California Gov. Gray Davis has signed a bill into law that may reduce wait times for truckers at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex, which is currently closed due to a labor dispute
Read More →West Coast ports remained closed this morning in a dispute that could cost the U.S. economy almost $1 billion per day. Meanwhile, a federal mediator may meet with both sides in the port dispute this week.
Read More →The Truckload Carriers Assn.'s Truckload Academy is sponsoring an audio conference, entitled "Controlling Accident Costs," geared toward CEO's, safety directors, operations directors and fleet managers.
Read More →Cummins Inc. has announced that it has received unconditional certification for its heavy-duty ISM engine from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA approval certifies that the ISM complies with the strict new emission standards agreed upon by the industry.
Read More →Qualcomm Inc., a developer of mobile communications solutions for the transportation industry, has announced that Frito-Lay is replacing its existing fleet management system with Qualcomm's satellite-based mobile communications solution.
Read More →The Descartes Systems Group Inc., a provider of logistics solutions, has announced that Old Dominion Freight Lines, a carrier in the LTL market, has selected the Descartes Routing and Scheduling applications, Fleetwise Dispatch and Fleetwise Route Planner
Read More →Terion has announced the extension of its existing contract for wireless communications supporting its FleetView trailer monitoring system with Verizon Wireless until 2005
Read More →The Environmental Protection Agency has given approval for Volvo to manufacture and sell trucks with Volvo's VED12 diesel engine after today's emissions-control deadline, according to Volvo Trucks North America Inc.
Read More →West Coast ports were shut down again Sunday night by shipping lines who locked out union cargo crews at the start of the evening shift
Read More →Truckload Carriers Assn. (TCA) has joined with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Assn. (OOIDA) in supporting Senate bill 1914, the Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act of 2002, and its companion version in the House, H.R. 2161
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