Jack Roberts (CCJ)BusinessATD names Treadway Truck Dealer of the YearKyle Treadway of Kenworth Sales Company received the 2014 Truck Dealer of the Year award from the American Truck Dealers (ATD) at the annual ATD Convention and Expo in New Orleans, La. Treadway is president and dealer principal of Kenworth Sales Company, which is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and operates 20 Kenworth dealership […]January 28, 2014BusinessFree MRAPs a sign of the times for military truck buildersWith Iraq pretty much over with and Afghanistan hopefully winding down soon, the U.S. military has announced its giving away – free – 13,000 used military trucks. The catch, they’re MRAPs – mine and IED resistant vehicles. The MRAPs typically weigh around 40,000 pounds, stand about 10 feet tall and cost the Pentagon around $500,000 […]January 24, 2014BusinessTrucks on the grid: Could rail tech from Europe transform U.S. trucking?Experiments in Germany and California with a so-called eHighway Project type of electric truck soon could have fleets considering another way to move freight.January 23, 2014BusinessZF Kama expands Russian manufacturing capabilityOn January 21, 2014 ZF Kama added another chapter to its story in the Russian city of Naberezhnye Chelny: The joint venture between ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Kamaz, Russia’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, celebrated the official opening of a modern production facility comprising about 20,000 square meters for the Ecomid and Ecosplit commercial vehicle transmissions. […]January 23, 2014BusinessDaimler’s sales/marketing VP Mark Lampert announces retirementDaimler Trucks North America today announced that Mark Lampert, senior vice president of sales and marketing, will retire March 31, 2014. As Daimler Trucks North America’s senior vice president of sales and marketing, Mark Lampert was responsible for the development of sales and marketing for Freightliner Trucks, the Detroit components brand of on-highway engines, axles […]January 22, 2014BusinessThe biggest regulatory target in the countryAfter objectively observing this industry for almost two decades now, CCJ’s Jack Roberts says he’s have concluded that it really doesn’t matter which party is in power: Trucking, as far as he can see, never, ever catches a break on the regulatory front.January 22, 2014BusinessMack donates Granite mixer to Concrete Industry Management AuctionMack Trucks donated a 2014 Granite Axle Forward model to the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) Auction taking place today during the 2014 World of Concrete at the Las Vegas Convention Center. CIM awards students with a four-year bachelor’s degree in Concrete Industry Management. Mounted with a McNeilus Co. 11 cubic-yard concrete transit mixer, the Mack […]January 22, 2014BusinessIn the world of trucking 100 years agoAs you’ll see from these images, taken from 1914 issues of Commercial Car Journal — as CCJ was then known — trucking was still mch in its infancy, struggling to establish itself as a viable business model and sort out a whole host of technological issues and choices.January 22, 2014BusinessDaimler set to roll out new customer loyalty programDaimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announces a new customer loyalty program for owner-operators and small fleets. Known as Truck Bucks, this loyalty program will be aimed at rewarding customers with parts and service specials at Freightliner, Western Star, Detroit and Thomas Built Buses service locations. Customers enrolled in Truck Bucks will receive discounts and special […]January 21, 2014BusinessTrojan Battery revamps websiteTrojan Battery has launched its newly revised corporate website designed to be a premiere source of information for Trojan’s global customers, distributors, dealers and system integrators by featuring detailed information on battery technologies, maintenance practices, as well as the design of energy storage systems. Visit the new Trojan website at www.trojanbattery.com. The revamped Trojan Battery […]January 21, 2014Previous PagePage 47 of 151Next PageTop StoriesCybersecurityNMFTA warns of Chinese components in trucking technologyThe trucking industry's expanded digitization increases its potential for cybercrime, and China could be a key threat to the U.S. via technology in transportation.BusinessKandel Transport acquired by Nagle CompaniesBusinessMarten Transport CEO stepping down, Randy Marten to returnRegulationsU.S. 'pausing' work visas for commercial truck driversFeatured SponsorCargo theft is on the rise. Learn strategies to protect your trucks, trailers and freight.
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