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Carriers favoring sign-on bonuses, performance-based driver pay

Gordon Klemp spoke to a group fleet executives May 21 in Birmingham, Ala., at the 2013 CCJ Spring Symposium about trends in driver pay. Nearly half of carriers are offering sign-on bonuses, compared to only 12 percent two years ago, consultant Gordon Klemp told trucking ...

By Linda Longton Published May 22, 2013

Pilot hit with 7th lawsuit, sued in Florida by owner-operator

Pilot Flying J has been sued for at least the seventh time after federal allegations arose in the middle of last month that the truck stop chain had systematically and intentionally withheld millions of dollars in rebates from trucking companies. The latest lawsuit was filed ...

By James Jaillet Published May 22, 2013

ATA’s Tonnage Index down from March, but up 4.3% year over year

According to numbers reported this week in the American Trucking Associations' monthly For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, April's index reading was 4.3 percent higher than the same month in 2012 — the largets year-over-year gain since January 2013's 4.7 percent difference. Though down slightly from March's reading, ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 22, 2013

Business intelligence helps to keep score, modernize workflow

Mesilla Valley Transport's Mike Kelly gave a seminar session Tuesday, May 21, discussing business intelligence for fleets at the 2013 CCJ Spring Symposium in Birmingham, Ala. Nine years ago, Mike Kelley unleashed a hungry beast at Mesilla Valley Transportation. When executives and managers began to ...

By Aaron Huff Published May 22, 2013

Equipment News >>

Utility Trailer celebrates 50,000th dry van milestone

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company says it has exceeded an important milestone by producing the 50,000th dry van trailer at its Glade Spring, Virginia manufacturing plant. Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. (Food City’s parent company) is a locally owned company operating 106 retail supermarkets ...

By Jack Roberts Published May 21, 2013

Dillon Transport adds 25 ISX12 G-equipped Kenworths to fleet

Dillon Transport will add 25 Kenworth T800 short hood day cabs powered by the new Cummins Westport ISX12 G heavy duty natural gas engine to its 450+ truck fleet starting this summer. “We’re excited to expand our leadership in natural gas trucks by becoming among ...

By Jack Roberts Published May 20, 2013

PepsiCo honors SAF-Holland

SAF-Holland was recently awarded with a Supplier of the Year award from PepsiCo North America Beverages for its introduction of a new air suspension product for use on PepsiCo’s North American beverage route delivery trailers. The award was presented during the 2013 PepsiCo National Fleet/Other ...

By Jack Roberts Published May 20, 2013

Technology News >>

ALK Summit highlights technology integration

Integration and synchronization of technology were the prevailing themes at this year's ALK Transportation Technology Summit, held May 14-16 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Transportation, logistics and technology providers converged with shippers at the annual event to discuss industry trends, compare strategies and benchmark results. ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 22, 2013

Xtra Lease extends agreement with Omnitracs

Xtra Lease, a provider of over-the-road trailer equipment rental and leasing in the U.S., announced that it has extended its agreement with Omnitracs, Inc., to provide untethered trailer tracking for Xtra Lease trailers. Omnitracs is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated and provider of business-to-business ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 21, 2013

TouchStar chooses TREQ-VMx mobile data terminal

TouchStar, a mobility software provider for the oil and gas, field services, consumer goods and transportation industries, has chosen the TREQ-VMx mobile data terminal by Beijer Electronics as a critical component of its rugged in-cab, Flex fleet automation system. The Flex is a rugged, fixed-mount system that provides ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 21, 2013

Roehl Transport selects CoPilot Truck navigation

ALK Technologies, a global provider of "GeoLogistics" and navigation software announced that Marshfield, Wisconsin-based Roehl Transport has selected CoPilot Truck - ALK's truck-specific on-board navigation solution - within a fully integrated system to achieve route compliance. Roehl Transport, a diversified truckload transportation and logistics service provider, ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 21, 2013