Choptank Unveils Freight Management Platform
A new freight management platform created by third-party logistics provider Choptank Transport allows fleets to track and analyze many operational factors based on their own shipping history.
A new freight management platform created by third-party logistics provider Choptank Transport allows fleets to track and analyze many operational factors based on their own shipping history.
Minimizer recently acquired Premier Manufacturing, which designs, manufactures, and distributes tractor-trailer components.
Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week 2020 announced that Don Reimondo, president and CEO of HDA Truck Pride, will be honored as the 12th recipient of the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Industry Hall of Fame Award.
Transplace has appointed Greg Sebolt as the company’s new executive vice president of strategic capacity services for the company’s over-the-road truck brokerage business.
Nextran Truck Center of Tuscumbia, Alabama, has been honored as Mack's 2019 Dealer of the Year.
This year's keynote speaker has a role focused on compliance and regulatory affairs and will discuss the future of trucks powered by electricity, diesel fuel, and hydrogen fuel cells.
Nolan Transportation Group, a non-asset truckload freight brokerage and third-party logistics provider, has acquired Eagle Transportation, a Mississippi-based freight brokerage specializing in temperature-controlled shipping.
Waymo has begun carrying out interstate mapping operations by a fleet of minivans in New Mexico and Texas – a move that is seen by many tech observers as a prelude to long-haul evaluation runs of tractor-trailers under autonomous control.
The truckstop and travel center operator said rolling out the new name “signals a milestone for the business and sets the stage for future growth,”
In a letter to the Federal Communication Commission, leaders and members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure criticized that agency’s effort to open up the 5.9-gigahertz wireless communication spectrum to non-transportation use.
With eBoost systems on both the truck and trailer and proper software to enable communication, the stopping distance of a truck and trailer improved by up to 20% from 60 mph to zero.
The latest reports from ACT Research show improvement in for-hire freight volumes, but also a slide in the Freight Rate Index in December and a slight improvement in the economic outlook for 2020.
While one New Jersey bill that attempted to change the way the state determines who's an independent contractor did not make it through the recently ended special legislative session, the state’s governor has signed several other new laws that “create extreme risk for anyone utilizing independent contractors,” according to one labor attorney.
Several fleets have joined the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance to advance their commitments to fleet electrification.
Wabco and Meritor have terminated the agreement that had some Wabco products being sold under the Meritor Wabco name. Now Wabco is controlling its entire aftermarket portfolio.
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