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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 15, 2004

Sprint and Nextel Tie the Knot

CNN reported today the anticipated merger of Sprint and Nextel has been officially announced. The resulting company will be called Sprint Nextel

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Drivers•by Staff•December 15, 2004

Feds Try New Type Style for U.S. Highway Signs

According to a press release from Penn State University, the Federal Highway Administration has approved the interim use of a new typeface, called Clearview, for signs on all public streets, highways and byways

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 14, 2004

EIA Driver of Year Gets New Heil Front Loader

When Keith Bohac was named the Environmental Industry Assn.’s (EIA) 2004 Driver of the Year, his employer, Republic Waste Services, offered to reward him with a brand new front loader

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 14, 2004

Synergy Dispatch Now Available to LTL Carriers Over the Internet

Synergistic Systems announced that it will offer its Synergy Dispatch for LTL fleets in an application service provider, or ASP, edition

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Drivers•by Staff•December 14, 2004

Kansas Opens Trucking Center Today

The Wichita Journal reports that the Kansas Corporation Commission, which oversees trucking in the state, will open a new facility today in Topeka

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•December 14, 2004

Canadian CRASH Says Trucker Fatalities Spike In the Early Morning

The Canadian Press reported this week that a safety group has called for tighter hours of service regulations, citing crash statistics from Transport Canada from 2000 to the end of 20002

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 14, 2004

CVSA Offers Cargo Securement Webinar

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has announced it will offer safety training to the commercial vehicle industry through Internet teleconferencing technology, often called webinars

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Drivers•by Staff•December 14, 2004

Schneider National Boosts Driver Pay By $4,000

The nation’s largest truckload carrier on Tuesday announced a new pay package that will compensate drivers “more appropriately” for their time and raise pay for drivers and owner-operators by an average of $4,000 a year

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 14, 2004

Controlling Work Truck Costs: Five Rules of Component Purchasing

The National Truck Equipment Assn. has released a paper on keeping costs under control by properly specifying components on new work trucks

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 13, 2004

ATA Criticizes Model Broker/Shipper Contract

The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) is unhappy about a model broker/shipper contract developed by the National Industrial Transportation League and the Transportation Intermediaries Assn

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