Hendrickson: Integrated valve boosts load stability
Hendrickson Trailer Suspension Systems has unveiled an integral height control (HCV) and automatic dump valve to help maintain outstanding load stability over the road and facilitate loading dock activity. According to the company...
UPS gives Fain global responsibilities
UPS has announced that John Fain, director of domestic sales & marketing for UPS Freight, the package delivery company’s LTL trucking arm, is now also responsible for global sales & marketing...
U.S. Xpress sees Q2 revenue increase
U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. recently announced operating revenue and earnings for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2007...
CRST and Werner settle driver contract lawsuit
CRST Van Expedited has announced that it has reached a settlement with Werner Enterprises regarding the lawsuit it brought against Werner to protect its driver-training and driver employment contract program....
Freight volumes still falling
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Though the decline in freight volumes slowed considerably in June, the downward trend in tonnage continues, keeping the pressure on both rates and profits for carriers...
Comdata hires Jabas as legalization vp
Comdata Corp. has appointed John Jabas as the vp-legalization for its Regulatory Compliance division, where he will be responsible for the company’s fuel tax, registration and licensing services...
PSI awards Great Dane for customer excellence
During an awards ceremony in Savannah, GA, Pressure Systems International (PSI) presented Great Dane Trailers with its 2006 Customer Excellence Award. PSI chose the Great Dane for this award based on...
National Idling Reduction NetWork News out for June
By Wendy Leavitt, director of editorial development
If you care about keeping up with the news about idle reduction systems, regulations, special grants and projects, and even fines issued for idling, the National Idling Reduction Network News is for you...
Towne bundles its IT services
Towne Air Freight has signed a three-year deal with AT&T for bundled voice, data and wireless network services for its 26 locations nationwide, allowing them to operate as though they are under one roof...
Suppliers riding it out
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Truck OEMs and other suppliers seem to be weathering the industry downturn by balancing the drop in U.S. heavy-truck sales with strong growth in other segments as well as in global markets for both trucks and components...
Con-way names LTL president
John G. Labrie, senior vp of strategy & enterprise operations for Con-way Inc. will take over as president of the transportation company’s LTL operations, Con-way Freight...
Webinars on light-duty alternative-fuel vehicles
Starting on September 27 at 1:30pm EDT, the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute is launching a free three-part webinar series called, "The fleet solution: light-duty vehicle options." Part one will feature product presentations...
New Pig offers high-traffic berm barrier
Storm drains in high-traffic areas can be protected from contamination with the Heavy-Duty PIG Build-a-Berm barrier from New Pig Corp...
Quick-charge battery
The Odyssey 65-PC1750 battery combines deep cycling capability for quick charges with high cranking power, according to EnerSys (www.enersys.com). The 12V drycell is a direct replacement for Group 65 batteries in either heavy-duty or automotive applications...
Teamsters knocking hard on trucking’s door
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
A new labor deal negotiated with less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier USF Reddaway coupled with the addition of workers at two DHL contract firms to its ranks mark success in the latest campaigning by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) to organize workers in the trucking industry...
Celadon’s Glaser retiring
Tom Glaser, president & COO of Indianapolis-based truckload carrier Celadon Group, plans to retire this year. He will be succeeded by Chris Hines, a member of Celadon’s board and past president of the former Transport International Pool (TIP), GE’s trailer equipment leasing business, and software firm Tripmaster. Glaser joined Celadon in 2001 and was named president & COO in 2004...
Data terminal expands Navman tracking services
The asset-tracking provider Navman Wireless Business Solutions has added messaging and in-vehicle navigation to its services with the introduction of a new mobile data terminal specifically designed to withstand commercial vehicle environments...
Freightliner offering Spicer driveshafts
Medium- and heavy-duty driveshafts from the Spicer product line will now available on trucks from Freightliner LLC, according to Spicer manufacturer Dana Corp...
UL rating for tracking hardware
SkyBitz has announced its GLS 210 trailer tracking system hardware has received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) “913 Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and Associated Apparatus Compliance” status...
Truck crash fatalities fall nearly 5%
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Fatalities from truck crashes fell sharply last year to 4,995-- a 4.7% drop from the 5,240 deaths recorded in 2005, according to figures compiled by the Department of Transportation (DOT)...
IntelliOne adds to advisory board
IntelliOne Technologies (www.intellione.com), a provider of real-time traffic speed data, has announced that Janet Roberts has joined the company's advisory board. Roberts, who currently serves as vp corporate communications & product marketing at Syniverse, will be joining seven other members ...
McLeod Software slates user meet
McLeod Software, a provider of dispatch, accounting and enterprise management solutions for trucking and brokerage firms, will hold its annual Users' Conference October 3-6 at The Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham, AL...
Ceva Logistics taps Riordan
Jacksonville-based Ceva Logistics has appointed Jerry Riordan managing director of its North American operation. Riordan succeeds Jeff Hurley who has been promoted to senior vp of Ceva’s global automotive logistics business...
HOS clock ticking-- again
By David Cullen, executive editor
With the court ruling that yesterday struck down the federal Hours of Service (HOS) rules for truck drivers having been determined on narrow legal grounds, it is difficult to determine...
Court throws out key HOS provisions
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
In a stunning reversal of efforts to revamp federal hours-of-service (HOS) regulations governing the working time of commercial truck drivers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has struck down...
FedEx puts LTL rates in play
By Jim Mele, editor-in-chief
An announcement yesterday by FedEx Corp. that it was reducing fuel surcharges for its LTL freight by 25% should lead to similar moves by the other major carriers as everyone jockeys for position before the peak shipping season begins...
EPA to slap Bay State firm with idling fines
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that a waste removal firm in eastern Massachusetts is facing EPA fines for exceeding the state’s idling limit...
Networkcar Selects Siemens
San Diego-based Networkcar (www.networkcar.com) a wholly owned subsidiary of Huhes Telematics, Inc., has selected the Siemens TC63 wireless module for its Networkfleet wireless vehicle management system...
Nissan eye on Europe hints at U.S. activity
By Wendy Leavitt, director of editorial development
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. wants to grow its light commercial vehicle (LCV) business in Europe by 2010 by introducing new products and expanding its dealer network. And that effort could become a model for growing its LCV business in the U.S...
PeopleNet names Konezny CEO
Minneapolis-based PeopleNet (www.peoplenetonline.com) has appointed current COO & CFO Ron Konezny CEO. John Sarto, the company's current CEO & chairman, will remain chairman of the Board of Directors for PeopleNet...
Steady ahead: Trucking weathering sluggish economy
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
U.S. economic growth should remain slow for the remainder of the year, requiring motor carriers to continue to carefully manage their way forward...
SmartWay cites tires from two suppliers
By Wendy Leavitt, director of editorial development
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently recognized tires made by Continental Tire North America, Inc. (www.continentaltire.com) and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company...
PHH FirstFleet expands menu
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
PHH FirstFleet is expanding its private fleet services with a new fuel card and maintenance services in an effort to create a “one stop shop, a la carte menu” for its customers...
General Mills honors Stevens Transport—again
General Mills has recognized Dallas-based Steven’s Transport, Inc. by awarding the carrier its annual “Temperature Controlled Carrier of the Year” award for the third time...
Motorcycle hauler opts for PeopleNet
PeopleNet (www.peoplenetonline.com) recently announced that Milwaukee-based Daily Direct/HaulBikes, a specialty carrier of motorcycles and other sport vehicles, has chosen PeopleNet as their fleet management system supplier...
