Computrex Inc., a freight auditing and payment service in Lexington, Ky., is shutting down operations. In the process, it has stiffed carriers about $25 million for freight charges paid by shippers but never forwarded to carriers
Read More →Before the economy turned sour, experienced drivers could switch carriers like frenzied shoppers racing from bargain to bargain. While "A list" drivers are still very much in demand, fleet managers say they've dropped job hoppers to the "B" categor
Read More →At the heart of any trucking operation stands the dispatcher, disburser of the loads, charged with keeping the carrier's promise to deliver freight on time. The January issue of RoadStar gives truck drivers an up close and personal look at dispatchers
Read More →Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) introduced a bill that would crack down on the safety of underground storage tanks
Read More →A joint resolution passed by the New Jersey Assembly creates a commission to study state rest areas
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A Peterbilt Model 379 and tanker-trailer with 40,000 red, white and blue lights is visiting Giant Travel Centers throughout the Southwest, giving miniature American flags and American flag lapel pins to the crowds that gather around it
Read More →Freightliner LLC last week unveiled a new management structure as part of its turnaround efforts
Read More →Caterpillar will cut more than 900 employees worldwide, it announced last week
Read More →Volvo and Navistar have dropped a plan for Volvo to supply 12-liter engines to Navistar's International Truck and Engine Corp
Read More →JB Hunt Transport has decided to use Qualcomm's OmniExpress mobile communications system for its intermodal fleet
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