According to a recent survey of more than 400 logistics managers by transportation services provider U.S. Xpress Enterprises, only 59% of shippers use performance metrics to manage freight costs and only 43% are currently running or planning to implement a transportation management system.
Nissan says its all-new 2013 NV200 Cargo Van is designed for business owners and fleet operators that want a smaller work van. It goes on sale in April.
Transportation groups are voicing concern over a recent proposal to open up the 5.9 gigahertz band for unlicensed use, citing the need for that band to be utilized to save lives and improve overall safety through connected vehicle technology.
The 14th Annual National Day of Prayer for Truckers will be conducted March 23, 2013 at the Truckers Pavilion located in the Papa John Stadium parking lot in Louisville, Ky. at 5 p.m.
Love’s Travel Stops announced it reopened a travel stop in Webbers Falls, Okla., at Interstate 40 and Hwy 100. This travel stop razed and rebuildt to replace a 22-year old Love’s in Webbers Falls, which was closed in late September 2012.
In December, after an eight-day strike at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, tentative agreements were made that seemingly ended the strike. But, according to recent reports, the employees, who are members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union's Local 63 Office Clerical Unit, failed to ratify those tentative agreements.
Drew Linn, president of Birmingham, Ala.-based Southland International Trucks, has been named the 2013 Truck Dealer of the Year. The national award, co-sponsored by the American Truck Dealers association and Heavy Duty Trucking magazine, focuses on excellence in dealership performance, as well as industry and community leadership.
Dick Witcher, chairman of the American Truck Dealers, association, urged the nation’s commercial truck dealers to get more involved in their association and build relationships with their members of Congress.
The American Truck Dealers/Heavy Duty Trucking Truck Dealer of the Year award was announced during the ATD annual conference in Las Vegas. Check out these slide shows of the dealer operations of the winner, the finalist, and the remaining four nominees.
The parent of trucking companies YRC Freight and others, YRC Worldwide, has posted its first positive yearly numbers in six years, but things overall still need improvement in order to forget the company coming close to bankruptcy more than once in recent years.
The Kenworth T680 76-inch sleeper with Paccar MX and the Hino 195h took home the American Truck Dealers 2013 Commercial Truck of the Year awards.
Nissan is planning to build an all-new version of its Titan full-size pickup truck, though the automaker hasn't yet announced a timeline for this new vehicle. The automaker said it wants this new vehicle to appeal to fleet and skilled-trade customers in addition to retail buyers.
GM told Automotive Fleet that it would be an ideal choice for fleet customers whose drivers spend a lot of time on the road commuting, traveling to visit customers, or driving between offices.
What some meteorologists are already calling the storm of the century is set to move into the Northeast.
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. unveiled the redesigned 2014 Tundra full-size pickup truck at a press conference at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. The 2014 Tundra will be redesigned, inside and out, representing the first major change since the launch of the current generation for the 2007 model year.
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