Pegasus TransTech said it has been receiving calls from drivers and carriers about the availability of truckstop scanning since Monday, March 29. The company said that all Transflo Express truckstop scanning services from Pegasus TransTech are operating normally. Transflo Express, which moves through fully redundant, widely ...

Arsenault Associates has released Dossier Version 5.1, the latest edition of its fleet asset maintenance management software. The company says its Dossier Version 5.1 includes new analysis and automation tools to facilitate business decisions, eliminate duplicated efforts, enhance productivity, and lower costs. “The enhancements in Dossier 5.1 ...

Aljex Software announced it will launch a comprehensive new, web-hosted transportation management platform called Aljex Vision by summer. “We’ve brought it all together in a single, intuitive service that provides every mode of dispatch plus much more,” said Tom Heine, president of Aljex. “We’ve created a dispatch ...

As expected, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing a detailed, explicit ban on texting by commercial motor vehicle drivers while operating in interstate commerce. The proposal – to be published Thursday, April 1, in the Federal Register – would impose sanctions on drivers ...

Trucks that achieve 10 miles per gallon will be a reality over the next 10 years, supplier company executives learned recently. “We’ll need our suppliers to make that happen,” said Martin Daum, president and chief executive officer of Daimler Trucks North America, while addressing the ...

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico was 19.5 percent higher in January 2010 than in January 2009, reaching $56.7 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of ...

FedEx Express has expanded its FedEx International Economy Freight (IEF) and FedEx International Economy (IE) services to more parts of the world, providing U.S. customers with more reach when shipping worldwide. FedEx Express now offers FedEx International Economy Freight from the United States to more than ...

UTi Worldwide Inc. reported financial results for its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter ended Jan. 31: • Revenues were $991.5 million, an increase of 11 percent from $894.1 million; • Net revenues (revenues minus purchased transportation costs) were $350.6 million, an increase of five percent from $332.7 million; • Net income attributable ...

CalArk International announced that it recently purchased 100 new 2011 International ProStars, with delivery to begin this May. “These trucks are needed due to increased business and are one more great reason for drivers to consider driving for CalArk,” says Mary Cundiff, recruiting manager for the ...

TransCore has added new carrier tools, including a driver pay management feature, to its Logistics Software 4.0 broker transportation management software. The carrier module enables freight brokers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to manage their own trucks or drivers, including those leased on to them. ...