2005 August

Thermo King extends instant rebate program

Thermo King announced that because of popular demand, it has extended its instant rebate program, "Cool Cash on Hot Summer Deals," which offers instant cash rebates on select new and remanufactured Thermo King unit parts and parts for Carrier units. The program, which originally ran ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 17, 2005

AntWorx Inc. schedules press conference for new product release

The developers of LoadLedger, accounting and record-keeping software for owner-operators, have scheduled a press conference to debut their new product, LoadLedger+, at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas on Thursday, Aug. 25 at 9 a.m. Like the popular LoadLedger product, the new product LoadLedger+ was ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 17, 2005

Connecticut bans handheld phones behind wheel

Connecticut has become the third state, after New York and New Jersey, to nix using handheld cell phones while driving. Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed the bill into law in July. Violators face a $100 fine beginning Oct. 1. The restriction applies not only to ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 17, 2005

Amid record diesel prices, truckers demand surcharges

Record diesel prices are prompting truckers from the Pacific Northwest to South Florida to agitate for relief in the form of fuel surcharges. Tracy Lutton, who owns a log trucking company based in Aberdeen, Wash., is one of many feeling frustrated by negotiations with shippers. "The timber ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 17, 2005

Love’s Travel Stop opens in Chandler, Ariz.

A new Love's Travel Stop has opened in Chandler, Ariz., at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Sundust Road. This makes 112 Travel Stops now open, and is the sixth of 15 new locations scheduled to open in 2005. The Chandler facility is the first ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 17, 2005

Knight Transportation buys Edwards Bros.

Phoenix-based Knight Transportation has completed the acquisition of Edwards Bros, a refrigerated truckload carrier and brokerage based in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Edwards Bros. will operate under its current name in the near term, but eventually the business is expected to be folded into the Knight ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 16, 2005

DHL starts work on Allentown, Pa. facility

DHL held groundbreaking ceremonies Tuesday, Aug. 16 for construction of its new East Coast Distribution Facility in Allentown, Pa. The $107 million complex - scheduled for completion in fall 2006 - is part of a $1.2 billion network investment that DHL launched in June 2004. ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 16, 2005

Yellow Roadway announces personnel changes

Yellow Roadway Corp. has announced several leadership changes, effective Sept. 1. Stephen Bruffett will become senior vice president-field operations and sales for Yellow Transportation. He had been senior VP-investor relations, government relations and corporate development for Yellow Roadway Corp. (YRC). Replacing Bruffett at YRC is ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 16, 2005

Con-Way improves notification of delayed shipments

Con-Way Transportation Services has upgraded its Web-based system that automatically notifies its LTL customers in the United States and Canada by e-mail when their shipment may be late. The new function in the Con-Way Dynamic Shipment Management System expands the previous list of causes for ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 16, 2005

Barr-Nunn offers medical plan to owner-operators

Barr-Nunn Transportation now offers a limited benefit medical plan to owner-operators. Premiums for the ProDrivers Choice plan start as low as $10.45 per week for single coverage. To find out more about the company or the plan, call 866-207-5479 or visit www.barr-nunn.com.

By CCJ Staff Published August 16, 2005