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Fleet Managementby StaffApril 26, 2014

CARB Extends Compliance Dates for Small Trucking Operations

The California Air Resources Board on Friday adopted amendments to its Truck and Bus Regulation, giving new compliance options to fleets with three or fewer trucks and owner operators.

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Aftermarketby StaffApril 25, 2014

Kenworth of South Florida – Riviera Beach Opens New Parts and Service Facility

Kenworth of South Florida – Riviera Beach has opened a new parts and service location with eight service bays and a larger parts department than at its previous location.

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Aftermarketby StaffApril 25, 2014

Con-way Freight Announces Opening of New Service Center

Con-way Freight announced the grand opening of its new Central Texas service center in Robinson. The facility will serve as the local hub from which the company will provide daily freight services for commercial and industrial businesses in the greater metropolitan regions of Waco, Robinson and other Central Texas communities.

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Fleet Managementby StaffApril 25, 2014

Bridge Repairs at Risk if Highway Trust Fund Runs into Red

Another warning about infrastructure funding: 63,000 of the nation’s bridges are structurally compromised and at risk of not being repaired unless the Highway Trust Fund is preserved, says the American Road and Transportation Builders Association.

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Fleet Managementby StaffApril 25, 2014

FMCSA Proposes Rule to Allow Electronic Signatures on Documents

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing a rule change so carriers can sign and maintain important documents electronically. The proposal, part of an effort to cut paperwork, would codify a 2011 guidance in which the agency gave carriers the option of using electronic signatures and storing documents electronically.

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Fleet Managementby StaffApril 24, 2014

U.S.-NAFTA Trade Increases, Trucks Gain Most of Any Mode

Two of five transportation modes, truck and pipeline, carried more U.S.-North American Free Trade Agreement freight in February 2014 than compared to the same time a year earlier, according to new U.S. Transportation Department figures.

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Fleet Managementby StaffApril 24, 2014

New Hampshire Diesel Tax Moving Higher July 1

Gov. Maggie Hassan says she will sign legislation given final approval by state lawmakers this week, raising both by four cents from the current 19.625 cents per gallon.

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Fleet Managementby StaffApril 24, 2014

Big Fee Hike to be Proposed for Some U.S. Bound Cross-Border Shipments

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced proposed changes to the fees it charges to recoup costs for conducting agricultural quarantine inspections at U.S. ports of entry.

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Fleet Managementby StaffApril 24, 2014

PAM Transport Back in the Black

Dry-van trucking company PAM Transportation Service has moved back into the black with the release of its first quarter financials.

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Fleet Managementby StaffApril 24, 2014

Landstar Reports Record First Quarter Income, Revenue

The asset-light trucking and logistics provider Landstar System has reported record first quarter net income of $27.6 million, or 61 cents per diluted share, on record first quarter revenue of $688 million.

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