Spot Truckload Freight Volume Fell in December
Load availability on the spot market has been trending downward since August 2018, as capacity loosened and trucks became more available.
Load availability on the spot market has been trending downward since August 2018, as capacity loosened and trucks became more available.
Schneider has begun a roll out of Samsung Galaxy tablets for its drivers, giving them access to critical work information while in the field.
SmartDrive Systems announced Cassens Transport Company, one of the oldest automotive logistics services company in the United States, has deployed the SmartDrive program across its entire fleet of nearly 1,200 trucks.
Wabco will develop and introduce its next-generation automated manual transmission (AMT) control technology into Daimler‘s global truck and bus series production.
Ram Commercial has boosted performance and capability of its 2019 Ram Heavy Duty (2500 and 3500) pickup trucks with a new, high-output 6.7L Cummins inline-six-cylinder engine with the most power of any light-duty pickup on the market.
Three trucks. Three sets of tires from three tire manufacturers. Two tests. One battle for fuel efficiency.
Saia has named Frederick J. Holzgrefe as its president and chief operating officer, effective immediately.
Ford announced it is working with Postmates, an on-demand delivery platform, to evaluate how customers interact with autonomous delivery vehicles and other last-mile issues.
Udelv, manufacturers of the Newton van, also announced a series of strategic partnerships with retailers worldwide at the show.
The California Labor Commissioner ruled against NFI/California Cartage to the tune of $6 million for what it says was intentional misclassification of truck drivers as independent contractors to avoid paying a proper wage. NFI is appealing the decision.
Research released by the Commercial Vehicle Training Association shows that driver skills testing delays are responsible for $1.5 billion in annual economic losses for the U.S. economy.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and a German auto supplier have agreed to settle claims and lawsuits arising from the 3.0-liter V-6 diesel engines installed in 104,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoBoost and Ram 1500 EcoBoost models sold in the U.S. in the 2014 to 2016 model years.
Dog-like robots could one day be delivering packages from driverless vans, as demonstrated in a vision of the future presented by Continental at the CES electronics show in Las Vegas.
Cathy Gautreaux, deputy administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, is one of nine Department of Transportation officials who are either switching to a new sub-agency position or leaving DOT altogether.
Wholesale values declined 0.3% for model years 2016-2017 and 0.2% for model years 2008-2015 in December.
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