2009 June

Prophesy adds business intelligence to dispatch

Prophesy Transportation Solutions, Inc., an Accellos company, announced that Accellos One Pulse, Accellos' newly released business intelligence solution, is available for use with Prophesy DispatchSeries trucking software products. The release of Pulse marks a groundbreaking collaborative development effort between Prophesy and Accellos. Accellos One Pulse is ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 26, 2009

ALK releases PC Miler 23 product line

ALK Technologies Inc. says its new release of PC Miler 23 features the North American transportation industry's first routing and mileage solution to include carbon emissions and intermodal analysis functionality. PC Miler's 23rd annual edition also includes critical map data updates such as truck restrictions ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 26, 2009

New Private Fleet Assessment Program launched

The Private Fleet Assessment Program, a Web-based management resource designed to help private fleets boost performance, has been launched by the National Private Truck Council, Optima Associates and Schneider National Inc. Gary Petty, NPTC president and chief executive officer, says the program represents the next ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 26, 2009

Virginia DOT budget finalizes rest area closings

Virginia's Commonwealth Transportation Board last week adopted the Virginia Department of Transportation's maintenance and operations budget for fiscal year 2010. This action finalizes VDOT's reduction to services, including reducing 42 rest areas and welcome centers to 23; reducing $20 million of mowing and roadside maintenance; ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 26, 2009

Mack to consolidate U.S. production in Macungie, Pa.

Mack Trucks Inc. announced Thursday, June 25, that the company will move forward with its previously announced plan to consolidate production of its entire product line at its assembly facility in Macungie, Pa. The company says the plan involves transferring assembly of Mack highway vehicles from ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 26, 2009

CVSA: Roadcheck 2009 results in record safety accomplishments

According to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, Roadcheck 2009's record total of overall inspections and Level I inspections showed significant declines in vehicle and driver out-of-service rates, as well as a significant drop in safety belt violations. Roadcheck is the largest targeted enforcement program on commercial ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 26, 2009

June 25, 2009

CSX Intermodal CSX Intermodal (CSXI) is proud to announce the launch of CSX QuickQuote, a new 24-hour online quoting and load tendering tool that makes getting a door-to-door spot quote faster, easier and more convenient than ever before. CSX QuickQuote gives you all the information you ...

By Dean Smallwood Published June 26, 2009

ArvinMeritor divests stakes in light vehicle systems chassis ventures

ArvinMeritor announced Thursday, June 25, that it has reached agreements to divest its entire ownership stakes in two joint ventures in its light vehicle chassis business. Together, these transactions, terms of which were not announced, will result in the divestiture of 45 percent of the ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 26, 2009

Grote earns Navistar Diamond Supplier Award for third consecutive year

Navistar Inc. recently presented Grote Industries with its 2008 Diamond Supplier Award, the company's highest honor for suppliers. The award was presented in recognition of Grote's abilities to meet and exceed Navistar's expectations and requirements. This is the third consecutive year that Grote Industries has ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 26, 2009

TMW Systems integrates with Carrier411 for TruckMate, TMWSuite

Expanding its business automation for brokerage customers, TMW Systems Inc. says it now offers an interface with Carrier411 Web services for both TMWSuite and TruckMate, key products in the company's enterprise transportation software line. Carrier411 Services Inc. offers a Web-based service that enables transportation brokers ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 26, 2009