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Maintenanceby StaffOctober 30, 2018

Zonar and Cummins to Offer Enhanced Engine Telematics Package

Zonar and Cummins are offering joint customers Cummins Connected Diagnostics with Connected Advisor, two wireless uptime technologies that are included with Cummins engines.

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Safety & Complianceby Stephane BabcockOctober 30, 2018

Fleet Safety Conference Begins With Discussion on Safety Technologies

This year’s Fleet Safety Conference started off with a lively discussion during the Future of Vehicle Safety Forum, which included representatives from federal agencies such as the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

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Equipmentby StaffOctober 29, 2018

Carrier Transicold Unveils Multi-Temperature Refrigeration Unit

The new Vector 8611MT enables a trailer to be divided lengthwise into two refrigerated compartments.

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Fleet Managementby David CullenOctober 29, 2018

ATA Chief Spear Details Trucking Lobby’s Battle Plans

Trucking has “unfinished business in Washington” that must be achieved despite “our foes [who] continue to sow the seeds of distrust and mistruths, spreading their own narrative about our industry,” declared American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear in a rallying speech on Oct. 29 at ATA’s annual Management Conference and Exhibition in Austin, Texas.

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Fleet Managementby StaffOctober 29, 2018

Mack Inks Telematics Deal with Trimble

Mack says adding Trimble’s data analysis expertise to its telematics offerings will give its customers more meaningful insight into asset performance and productivity.

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Equipmentby StaffOctober 29, 2018

Volvo Trucks Debuts Xceed Fuel Efficiency Spec for VNL 760 and VNL 860

Volvo Trucks announced its new Xceed fuel efficiency package for Volvo VNL 760 and VNL 860 models operating in dry van and refrigerated trailer operations.

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Equipmentby Deborah LockridgeOctober 29, 2018

Daimler Deals with Booming Market, Preps Electric Trucks

Daimler Trucks North America chief Roger Nielsen spoke about managing a runaway truck market, electric trucks, automation and more to trucking reporters at the American Trucking Associations' conference in Austin, Texas.

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Driversby StaffOctober 29, 2018

California Truckers Sue to Prevent Application of Dynamex Driver Wage Decision

The California Trucking Association and two California owner-operators have filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the wage relief order decision handed down by the state’s Supreme Court earlier this year.

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Driversby StaffOctober 29, 2018

Driver Shortage Again Top Trucking Concern

For the second year in a row, the ongoing driver shortage topped ATRI’s annual listing of trucking industry concerns.

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Safety & Complianceby Deborah LockridgeOctober 29, 2018

Panel Explores Legalized Marijuana Impacts on Trucking Industry

Trucking is caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to marijuana, between public opinion and increasingly liberal state laws on cannabis use on one hand, and a federal government that classifies marijuana as one of the most dangerous illegal drugs on the other.

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