Sen. Barbara Boxer gave a shout-out to American Trucking Associations last week, thanking the trade group for supporting higher diesel taxes dedicated to highway funding.
Frost & Sullivan forecast the combined GDP of key commercial vehicle markets to grow at 3% to 3.5% in 2013. This will stoke medium-heavy truck sales growth at the rate of 4.3% in 2013.
Siphiwe Baleka, a former lease operator with Prime Inc., gave new meaning to the phrase “Driver Health and Fitness.” In April 2012, right after completing a three-year lease with Prime, Baleka competed in the Ironman South Africa triathlon, finishing the 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run in 11 hours 59 minutes and 14 seconds.
Drivewyze Inc., creators of the Drivewyze PreClear weigh station bypass service, and PeopleNet, a provider of mobile fleet management solutions, announced an agreement that will allow users to bypass weigh stations using their in-cab PeopleNet systems.
U.S./Canada air-cargo and pool trucking services provider Forward Air Corp., has purchased temperature controlled and logistics services provider Total Quality Inc. for around $66 million.
Recently introduced legislation in Congress seeks to hike the maximum truck weight on Interstate highways, while two states are considering higher weights on their own, but several groups are already opposing it.
Following six consecutive weeks of increases, the average price of diesel has fallen over the past week, but is still not far from a more than four-year high.