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Safety & Complianceby StaffOctober 8, 2013

Con-way Freight Honors Driver for Three Decades of Accident-free Driving

Con-way Freight announced that professional driver sales representative, Brian Busch, one of Con-way's first employees when the company was founded in 1983, has surpassed 30 years of driving without an accident or injury - the first in company history to achieve this milestone.

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Driversby StaffOctober 8, 2013

Oklahoma Gives OK for Billions in Road Projects

They can rebuild it. They have the technology. They have $6 billion in roadwork ahead. The Oklahoma Transportation Commission has voted to approve an eight-year plan that calls for building more than 2,000 individual road projects by 2021.

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Fleet Managementby Evan LockridgeOctober 8, 2013

Ballots Sent to Some ABF Teamsters for Strike Vote

Less-than-truckload carrier ABF has been notified by the Teamsters Union that ballots to authorize a strike are being mailed on Tuesday to nearly 1,800 employees covered by the Central Region Local Cartage supplement.

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Fleet Managementby StaffOctober 8, 2013

PHH Arval Names Kim Bolin VP of Vehicle Maintenance

PHH Arval announced that Kim Bolin has been named vice president, Vehicle Maintenance Assistance and Contact Center. Bolin most recently served as director for the North American Contact Center at PHH.

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Fuel Smartsby StaffOctober 8, 2013

AMP-Dairy Deal Will Increase Natural Gas Fueling Infrastructure in Texas

AMP Americas has signed a deal with Dairy Farmers of America and Select Milk Producers, both national dairy cooperatives, to convert a portion of their trucks to compressed natural gas.

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Equipmentby StaffOctober 8, 2013

Navistar to Offer $200 Million in Notes, Credit Rating Lowered by S&P

UPDATED--Navistar International has announced its latest financial move to prop up its money-losing operations, but a major credit rating agency doesn't seem that impressed, despite truck order numbers increasing.

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Driversby Evan LockridgeOctober 7, 2013

Diesel Down Nearly 8.5 Cents Over the Past Four Weeks

The cost of diesel in the United States has moved lower for the fourth straight week.

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Driversby StaffOctober 7, 2013

Intermodal Traffic Hits Near Record High

Intermodal rail traffic in the U.S. during September hit the second-highest weekly average of any month on record, according to new figures from the Association of American Railroads.

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Fleet Managementby StaffOctober 7, 2013

Deadline Extended for Fleet Entries in HDT's Greenest Fleets

Heavy Duty Trucking has extended its deadline for fleets to complete a survey about their "green" activities in order to be considered for inclusion in our November issue on Top Green Fleets.

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Fleet Managementby StaffOctober 7, 2013

Old Dominion’s Executive Chairman Receives Salzberg Award

Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management awarded Earl Congdon Jr., executive chairman of the board of Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., with the Harry E. Salzberg Medallion.

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