Knights Inn has created an Internet site aimed at over-the-road truckers. Located at http://www.knightsinn.com, the site provides real-time, online reservations capabilities for the chain’s 200 facilities in North America. The site — which also offers details
Read More →Cobra Electronics is bringing its Cobra On Tour show vehicle to truckstops across the country, showcasing the latest offerings in the company’s range of product lines. The truck is a 24-foot, Ford-chassis Winnebago featuring real-life displays
Read More →Seminar scheduled for July 30 to Aug. 1 in Milwaukee is designed to teach fleet executives, owner-operators, traffic managers and entrepreneurs brokering and transportation negotiation skills. The School of Brokering has been instructing since 1987 and
Read More →The Used Oil Management Assn. has created an Internet site to provide information on used oil and the environment, the economics of on-site recycling, technological advances in the design of used-oil-fired heaters and water boilers and
Read More →Overnite Transportation Co., Richmond, VA, has selected 17 drivers for its first-ever Overnite All-Star Road Team. Modeled after ATA’s America’s Road Team, the Overnite crew will travel across the country to speak about safety issues and
Read More →Innovative Computing Corp. has introduced R5 software that is year 2000 compliant. Software is designed to run on the company’s Innovative Transportation System, which allows fleets to communicate with drivers on the road, provide payroll services
Read More →Lavelle Engineering Technologies has developed On+Site Dispatch Software, designed to blend Internet and digital cellular telephone technologies to improve efficiency, automate recordkeeping and reduce costs for fleets involved in mobile dispatching. With On+Site, information required by
Read More →Ryder Transportation Services has opened its newest used vehicle sales center in Bolingbrook, IL. Located at 679 Frontage Road, the facility will feature a fleet of more than 100 Ryder road-ready vehicles, including light and medium
Read More →Xata Corp. has introduced the Yard Express dispatching tool, which combines Xata’s wireless communications application with its onboard computers and fleet management system to help improve driver productivity. When a driver pulls into a yard, software
Read More →The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Assn. has appointed Paul D. Cullen Sr., as its new general counsel. Cullen practices law in Washington, DC, and has appeared on behalf of OOIDA in numerous cases. “Paul Cullen brings years of
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