2011 January
Phillips promoted to VP/global operations for Phillips Industries
Phillips Industries has promoted Rob Phillips to vice president of global operations. Phillips started with the company 15 years ago and has been instrumental in the dynamic growth Phillips Industries has seen in the last decade. He introduced lean disciplines and increasing employee participation in ...
Noregon announces personnel moves
Noregon Systems, a software solutions provider to the transportation industry, announced the addition of Henry Prentice as director of business development and Matthew McKegney as director of sales – Eastern Region to assist in managing the sales growth of the JPRO software and hardware product ...
Qualcomm announces leadership, organizational changes
Qualcomm Inc., a developer of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, has announced organizational changes. Global Business Operations (GBO), previously referred to as Global Business Development, will be led by Jing Wang as executive vice president of Qualcomm and president of Global Business Operations. The ...
Ceridian-UCLA freight index surges
Freight activity surged in December, offsetting -- along with a small rise in November as well -- three months of decline in August-October, according to the Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index (PCI). The PCI, which measures the flow of goods to U.S. factories, retailers and ...
DOE sees diesel averaging $3.40 in 2011
Diesel likely will cost 41 cents more on average during 2011 than it did during 2010, according to the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook from the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration. In 2010, the average on-highway retail diesel price was $2.99. EIA expects that ...
Long Beach port board OKs bans on older Class 7s, drayoffs
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners this week approved the inclusion of Class 7 trucks to the Clean Trucks Program and penalties for drayoffs, the practice of switching cargo from a newer clean truck to an older truck within the Harbor District.
Under the Clean ...
Consumer Energy Alliance slams oil spill report
The White House-appointed Oil Spill Commission had a chance to chart a new course for responsible offshore energy development in the future, but with the release of its report on Tuesday, Jan. 11, it appears to have come up short in that charge, according to ...
Telvent, Peek Traffic form strategic partnership for North America
Telvent, a real-time IT solutions and information provider, announced a new working relationship with Peek Traffic Corp. intended to allow traffic management operators to improve traffic flow and safety, as well as maximize resources. This new relationship will focus on securing and implementing contracts in ...
TMCA evolves into TMSA
The Transportation Marketing and Communications Association, an organization that has served transportation marketing and communications professionals since 1924, announced it has changed its name to the Transportation Marketing and Sales Association, effective immediately.
The evolution of the name reflects a strategic direction the organization initiated in ...
Former NASSTRAC executive director Cutrona dies
Joseph F.H. Cutrona, former executive director of the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council from 1978-1998, died Dec. 25, 2010, at his home in Naples, Fla. NASSTRAC provides education, advocacy, connections and solutions for professionals involved in all areas of transportation, ranging from full truckload and ...
CSA'S Data Trail
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Risk & Reward, Part 2: CSA data shows independents at risk
Independent wner-operators have a much greater chance of getting inspected and put out of service than owner-operators and company drivers at large ...
Infographic: Small Fleets loom large on inspectors’ radar
Risk & Reward, Part 1: How CSA’s data shows discrimination toward small carriers
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- May 20-22, 2013
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- May 29-30
- Great West Truck Show
- May 30-June 1
- Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo
- June 25-27, 2013
