One trucking company owner got a valuable - and painful - lesson on the importance of backing up your company's records. The Buffalo News recently reported that Eddie Walczyk is offering a $5,000 reward - no questions asked - for anyone who returns the vital information that was in his stolen laptop computer and briefcase. That information? All the business records for his trucking company, including billing and tax information
Read More →The Iowa House of Representatives has passed a bill that would raise the speed limit on interstate highways to 70 mph for cars, but keep it at 65 mph for trucks
Read More →With Olympic events at Snowbasin near I-84 in northern Utah now complete, the Utah Department of Transportation is advising truckers to use I-84 as an alternate to I-8
Read More →Nebraska-based Merit Transportation, a 100-unit trucking company providing refrigerated and dry transportation services, has signed a contract to use Expert Fuel from Integrated Decision Support Corporation of Richardson, Texas
Read More →Rush Enterprises Inc., San Antonio, which operates the largest network of Peterbilt heavy-duty truck dealerships in North America, announced that Paul Rutledge has been named vice president of Dealership Development
Read More →Peterbilt will offer tips on spec'ing for top performance, optimizing body installation, realizing the benefits of preventive maintenance and maximizing the lifetime value of vehicles during its Chassis Update presentation at NTEA's The Work Truck Show
Read More →New Jersey based less-than-truckload carrier A-P-A Transport has discontinued operations, with today being the last day to make freight pickups
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Leading truck industry indicators such as pricing, used truck inventories and truck tonnage have stabilized, but the demand for new trucks is lower than expected a few months ago, says Navistar International Chairman, President and CEO John Horne
Read More →Prices at the wholesale level increased very slightly in January, ending three straight months of declines
Read More →@Track Communications, Richardson, Texas, announced that SBC Communications has signed an extension of its agreement with @Track to provide mobile location and communication services to vehicles in its fleet
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