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NewsSeptember 9, 2013

Trucking CFO Gets 30 Months in Prison For Check-Kiting Scheme

The chief financial officer of a trucking company has received a sentence of two and half years in prison in relation to a $3.6 million check kiting scheme.

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NewsSeptember 9, 2013

Teamsters Ready for UPS Supplemental Revote

Balloting is set to begin soon for Teamsters Union members at UPS to revote on seven supplemental agreements that were turned back when a national master agreement was approved earlier this summer.

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NewsSeptember 9, 2013

Jackson Group Peterbilt Opens Salt Lake City Facility

Salt Lake City is home to the newest Peterbilt dealership in the company’s 270-plus dealer network with the relocation of Jackson Group Peterbilt’s store to a 128,000 square-foot facility.

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NewsSeptember 9, 2013

Wyoming Home to Newest Bosselman Boss Shop

Bosselman Boss Truck Shops Inc. has opened its newest location in Rawlins, Wyoming at Interstate 80, Exit 209. Located adjacent to the Pilot/Flying J Travel Plaza at 1A Johnson Road in Rawlins.

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NewsSeptember 9, 2013

Prime Hosts Fittest of the Fleet Competition

The Fittest of the Fleet competition started at Prime and is now challenging other carriers to host their own event using the same format in order to bring together the champions of each fleet into a national competition.

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NewsSeptember 8, 2013

Old Dominion Donates Equipment to N.C. Veteran Truck Driving Program

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. donated a tractor to the Johnston Community College Truck Driving School in support of the school’s driver training program for soldiers.

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Newsby Evan LockridgeSeptember 6, 2013

Economic Watch: Overall Unemployment Slips, Trucking No Gains

While unemployment in the U.S. fell in August, the trucking industry added no jobs, and the number of jobs added the month before was revised sharply lower, according to the U.S. Labor Department.

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NewsSeptember 6, 2013

August Preliminary Net Orders Up for Class 8 and Classes 5-7

August saw Class 8 orders rise to their highest level in three months with a preliminary reading of 19,500 units (+20%y/y). The August seasonal factor is the third lowest in 2013. When applied, August’s seasonally adjusted Class 8 order total rises to 22,000 units. The August SA reading represents the third best order month in the past 20.

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Articlesby Oliver PattonSeptember 6, 2013

TA Chief O’Brien Carries Torch for Natural Gas

If you’re skeptical about the future of natural gas in trucking, meet Thomas O’Brien, president and CEO of TravelCenters of America.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 6, 2013

Taking The Driver Physical to a New Level

Trucking companies, drivers and the general public who share the road with trucks would all benefit from an approach that treats truck driver health as an ongoing project rather than every-other-year paperwork – and the new National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners could be a step in that direction.

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