Study: Solid truck demand seen for 2012
According to the Annual Fleet Study published by CK Commercial Vehicle Research, 84% of those fleets operating Class 8 vehicles and 33% operating medium-duty trucks intend to purchase new equipment in 2012...
Meritor Aftermarket announces contest winners
Gale Wickersham and Mike Drovdahl have been named grand prize winners in the Meritor Aftermarket “Run with the Bull” incentive contest. In all, 10 Meritor customers in the U.S. and Canada won prizes during the promotion...
Highway 61 bypass now open in Iowa
The Lee County US Highway 61 bypass in Fort Madison, IA, aimed at reducing congestion and traffic accidents in the city, is now open and in use after several delays...
Facial recognition added to mobile time clock solution
A new biometrics feature has been added to a smartphone mobile time clock application, allowing the office to positively identify employees reporting to work. ...
New driver screening product offered
Truck Matters LLC has introduced Recruiting Matters, which the company said is a comprehensive new product that brings together “an arsenal of tools intended to expedite the truck driver recruitment process and increase driver retention.”...
Safety decals offered to reduce collisions
ACP International has released a line of vehicle safety decals for application on the back end of vehicles....
Economic trends stuck in neutral, say experts
A mix of positive and negative metrics indicates the U.S. economy remains largely stuck in neutral, according to a variety of reports. Yet that neutrality isn’t necessarily a bad thing, said experts...
The 100,000th “DD” truck engine rolls off the line
Detroit Diesel Corp. (DDC) rolled the 100,000th engine off its DD Platform assembly line in Redford, MI; a line of heavy-duty truck engines that encompasses the DD13, DD15 and DD16 nameplates...
Chicago Peterbilt dealer extends service hours
Midwest Peterbilt dealership chain JX Enterprises said it’s extending the weekday service hours for its Bensenville, IL, facility – located near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport – until midnight in part to accommodate the high volume of demand for its parts and service business...
Delaware town bans trucks
The town council of Milton, DE, will begin enforcing a ban on trucks with three axles on local roads and the Delaware Dept. of Transportation will determine by the end of the week whether it will extend the ban to state highways running through the town...
Road Gang trucker radio show creator dies
Charlie Douglas, the radio announcer whose “Road Gang” radio show on WWL invented a genre of overnight programming for truck drivers nationwide, died on Thanksgiving Day. He was 78...
Con-way Multimodal to open Dallas office
Con-way Multimodal, a division of Con-Way Inc.’s Menlo Worldwide Logistics operating unit, will open a Frisco, TX, branch office on Dec. 5, 2011...
Brokers, 3PLs joined to carrier services through APIs
Aljex Software has released Aljex API so that brokers and 3PLs can be quickly connected to a carrier’s online services...
Trucking company blames railroads for deadly crash
Lawyers for John Davis Trucking Co. said in court documents that Amtrak and Union Pacific Railroad were responsible for a June crash where one of the fleet’s drivers slammed into an Amtrak train east of Reno killling five, including the truck driver...
Hino, Allison forge long-term deal
Class 4-7 truck maker Hino Trucks and Allison Transmission recently hammered out a multi-year, long-term agreement that makes Allison transmissions the preferred and exclusive unit for all current and future Hino conventional trucks sold in the U.S....
Utility securement system now available for all flatbed loads
The adjustable load securement system (ALSS) from Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. is now available for all types of loads on Utility flatbed trailers, the company announced...
U.S. Xpress adds cargo vans, straight trucks
U.S. Xpress Enterprises has expanded its Xpress Direct Demand Critical fleet through the addition of smaller capacity vehicles. The company has added 30 cargo vans and straight trucks to its fleet so far with plans to add up to 200 more by mid-2012...
FMCSA orders shutdown of carrier allegedly formed to evade previous order
A Maryland trucking company that was formed to avoid an order by FMCSA to cease operations for a number of safety violations and seven crashes in the past year was quickly shut down last week, according to a report in the Baltimore Sun...
Trucker who saved woman’s life honored
A trucker who saved a Pennsylvania woman’s life has been honored by the Open Road Foundation with its Hero of the Highway Award...
Con-way Truckload chooses Goodyear
Goodyear announced an agreement with Con-way Truckload to be its principal supplier of wide-base truck tires ...
Display makes refrigerated trailer temps visible in mirrors
A new display that mounts on the front corner of a trailer makes it easy for a driver to verify the temperature inside a trailer without leaving the cab....
Free webinar on DOL audits Thursday
Human resources management company Compli is hosting a free webinar on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, on Dept. of Labor (DOL) audits and how to prepare for one...
Owner-operator shortage causes Maine fleet to shut down
Bisson Transportation announced it will shut down its long-haul trucking operations based in Auburn, ME, this month due to a shortage of owner-operators available to haul the loads. ...
Freightliner launches truck design contest
Freightliner Trucks has rolled out its “Design the Future of Pride & Profit” truck-design contest, which is open to college students studying within North America. The program invites entrants to submit original designs for “the owner-operator style truck of the future. The OEM went on to say “the competition will help generate out-of-the-box ideas for what owner-operators may want in their future trucks.”...
Zonar credits innovation, relationships for success
From preventive maintenance to automated fueling systems, Zonar Systems has carved out a sizable niche for itself in the trucking industry. The company marked its accomplishments with a recent celebration of its 10th anniversary...
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