High on the list of carrier concerns about electronic onboard recorders is how to guard the data these devices collect. The information can work both ways: It can protect a carrier, but it also can be used as weapon by lawyers looking to collect damages for their clients.
"Lawyers who sue carriers know what to ask for," warned Joseph Pappalardo, an attorney with the Cleveland firm Gallagher Sharp, in a recent web-based discussion on the issue
Jim Coles, a driver for MacKinnon Transport, has been recognized as the 2009 Ontario Trucking Association - Volvo Trucks Canada Driver of The Yea
Paccar Parts has honored Fleetline and Nu-Line as its 2008 supplier of the year for their quality fenders, excellent service to customers and dealers and timely delivery of parts
Horton has started work on the second phase of the expansion of its viscous manufacturing facility in Britton, S.D., where the company will produce and test the VMaster Viscous Directly Controlled Fan Drive product lin
While SAF-Holland is still lagging behind the third quarter of 2008 in terms of sales and profitability, the parts supplier managed to improve its third quarter performance from the second quarter