Teamsters members who work at YRC Worldwide Inc.’s operating companies have ratified a restructuring plan that is aimed at saving both the company and more than 25,000 union jobs, the union and YRC Worldwide both announced Saturday, Oct. 30. YRC and Holland members ratified the ...

UAW-represented employees at Navistar ratified a new four-year labor agreement, the company announced Saturday, Oct. 30. Navistar says the labor agreement was approved by a majority of voting UAW members and replaces the prior contract that expired Oct. 1, 2010. “The new contract is mutually beneficial,” ...

TransCore said Friday, Oct. 29, that its Canadian Freight Index showed a 30 percent increase in year-over-year analysis, while month-over-month growth slowed with a 6 point dip from August. Similar to North American data, spot freight volume in Canada for September 2010 is the highest ...

FedEx Corp. recently launched the next evolution of its global advertising effort, “FedEx Delivers to a Changing World.” The heart of the campaign is a digital Web experience designed to put global business trends and insights at visitors’ fingertips. At http:// experience.fedex.com, visitors interact through a ...

The American Trucking Associations named Barbara Windsor as chairman of the board for 2010-2011, succeeding Tommy Hodges of Titan Transfer Inc. Windsor is president and chief executive officer of Hahn Transportation, a New Market, Md.-based specialized regional trucking firm that hauls refined petroleum and construction ...

Longistics, a full-service provider of global logistics solutions, has announced that Duane Long, chairman, is the 2010 recipient of the UNC-Tsinghua Center for Logistics and Enterprise Development Industry Partner Award. This award is given to the individual who has contributed the most to the success ...

Over the past four years, more than 5,000 teens were killed in collisions with large trucks in the United States. Novice drivers ages 16- 24 are unnecessarily endangering themselves and others by failing to recognize that large commercial motor vehicles and cars differ in their ...

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems recently was recertified in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program, a voluntary government-business initiative to build cooperative relationships that strengthen and improve international supply chain and U.S. border security. The program was implemented by U.S. Customs Border Protection to ensure ...

Nalley Motor Trucks, a subsidiary of Asbury Automotive Group Inc., announced the acquisition of the Isuzu and UD franchises of Adobe Truck and Equipment of Tucker, Ga. Both franchises will be rebranded under the Nalley Motor Trucks name, and operations will be relocated to its ...

Kurt Jorgensen has been promoted to the position of vice president of sales at JX Enterprises, responsible for executing strategies to develop and grow new and used heavy- and medium-duty truck sales. Jorgensen joined JXE in 1987 on a part-time basis while in college, transitioning to ...