Having introduced the Multi Energy D dual drive tire last spring, Michelin Americas Truck Tires has added a fuel efficient dual for line haul applications, the Line Energy D. Like the regional dual and its One wide base tire, the Line is verified as a fuel efficient tire by the…
Freight Brokerage Business Freight brokers make a good living by setting companies up with dependable shippers. There are a few key steps that you should follow to start your own freight brokerage business and get in on your share of this billion dollar industry. Incorporate your business, so that clients…
Driver Survive a Heart Attack The Truckload Carriers Association added a new name to its roster of Highway Angels. Steven Huett of Orion, Ill., a professional truck driver for Tennant Truck Lines of Colona, Ill., is being recognized for helping a fellow truck driver survive a medical emergency. On June…
The blatant inaccuracies and false information on some DAC reports isn’t news to the thousands of drivers who have felt blackballed in the trucking industry due to HireRight’s driver record database, but HireRight’s immoral business practices have finally been exposed to the rest of America by the Department of Justice…
The National Road Transport Operators Association (NatRoad) recognised the cream of the industry at a special luncheon sponsored by National Transport Insurance (NTI) during its annual conference held recently on Queensland’s Gold Coast. Phillip Southwell who drives for SRV Roadfreight Services took out the Professional Driver of the Year Award….
Freightliner officials speaking at a recent press event to herald the arrival of the new Detroit DT12 transmission, admitted Class 8 order activity has slowed beyond expectations, but insisted they maintain an optimistic outlook for the remainder of the year. Mark Lampert, senior vice-president, sales and marketing with Freightliner, said…
Protesters at New Brunswick lobster processing plants last week refused to allow truckers from Maine to offload their lobsters. New Brunswick lobster fishers, upset at the low cost of Maine lobsters, want processing plants to stop accepting cheap lobster from the U.S. Protesters at several plants in New Brunswick surrounded…
Federal Freight Numbers: The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry fell 0.1% in June from May, following no change in the index from April to May, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Freight Transportation Services Index. The June 2012 index level (109.5) was 16.1% above the…
Searching a good broker can seem like searching for a needle in a haystack, because there are so many vying for the same business. However, a few basic tips and guidelines can help you find the right person to suit your specific needs and goals. While it may take some time…
Con-way Inc. said Tuesday that second-quarter profit rose 42 percent as the trucking operator boosted shipping rates and increased revenue across its businesses. Still the results fell short of expectations Con-way. The shares were down $2.42, or 6.8 percent, in late trading after falling 20 cents to $35.62 in the…
It was a dog and pony show starring a fuel-efficient big rig with enough bells and whistles to draw longing looks from fleet managers, drivers and trucking company executives.The low-riding, diesel fuel-sipping Cascadia Evolution, Daimler Freightliner’s next big offering to trucking companies, rolled into Memphis on a mission to create…
YRC Worldwide will deploy more than 10,000 Intermec CN70e handheld mobile devices to drivers at its YRC Freight, Reddaway and Holland subsidiaries. The devices will enhance customer service and optimize pickup-and-delivery operations, YRC said. Drivers will be able to more expediently enter shipment information and communicate it to the dispatch…
Dean A. Landis, owner of Pennsylvania-based D.A. Landis Trucking Inc., pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years probation and one year of house arrest for falsifying driver logbooks in a scheme to conceal the sale of contaminated milk to a cheese manufacturer. Landis Trucking hauled at least 20 loads…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the availability of up to $17 billion in loans for critical infrastructure projects across the country as a result of the recently enacted surface transportation bill. LaHood encouraged states and cities across the country to submit letters of interest for the…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has reported Mexican-domiciled commercial vehicles entering the United States from 2008-2010 had a significantly improved safety record over previous years. Last month, The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration agency posted summaries of major safety activities, such as inspections conducted on Mexican trucks and buses…
For many years, Western Star Trucks played last fiddle in truck sales symphonies, with U.S. Class 8 market share numbers of 1% and less. The company’s share climbed a bit when it was bought by Freightliner in 2000. Since sibling Sterling Truck fell by the wayside in 2008, parent company…
Barging and excavating company LPA Inc. was delivered a Caterpillar CT660 dump truck June 13 at a celebration held for the company’s victory in an online voting competition, the Win a Cat Truck contest. The voting base included more than 300 contractors and haulers around the country and was based…
An international commuter tunnel connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, was closed for nearly four hours Thursday after a bomb threat was phoned in on the Canadian side. No explosives were found. The Detroit Windsor Tunnel, a busy border crossing beneath the Detroit River, was shut down after a duty free…
More restricted access to credit alongside higher sticker prices for post-2010 emission-compliant trucks are two key reasons behind the long slide in Class 8 orders that’s occurred from February through June of this year, according to several industry experts. Placed alongside a slowdown in freight volumes and a broader slump…
The enforcement program used by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is flawed to the point that it has “wide-reaching implications … especially for small carriers.” That’s the message that owner-operator Daniel Miranda, an OOIDA member from California, delivered Wednesday to the House Committee on Small Business during the committee’s…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — YRC Freight, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRCW), announced today that 24 of its professional drivers have qualified for the 2012 National Truck Driving Championships (NTDC). The competition will be held August 7 – 11 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in…
FTR Associates on Monday, July 9, announced that its Trucking Conditions Index for May fell nearly 4.0 points from the previous month to a reading of 5.1, its lowest level in six months. April’s strong performance was not sustained, reflecting soft pricing results for the first quarter of 2012 and…
Trucks carrying NATO supplies rolled into Afghanistan for the first time in more than seven months Thursday, ending a painful chapter in U.S.-Pakistan relations that saw the border closed until Washington apologized for an airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Thousands of trucks have been waiting at ports in Karachi…
Owners and managers of refrigerated fleets are approaching the EPA Tier 4 emissions deadline for trailer refrigeration unit (TRU) engines with some trepidation. And after what they’ve gone through with the EPA emissions mandates for big bore engines, who can blame them? During a recent Driving for Profit seminar, Wendell…
he Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Friday, June 29, ordered Tennessee-based truck company Three Angels Farms and its owners, Edwin Ayache and Dorian Ayache, to cease all transportation services immediately based on serious safety violations that posed an imminent hazard to public safety. The agency said the shutdown order…
