Cory Home Delivery partners with Penske, Demountable Concepts
Cory Home Delivery has joined with Penske Truck Leasing and Demountable Concepts Inc. to help the home delivery specialist reduce costs...
Number-crunching the Cat deal
Statistics may lie, but cold hard numbers don’t. A close reading of data compiled by Wardsauto.com on factory installations of Class 8 engines for the first four months of 2008 shed light on yesterday’s Caterpillar-Navistar deal,...
Hankook pumps up environmentally friendly budget
Hankook Tire has announced it will increase its investment in environmentally friendly tire technology to more than $19 million annually...
U.S. Xpress finalizes Pinner Transportation purchase
U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. has announced its subsidiary, Xpress Global Systems, has finalized the purchase of Pinner Transportation, a regional carrier specializing in floor covering logistics and LTL service...
Despite weak economy, freight may benefit
Though economic growth is projected to slow overall for Japan, Europe, and particularly the U.S. through 2009, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), exports from the U.S. are predicted to increase significantly – possibly leading to rising freight volumes in the year ahead...
Railways vying harder for freight
With fuel costs at an all-time high, new proposals by rail giants CSX Corporation and Norfolk Southern are seeking to alleviate the costs of transporting goods by truck via the rail system, promising to carry the equivalent of hundreds of trucks on a single train...
GM to close four truck plants
General Motors announced at its annual stockholders meeting that the company will close four plants in North America that produce pickups, SUVs and light- and medium-duty trucks...
Yokohama settles patent lawsuit with Chinese company
Yokohama Rubber Co. and its parent company Yokohama Tire Corp. have reached an agreement with Hanzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. on a design patent infringement lawsuit...
Preserving Productivity
Charles Carew will tell you that in the concrete industry, weight, vehicle productivity and driver comfort are critical factors in mixer truck design,...
Jevic Transportation discontinues operations
Jevic Transportation Inc., citing high fuel and insurance costs, tightening credit markets and economic downturn, has decided to discontinue operations....
Economy offers no relief
The economy received some good news and some bad news in May, as several key economic indicators show the United States may not be in a recession. The...
Navigating the challenges
With fuel costs skyrocketing and the economy in a slump, private fleets need all the help they can get to make sure their companies recognize the value...
Back to basics
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to make it more difficult for prospective carriers to enter the trucking business in the future....
Paying for it
The highway and road networks in this country are in dire need of a makeover, as well as big additions in capacity. The problem is, at the same moment...
The evolution of the private fleet
For the first time in more than two decades, the National Private Truck Council has published an up-to-date compilation of private fleets, the story of...
Trial and error
The process by which mankind survives is called trial and error. One can take the measure of an individual's progress not by what they achieve, but how...
