman Award, given annually to the employee who best exemplifies customer focus, integrity, teamwork...
Penske opens Quebec City center
Penske Truck Leasing has announced the opening of a new 18,000-sq-ft service center in Quebec City, QC. The facility employs 25 associates and will service about 70 leasing customers...
A. Duie Pyle accepted into ACC program
A. Duie Pyle has been accepted into the American Chemical Council’s (ACC) Responsible Care Partnership Program, a global initiative for managing chemical safety...
Trans+Plus mixes it up
Trans+Plus Systems Corp. (www.transpluscorp.com) recently announced a further enhancement to their Communication Module for Fleet Manager Professional...
New truck leadership for Eaton
According to Eaton Corp., it has promoted several executives to oversee the company’s truck group as it aims to accelerate growth opportunities in new technologies ...
Energy bill holds surprises for trucking
By David Cullen, executive editor, and Jim Mele, editor-in-chief
The 35-mpg federal fuel standard for cars that is the centerpiece of the energy bill that President Bush signed into law this morning has caught the world’s attention but ...
Averitt ups next-day Texas lanes
Averitt Express announced it has increased its number of next-day shipping lanes in Texas, turning some two-day shipping lanes into next-day service, the company said...
Eaton lauded for corporate citizenship
Eaton Corp. is ranked first in the Auto and Vehicles sector of Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO) Magazine’s 10 Best Corporate Citizens List for 2007...
FleetCor, Trimble team up
FleetCor has announced an agreement to provide its Fleet MasterCard program to customers of commercial positioning solutions provider Trimble. The Fleet MasterCard ...
GasLimit offers test drive
Fuel price cap provider GasLimit will be offering a “Test Drive” offer through Jan. 31, 2008 during which the company will waive the per-gallon fee on 100 gallons of unleaded ...
FMCSA, ATRI to co-host webinar
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) will co-host a webinar on January 8th ...
Imports below ‘06 levels for fourth straight month
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
Troubled by conservative estimates for shopping during the holiday season, imports remain below last year’s levels, a new report says. According to the monthly Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation ...
Teamsters, YRC agree to tentative labor deal
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and TMI/YRC Worldwide, which includes Yellow Freight, Roadway, and USF Holland, have agreed to a tentative five-year labor contract that will cover about 75,000 union freight members...
FMCSA publishes HOS notice in Federal Register
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published its Interim Final Rule regarding hours-of-service (HOS) regulations in today’s Federal Register...
Ford promotes Hinrichs
Joe Hinrichs, currently vp of North America manufacturing for Ford Motor Co., will be promoted to group vp-global manufacturing effective Jan. 1, 2008...
Fitch ratings sees tough ‘08
Investment analysis firm Fitch Ratings believes the freight market will experience a sluggish 2008, at least through the first half of the year, as overall U.S. economic growth remains restrained...
