XTRA Lease, which provides over-the-road trailer equipment rental and leasing in North America, has added new flexibility to its trailer tracking service, enabling users to set up customized groups to monitor their fleet activity
Read More →Pilot Freight Services, a worldwide provider of transportation and logistics services, has opened a new station in Laredo, Texas. This will be Pilot Freight Services' fourth station in Texas, and its 66th station in North America.
Read More →WABCO Holdings Inc., a provider of electronic braking, stability, suspension and transmission control systems for heavy-duty commercial vehicles, has opened its first fully owned manufacturing facility in China.
Read More →Revenue from tolls and public-private ventures may account for 50 percent of new expressways built in the United States over the next 10 years, AASHTO Executive Director John Horsley said recently. And while it is "vital t
Read More →The Boler Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Watson and Chalin Manufacturing Inc. Watson and Chalin is a manufacturer of truck drive-axle suspensions; auxiliary suspensions including steerabl
Read More →Wisconsin is upping vehicle registration fees by 30 percent as part of its new budget, effective Jan. 1. According to the American Trucking Associations' State Laws Newsletter, the change will increase Wisconsin's fee for a tractor-trailer
Read More →A bill approved by the House Transportation Committee this week would provide $2 billion to deal with the issue of structurally deficient bridges - far less than Rep. James Oberstar's original proposa
Read More →Freightliner LLC said Thursday it is moving selected functions from its corporate headquarters in Portland, Ore., to a South Carolina location closer to customers and Freightliner Trucks production facilities. Company officials confirmed that 341 position
Read More →International Truck and Engine Corp. said its MaxxForce brand diesel engines will meet the stringent U.S. federal 2010 emissions standards for all its core applications without the use of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems
Read More →The American Trucking Associations Thursday urged Congress to help the trucking industry keep drug and alcohol abusers off the road by supporting efforts to enhance drug and alcohol testing for the nation's 3.4 million truck drivers
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