Trailer Industry Orders Soft in May Against Strong April
New trailer orders of 15,660 trailers fell 30% month over month but the result was mostly due a comparison to a very strong April.
New trailer orders of 15,660 trailers fell 30% month over month but the result was mostly due a comparison to a very strong April.
Accuride Corp. announced it is investing $5.8 million to expand its powder coating capacity with the installation of a new coating line at its steel wheel production facility in Henderson, Ky.
The Mahle Group recently relocated the Mahle Clevite Ann Arbor office to Farmington Hills, Mich., where it now joins the corporate Mahle family.
Cadec Global, which helps companies stay connected to their fleets, and privately held global supply chain software provider Ortec announced that the two companies have forged a new agreement that enables Ortec to resell Cadec’s PowerVue software and On-Board Computers.
Line-X Protective Coatings announced the strategic purchase of leading automotive aftermarket supplier, American Aftermarket Group.
A new Transport Capital Partners survey shows better expectations among trucking company executives when it comes to rates and freight volume. TCP says this breaks a three-year trend of lowering expectations for volume growth in the second quarter. More carriers expect volumes for the second quarter to hold steady.
Fleets and owner-operators will have increased access to Goodyear truck tires thanks to new agreement with TravelCenters of America and the tire manufacturer.
The California Air Resources Board has issued an advisory recommending transport refrigeration unit (reefer) owners take action to plan and order compliance options to ensure TRU model year 2006 engines, or units manufactured in 2006, comply with in-use performance standards by the end of this year.
The California Air Resources Board says it has stepped up enforcement of its diesel truck regulations to ensure that only vehicles compliant with California's stringent anti-pollution laws travel across the U.S. border into the state.
Truckers are coming from all over Alberta, Canada, to provide whatever assistance they can to those affected by the massive floods currently impacting Calgary and southern Alberta. “It’s unfortunate [for] the transportation system — we’re not made to handle this type of weather. We’re not prepared for weather like this.”
There is a new indication the federal government’s probe into the truckstop chain Pilot Flying J is aimed at the heights of the company.
The Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection service has begun the first phase of a truck cargo pre-inspection pilot at the Pacific Highway crossing adjacent to Surrey, British Columbia.
Crews will close sections the roadway to set the beams on the Park Avenue Bridge which spans the two freeways.
Carriers are managing productivity, but July's HOS rule change could produce significant capacity shortages.
In the wake of federal authorities disclosing an investigation into whether the truckstop chain Pilot Flying J cheated trucking customers out of money in the form of rebates from fuel purchases, some are wondering if indictments of top officials are a possibility.
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