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Construction begins on Golden State distribution hub  

Tejon Ranch Co. and Rockefeller Group Development Corp. are starting the development of a 606,000-sq.-ft. warehouse building at Tejon Industrial Complex (TIC), ...

Volvo Financial launches certification program  

Volvo Financial Services and the Association of Finance and Insurance Professionals have developed a jointly sponsored Finance and Insurance Manager certification program...

Drivers high on TCA agenda 
By Wendy Leavitt, director of editorial development
Although the Truckload Carriers Assn. (TCA) convention this spring was called, “Built on Heritage,” it is the future of trucking that dominates the discussion every day at TCA...

Next-generation tire monitoring 

Mobile Awareness has released its latest line of tire pressure monitoring system (TPSM) products geared toward commercial trucks, utility vehicles, and trailers...

Transcore hits RFID milestone 

Transcore has announced it has exceeded 150,000 radio frequency identification (RFID) satellite communications transceivers worldwide and surpassed 25 million RFID tags and 45,000 RFID readers worldwide...

Supply chain disruption conference 

The NYC Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals will hold a symposium on how to manage supply chain disruptions...

Compliance workshop slated 

The Granite Bay Group, a commercial-vehicle compliance services firm, is offering a two-day workshop on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and California Biennial Inspection of Terminals (BIT) program requirements....

Port reefers plug in  
By Terrence Nguyen, web editor
To show that it pays to be green, the U.S. EPA along with its state and private partners yesterday held a reefer unit “plugging in” to eliminate the idling of reefers...

Public-private fix touted as best route to better roads 
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Few disagree that America’s crumbling highway infrastructure needs fixing but there’s no consensus on coming up with the funds to fix the roads. ...

EOBR Webinar Thursday 

Tripmaster Corp, will co-host an Intermec Webinar slated for April 12 that will cover the proposed federal electronic on-board recorder (EOBR) rule....

Spartan beefing up capacity 

With demand increasing for specialty trucks – especially military vehicles – Spartan Chassis, a subsidiary of $445- million truck builder Spartan Motors, has acquired two manufacturing plants....

Newgistics buys LMI 

Austin, TX-based 3PL Newgistics has acquired fellow 3PL Logistics Management Inc. (LMI), which primarily offers LTL freight brokerage services....

Customs slates ACE conferences 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be holding two upcoming ACE Exchange Conferences....

TCA scholarships 

The Truckload Carriers Assn. is accepting scholarship applications from juniors or seniors attending an accredited four-year college or university who are affiliated with a trucking company. ...

Multi-network fuel card 

Fuel and information management solutions provider Plavan Fleet launched its multi-network fuel card today...

Dallas logistics hub takes shape 

A massive 6,000-acre logistics park in Lancaster, TX, is preparing for business, making some 60 million sq.-ft. of distribution, manufacturing, office and retail space available for a variety of operations...

Goodyear salutes Wingfoot Express  

Goodyear is celebrating the 90th anniversary of its famed Wingfoot Express truck line— which starting in April 1917 made nonstop runs from an Akron, OH tire factory to the company’s tire fabric mill in Connecticut. ...

Eaton buys fuel-component maker  

Eaton Corp. is buying the fuel components division of Saturn Electronics & Engineering for an undisclosed sum...

SAF-Holland lightens the fifth-wheel 

SAF-Holland has introduced what it claims to be the lightest-weight fifth wheel: the aluminum Holland FW. The product was designed by SAF-Holland and manufactured by Alcoa. ...

Kenworth wins alternative fuel award 

Kenworth Truck Co. received the 2007 Industry Innovation Award for alternative fuel trucks at the Alternative Fuels & Vehicle National Conference and Expo held last week. The award recognized Kenworth’s T800 liquefied natural gas truck...

Putting drivers on a path 
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
A rewards-based driver career path should be cornerstone of a solid driver retention strategy, according to Duff Swain, president of Trincon Group, a transportation consulting firm...

Diesel up a nickel 

The national average price for a gallon of diesel rose five cents to $2.84, according to the Energy Information Administration...

DHL beefs up “virtual warehouse” 

Point-to-point tracking for international shipments to their final destination point within the U.S. across all modes is the latest addition to DHL’s “virtual warehouse.” The service was developed for U.S. importers to reduce or eliminate the need for costly distribution centers...

Minor leads TN International dealership 

International Truck & Engine Corp. has named Terry Minor the new president, CEO & dealer principal of Cumberland International Trucks...

DaimlerChrysler truck credit gets regional  

DaimlerChrysler Truck Financial has announced it will reorganize its Sales, Fleet Credit, Dealer Credit and Small Business Credit departments into Eastern, Central, Southern and Western sections ...

Composite plate trailer 

Vanguard National Trailer Corp. has rolled out its new VXP composite plate trailer. Composite plate sidewalls provide maximum cube and inside width...

Prepass inks small-carrier deal with BestPass 

PrePass and BestPass have announced they’ve agreed to offer their weigh-station bypass and toll-collection services as a package to motor carriers operating five or fewer trucks...

All light vehicles to have ESC by 2012 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced yesterday that all light vehicles must be equipped with electronic stability control (ESC) systems by model-year 2012...

Luber-finer eases online ordering  

Luber-finer, the filtration manufacturing arm of Champion Laboratories Inc., has improved its online ordering tool...

Dossier users weigh in on issues 

Members of the Dossier fleet management software Users Group ranked fleet budgeting as the number-one topic they’d like to see addressed at the next Dossier Users Group meeting...

IdleAire bets on expansion to swing a profit 
By Terrence Nguyen, web editor
It’s not easy being green. Consider the red ink that has flowed from advanced truckstop electrification (ATE) provider IdleAire Technologies Corp...

Peterbilt delivers its last Model 379 

Peterbilt has rolled out its 1,000th –and final— Model 379 Legacy Class Edition, marking the completion of the 379’s 20-year run. ...

Hendrickson taps Coleman 

Sean Coleman has been named as director of program management for Hendrickson Truck Suspension Systems. In this role, he will lead all initiatives for the division. ...

Carrier boosts refrigeration visibility and shore power  
By Wendy Leavitt, director of editorial development
Carrier Transicold has announced it is expanding its recently created third-party protocol...

Trucking to rebound in 2Q 
By Terrence Nguyen, web editor
Freight volumes are set for a significant rebound in the second quarter with manufacturers reporting that bloated inventories in previous months have been drawn down to reasonable levels...

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