AmeriQuest appoints national sales director
AmeriQuest Transportation Services has promoted Kevin O’Brien to national sales director. He was previously director of sales...
Roadnet appoints sales engineer
Armine Faridi has been named sales engineer for Roadnet Technologies....
NTEA show again boasts green truck ride-and-drive
According to the NTEA (formerly the National Truck Equipment Assn.), a key feature of its upcoming annual Work Truck Show—running from March 5-8 at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis-- will be access to 21 environmentally friendly vehicles during the Green Truck Ride-and-Drive event...
Getloaded aiding trucking diversity
Internet-based logistics site Getloaded has formed a partnership with the National Assn. for Minority Truckers (NAfMT) to offeg exclusive loads and special discounts to NAfMT members...
DC water authority adds fleet management solution
The District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority (DC Water) has implemented Chevin Fleet Solutions’ FleetWave management system. The company said FleetWave will allow DC Water, which has over 2,000 pieces of equipment under its control, to link all its facilities together to better share resources, reduce parts inventories, and improve maintenance practices and compliance certifications...
Carriers optimistic about year ahead
Things are looking up to carriers for the year ahead, according to Transport Capital Partners’ (TCP) 4th Quarter 2011 Business Expectations Survey. The survey showed 61% of carriers responding expect freight volumes to increase in 2012 and only 7% expecting volumes to decrease. Both larger and smaller carriers responded similarly...
Nissan expands U.S. availability of all-electric Leaf
Nissan North America (NNA) is expanding the availability of its all-electric Leaf sedan in the U.S. to 30 states, with plans to have the LEAF available in all 50 states along with Washington DC by March of next year...
Sears, LeasePlan create electronic work order program
Sears Auto Center and LeasePlan USA have teamed up to craft a new electronic work-order authorization program called E-Auth that will be deployed through LeasePlan’s eRepair system in approximately 840 Sears Auto Centers nationwide...
Trojan Battery taps Warren for CFO
John Warren has been promoted to the position of CFO by Trojan Battery Co. Warren is moving up from vp of finance. “John’s finance expertise was instrumental in helping Trojan successfully complete the acquisition of Safe-Start earlier this year,” said Jeff Elder, president. ...
Dana, Eaton to dissolve Roadranger partnership
By mid-2012, Dana Holding Corp. and Eaton Corp. plan to terminate their Roadranger joint marketing alliance, with each company expecting to sell, market, and service customers independently of each other going forward from then...
SkyBitz acquired by Telular
Wireless technology firm Telular Corp. has announced it will acquire SkyBitz, Inc. for $42 million in cash and stock. SkyBitz is a provider of mobile resource management solutions focusing on tracking and management of truck trailers, intermodal containers and other mobile assets...
Polar Tank Trailer under strike
Polar Tank Trailer LLC has announced that employees represented by District 165 Local 623 of the International Assn. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 165 have elected to strike the company’s manufacturing facility in Opole, MN. The Opole plant produces stainless steel, aluminum, and carbon steel tank trailers for liquid bulk products. Polar’s facilities in Holdingford, MN and Springfield MO. are not affected by the job action...
West Virginia puts trip permits online
The West Virginia Div. of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has launched a new online service making truck travel in the region easier than ever for commercial truckers...
Fuel cells to extend beyond APUs
There is a developing market for the use of fuel cells as auxiliary power units (APUs) across a range of markets, including trucking. And while the size of the market in absolute numbers will not be large, reaching just over 5,000 units by 2020, the sector will grow strongly over the next several years, according to a new report from Pike Research...
Penske Logistics expands CSCMP partnership
Penske Logistics is beefing up its partnership with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), extending its sponsorship commitments with the association through 2014...
First YOY drop seen in net Class 8 orders
According to two transportation research firms, ACT Research Co., LLC (ACT) and FTR Associates, preliminary data indicates November’s Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs will fall 27% from October’s total to 20,400 units...
FedEx planning rate increases
FedEx Corp. is boosting rates for its FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery service a net average of 4.9% effective Jan. 2, which follows increases to its express and LTL services that were announced back in September...
ALK incorporates solutions under new business group
ALK Technologies has announced a new group, the Enterprise Solutions group, to support its PC*Miler, CoPilot Truck and CoPilot Live Professional product lines as well as map data, software tools, and other professional services...
24V battery charger
Xantrex has expanded its TrueCharge 2 battery charger product line with three new 24-volt models...
Prophesy launches OnDemand video series
A series of eight videos have been released by Prophesy Transportation Solutions. The series focuses on different sections of the trucking and logistics software solutions company’s web-based, pay-as-you-go Prophesy OnDemand solution...
Hours of service, EOBRs focus of webinar
FleetMentor members are being offered a free webinar to address the upcoming hours-of-service and electronic onboard recorder (EOBR) regulations...
Cloud-based supply chain software updated
Transport Perform, a cloud-based, mobile supply chain software for third-party logistics providers (3PLs) from Airclic has been updated...
Two plead guilty in mail fraud case targeting truckers
Michael J. McMahon, 55, and Dawn C. Velapoldi, 43, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit mail fraud for reporting fake vehicle crashes targeting commercial truckers and receiving more than $168,000 in insurance claims, according to a press release from the U.S. Dept. of Justice...
Remote disable and unlock features for truck security
Track Your Truck, a provider of GPS tracking for trucks, introduced an updated version of NetTrack Mobile software that will now be available with “remote starter disable” and “remote door unlock” features, offering the ability to remotely disable starters and unlock doors from the driver’s or dispatcher’s mobile phone or iPad...
Construction spending masks mixed outlook
Construction spending increased for the third straight month in October as private activity strengthened while public spending shrank, according to the Associated General Contractors of America’s (AGC) analysis of new Census Bureau data...
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