In Billings, the number of freight shipments have tripled since one of the nation’s largest trucking companies, Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. bought out a Montana business five years ago.That means the freight hauler has far outgrown its in-town terminal at 4300 State Ave.So, Old Dominion — which purchased Bob’s…

The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has welcomed the VicRoads Road to Respect campaign – which presents the ATA’s safety exhibition trailer, the Road Ahead, in an all-new livery. The Victorian Minister for Transport, Terry Mulder, launched the campaign today. The centrepiece of the campaign is the VicRoads Road to Respect…

PACCAR Australia was last month named Employer of the Year at the Victorian Government’s Training Awards for the second time, after first winning the title in 2007. PACCAR competed with other finalists Crown Melbourne Ltd and Southern Rural Water to take out the award, and will now represent Victoria at…

Through the introduction of innovative programs like the “Buyer’s Boot Camp” and “Sellers Boot Camp,” Andy Ahern, CEO of Ahern and Associates, the nation’s top transportation acquisition consulting firm, has been able to have a marked impact on the current movement within the transportation industry towards consolidation. Ahern’s unique ability…

More than 200 tow trucks flashed their lights in a caravan from Grandview to a funeral home in Liberty on Saturday to honor “a fallen brother” while making a pointed appeal for safety.The folks driving the brawny vehicles were mourning 18-year-old Blake Gresham. He was killed Monday on the Christopher…

The Way a Freight Forwarding Company Works: Freight carriers have only their own licensing, accounting and legal compliances with which to concern themselves. Freight forwarders must be licensed as carriers in all states where they operate, and forwarders who operate internationally must have the appropriate import and export licenses in…

Seattle Mayor, Mike McGinn, was on hand last week to accept Fleet Owner’s 2011 Vocational Fleet of the Year award on behalf of the City of Seattle. The city’s fleet (of some 4,000 vehicles) was selected in part because of the progress fleet managers have made toward sustainability under their…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued its Final Rule Noncomformance Penalties (NCPs) that allow engine makers to produce and sell “heavy heavy-duty diesel engines” that do not meet the agency’s current 2010 NOx emission limit by NOx emission limit by paying penalties to the federal government on a…

Attorney Bruce Millar of Millar & Mixon, LLC, in Atlanta cites ease of skirting FMCSA regulations and prevalence of ‘chameleon carriers’ in Georgia as reasons to seek reform.Atlanta truck accident attorney Bruce Millar said a recent report of lax trucking company oversight in Georgia is troubling and should spur legislation…

A reported said that truckers in many states have taken advantage of the temporary measures put into effect by the DOT, and that individual drivers are also expediting procedures in states that are not in an officially declared state of emergency by taking on larger loads and running routes more…

Truck tonnage increased 4.1 % in July from a year ago, American Trucking Associations said Tuesday. Tonnage was unchanged from June, ATA reported in its seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage report.The increase was the most year-over-year since February’s 5.5% upturn. Year to date, tonnage is 3.7% higher than the same…

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…

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…

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…