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NewsNovember 5, 2009

Trucking Industry Celebrated Drivers Across the Country This Week

Trucking companies and industry associations across the country have been honoring truck drivers for their hard work and celebrating their role this wee

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NewsNovember 5, 2009

Amid Driver Appreciation Week, Dupre Highlights Hourly Pay Structure

While most trucking companies prefer to pay their drivers by the mile, Dupre Logistics has been taking a different approach, compensating by the hour. In light of National Driver Appreciation Week, the company decided to highlight its hourly pay structure and celebrate the initiative's benefits to its 700-plus drivers as well as the company as a whole

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NewsNovember 5, 2009

SSA Session Points to Role of People, Technology

During a presentation at the annual convention of the Service Specialists Association in Washington, D.C., Bill Wade of Wade&Partners stressed the importance of people in affecting change in the next three years as well as the role of technolog

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NewsNovember 4, 2009

Electric Vehicles International Opens New Plant in California

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with other state and local leaders, was on hand to celebrate the opening of Electric Vehicles International's worldwide headquarters and primary U.S. facility in Stockton, Calif., recently

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NewsNovember 4, 2009

Greatwide Expands Health Offerings to Owner-Operators

Greatwide Logistics Services, a national provider of non-asset-based transportation and third-party logistics services, has expanded its Greathealth program, a part of the company's Greatcare program that provides health options to its owner-operator

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NewsNovember 4, 2009

Fleets Aren't Keen on Buying Equipment in 4Q

CK Commercial Vehicle Research's fourth quarter Fleet Sentiment Report indicates that equipment buying is expected to drop in the next three months, despite higher readings in the last few quarter

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NewsNovember 3, 2009

Former SmartWay Head Kicks Off a New Venture in Truck Aerodynamics

There have been many contributions to the improvement of truck and trailer aerodynamics - and therefore fuel efficiency - over the last few years, both from truck manufacturers and from add-on devices. Many of these advanced

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NewsNovember 3, 2009

Navistar Expands Diesel Power Business

Navistar has purchased the engine components business of Continental Diesel Systems US, as part of an effort to produce key fuel injection components for its MaxxForce diesel engine

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NewsNovember 2, 2009

RMA: Tire Shipments Down in '09, Uptick Coming in '10

Sharp decreases in demand for original equipment manufacturer commercial truck tires should result in a drop in tire shipments by about 13 percent in 200

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NewsNovember 2, 2009

Diesel Sees Fourth Weekly Rise

Diesel saw a slight jump this week of 0.7 cents, its fourth consecutive weekly gai

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