Australian Carrier Handed Record $1.25M Speeding Fine
Australians seem to take truck safety pretty seriously. A carrier and two managers were recently fined $1.25 million for repeated speeding offenses and tampering with speed limiters.
Australians seem to take truck safety pretty seriously. A carrier and two managers were recently fined $1.25 million for repeated speeding offenses and tampering with speed limiters.
Perdo Ferro succeeds Daniel Randon, who is now CFO of the Randon Group.
Class 8 orders have now had sixteen consecutive months with year-over-year increases. Class 8 orders for the latest six month period through May annualize to 343,000 units.
TransForce says the transaction will provide the Quebec-based carrier with critical mass in the U.S. truckload sector.
Republican leaders in the House are proposing a stopgap plan that claims money from postal service reforms to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent through next May.
Iowa 80 Kitchen in the Iowa 80 Truckstop will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary with a special menu featuring opening day menu prices.
Congress is considering a plan to study the 34-hour restart provision of the hours of service rule using data collected by electronic logs. This approach is being suggested by the Trucking Alliance and other groups to counter the effort by American Trucking Associations to have Congress cut off funds for enforcement of the restart provision.
Tires are among the highest expenses for fleets and owner-operators, and tires and wheels accounted for 10% of out-of-service violations. Love's Truck Tire Care centers can help keep your tire expenses down while helping to prevent tire-related roadside breakdowns.
Tour to put spotlight on good deeds and hard work of professional truck drivers.
Freightliner announced that Team Run Smart Pros Henry Albert and Linda and Bob Caffee have been recognized with 2014 Citizen Driver awards from TravelCenters of America.
Truck operators interested in maximizing their fuel economy will have the opportunity to explore the new Kenworth T680 Advantage during a three month tour announced by Kenworth.
While combined year-over-year commercial vehicle registrations rose from the first quarter of the 2013, the combined unit volume trend over the past 13 quarters has been relatively flat at an average unit volume of 312,000 units.
The 0.1% drop in personal consumption expenditures follows an upwardly revised 1% increase during March, which was the largest gain since August 2009 and is the first decline in a year.
The trucking company USA Truck announced the appointment of Alexander D. Greene to its board of directors. With the addition of Greene, the USA Truck Board expands to 10 members.
ArcBest is under contract to purchase 40 acres of land at Chaffee Crossing in Fort Smith, Ark., for construction of a new corporate headquarters. The company said it has exceeded the capacity at its current Fort Smith general office.
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