Trucking company charged with harassment by EEOC
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has brought a lawsuit against Joe Ryan Trucking, Phenix City, AL, charging that the owner of the fleet violated federal law by sexually harassing female employees...
UAW, Ford reach tentative agreement
The United Auto Workers (UAW) and Ford Motor Co. reached a tentative agreement yesterday on a new contract for approximately 41,000 hourly and salary workers at 27 Ford assembly and manufacturing plants, the UAW announced...
Arizona dust storm causes massive highway pileups
At least one man was killed and more than 15 were injured when a dust storm blinded motorists on Interstate 10 in Arizona between Tucson and Phoenix Tuesday, causing major traffic pileups involving dozens of vehicles...
Menlo Worldwide launches new transportation services portfolio
With years of experience in Lean operating principles behind it, Menlo Worldwide Logistics, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc., is using that experience to launch Menlo Transportation Services...
LED side turn lamps offered
Grote Industries has introduced a new family of LED side turn lamps that it said are suitable for multiple applications including aerodynamic skirts, restricted space between frame rails, and locations where a separate mounting flange is not practical...
Offering speeds implementation of Oracle Transportation Management software
Designed especially for smaller and midsized fleets that don’t have the time or resources to devote to a complex software installation, a new offering from The Eminent Group is said to get these companies utilizing the software in weeks, not months...
Accuride names senior vp & gm
Scott D. Hazlett has been appointed senior vice president & general manager of Accuride Wheels, a business unit of Accuride Corp...
Congestion cost trucking $23 billion in 2010
A new study by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) said that the cost of congestion to the U.S. trucking industry – measured as wasted fuel and delay – was $23 billion last year...
International shipping industry confidence at an all-time low
Shipping industry confidence is at its lowest level for 3 1/2 years, as fears about overcapacity and the global economy reach new heights, according to IFW, an international freight and logistics news service...
New Love’s Travel Stop opens in Washington
Love’s Travel Stops opened its newest location in Napavine, Wash., at Interstate 5, Exit 72...
Volvo Group reorganizes global truck business
The Volvo Group has reorganized its truck business into geographic business units designed to “better utilize the global potential of the brands and products,” the company said in a release...
New 15W-40 products from recycled oil
Valvoline has unveiled two new 15W-40 oils that are made from 50% recycled oil...
Trucker leads police on wild chase ending with gunfire
Truck driver Michael Scott Cook, taking issue with being pulled over for a missing front license plate, led police on a chase on I-20 near Tyler, TX, Monday, and was only stopped when officers fired a M-4 rifle to blow out his tires...
Truck dumps load of soil causing 10 vehicles to crash
Police are looking for the driver of a semi that spilled a load of organic potting soil on eastbound I-70 near Wadsworth, CO, Monday...
Nelson Global Products enters commercial aftermarket
Nelson Global Products, a manufacturer of exhaust products for on- and off-highway markets, including mufflers and silencers, exhaust tube assemblies and EGR and thermal management tubing for emissions systems, is entering the commercial aftermarket...
Meritor taps John Clark to direct global branding
Meritor Inc. has appointed John Clark as director of global brand management & marketing communications...
GM to roll out CNG bi-fuel commercial pickup
Expanding its range of light-duty trucks powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), General Motors will bring to market a CNG bi-fuel commercial pickup truck “early in the fourth quarter” of next year...
Saddle Creek Corp. adds natural gas trucks to fleet
Saddle Creek Corp., a nationwide third-party logistics provider headquartered in Lakeland, FL, has invested in alternative fuel vehicles for its for-hire fleet by committing to the purchase 40 Freightliner natural gas trucks with plans to add 40 more in early 2012...
Fayetteville rolls out management solution
Fayetteville, NC, is implementing Mentor Engineering technology management solutions that utilize the Verizon Wireless network across its public works and transit vehicles as well as its police and fire service vehicles in its Public Safety Dept...
Manufacturing bolsters freight outlook, despite broader economic woes
Though more wild cards are being laid on the global economy’s playing table these days – especially in terms of Greece’s deficit crisis – the freight prospects for the U.S. trucking industry continue to stay strong, buoyed by resurgence in manufacturing activity...
MHC Kenworth named 2010 Parts and Service Dealer of the Year
MHC Kenworth, of Kansas City, MO, has been named the 2010 Kenworth Parts and Service Dealer of the Year for the U.S. and Canada...
AmeriQuest sets transportation symposium for April 2012
The next AmeriQuest Transportation Industry Symposium will be held April 11-13, 2012, in Orlando...
GE, Nissan forge EV research pact
General Electric (GE) and Japan’s Nissan Motor Co. recently agreed to a joint two-year research project to help speed up the development of a reliable and robust “refueling” infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) – an effort designed to spur what Nissan calls “mass market adoption” of EVs...
Study: Motorists largely ignore hazards of cell phone/texting while driving
While more and more motorists say they believe cell-phone use and texting while driving are dangerous activities, most say they continue to do both while behind the wheel anyways...
Tanker rollover prevention video available
The National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) is making its cargo tank rollover prevention video free to anyone interested in techniques to help prevent tanker rollovers...
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