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Con-Way names Krull executive VP, general counsel, secretary
Con-way Inc. has named Stephen Krull executive vice president, general counsel and secretary. Krull, 46, joins Con-way from Toledo, Ohio-based Owens Corning, where he most recently served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for the global producer of residential and commercial building materials, glass-fiber reinforcements and engineered materials. “We’re pleased to welcome Steve […]
April 27, 2011
Business
Purolator names Shelton San Francisco/SFO selling branch manager
Purolator International, a provider of U.S.-Canada logistics services and subsidiary of Canadian logistics provider Purolator Inc., has named Lanse Shelton, a 10-year veteran of the logistics industry with more than a decade of experience in sales, as the new selling branch manager for San Francisco and surrounding Bay Area territories. In his new role, Shelton […]
April 27, 2011
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GE Fleet Services’ Environmental Performance Services earns approval
GE Capital Fleet Services announced its Environmental Performance Services with Mobile Resource Intelligence were reapproved as a GE ecomagination product, certifying the operating and environmental performance improvements they deliver to customers. As part of the GE ecomagination portfolio, they are reviewed regularly to confirm their performance claims. The Environmental Performance Services with Mobile Resource Intelligence […]
April 27, 2011
Business
SAF-Holland updates trailer suspension system, expands coverage
SAF-Holland has updated and expanded the application coverage for its CBX Series Suspension System for trailers. The company’s proprietary Fusion Beam Technology – which helps facilitate lower trailing arm beam weight without compromising structural integrity by combining two suspension technologies – is being integrated into the CBX40, CBX23, CBX25 and CBX25/30. The technology involves the […]
April 27, 2011
Business
Great Dane Aftermarket Parts expands with addition of Gosson
Great Dane Trailers announced the addition of Randy Gosson to the Aftermarket Parts Group as national account sales manager, responsible for the Great Dane AdvantEdge national account service and parts program, spearheading the enrollment process and ongoing use of the program with fleet customers. Great Dane says Gosson – with more than 20 years of […]
April 27, 2011
Business
Webb Wheel Products adds Training Toolbox to Website
Webb Wheel Products Inc. has added a new Training Toolbox to its Website, www.webbwheel.com, that draws on the company’s experience in the commercial vehicle industry to show the proper procedures for maintaining wheel-end components for the greatest reliability, durability and performance. Webb also shows in detail the problems that can be caused when improper procedures […]
April 27, 2011
Business
FreightCenter.com, SMCÂł announce new technology partnership
Freight transportation software developer SMC³ and transportation management system provider FreightCenter.com announced a new technology partnership to introduce what the companies describe as a more advanced and all-inclusive TMS solution. The alliance marks the integration of the SMC³ RateWare XL rating solution with CarrierConnect carrier data into the recently-introduced FreightCenter.com TMS product. The FreightCenter.com TMS […]
April 27, 2011
Business
Jacobs unveils High Power Density engine brake technology
Jacobs Vehicle Systems announced that it has developed what it calls the next generation of engine braking technology. According to the company, this all-new technology delivers 50 percent more power than traditional Compression Release Braking product and has been designated “HPD” to recognize the difference from traditional compression release technology. In response to the global […]
April 27, 2011
Business
Kenworth offers merchandise collection
The Kenworth Merchandise Collection has added nearly 50 new items for 2011 for trucking operators and fleets interested in purchasing officially licensed Kenworth merchandise. The lineup of nearly 165 items includes Kenworth caps, T-shirts, polos, jackets, women’s clothing, accessories, scale truck models, drinkware, golf items, watches, desktop items, bags, and the 2011 Kenworth appointment and […]
April 27, 2011
Business
Monthly tonnage index up 1.7% in March, year-to-year up 6.3%
The American Trucking Associations on Tuesday, April 26, said that its advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.7 percent in March after falling a revised 2.7 percent in February. The latest gain put the adjusted index at 115.4 in March, which was the highest level since January’s 116.6 reading. In February, the index […]
April 26, 2011
Business
North Dakota becomes 31st state to ban texting while driving
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Tuesday, April 26, praised North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple for signing a new law banning texting while driving in the state. The new law, which becomes effective Aug. 1, will impose a fine of $100 on people caught texting while driving. “North Dakota has taken an important step to […]
April 26, 2011
Business
Survey: Trucking execs expect business to improve in 2011
According to a survey published by GE Capital, Transportation Finance, nearly three-quarters (71 percent) of trucking company executives expect business conditions to improve in 2011. They are concerned about the impact of external and internal factors on their profit margins such as the rising price of diesel, a nationwide shortage of drivers and the twin […]
April 26, 2011
Business
Celadon announces higher 3Q net income
Celadon Group Inc. on Tuesday, April 26, reported its financial and operating results for the three and nine months ended March 31, the third fiscal quarter of the company’s fiscal year ending June 30. Revenue for the 2011 quarter increased 4.8 percent to $135.6 million from $129.4 million in the 2010 quarter. Freight revenue, which […]
April 26, 2011
Business
Vitran posts smaller 1Q net loss from continuing ops
Vitran Corp. Inc. on Tuesday, April 26, reported an 18.0 percent increase in consolidated revenues to $185.4 million in the first quarter of 2011 compared to $157.1 in the first quarter of 2010. Adjusting for the impact of foreign exchange on Vitran’s Canadian operations, consolidated revenue increased 16.0 percent. The company recorded a net loss […]
April 26, 2011
Business
Covenant records higher 1Q net loss
Covenant Transportation Group Inc. on Tuesday, April 26, announced freight revenue for the quarter ended March 31 of $124.4 million, a decrease of 3.8 percent compared with the first quarter of 2010; operating income of $0.3 million and an operating ratio of 99.8 percent compared with operating income of $1.8 million and an operating ratio […]
April 26, 2011
Business
C.H. Robinson says 1Q profit up 16%
Logistics provider C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. on Tuesday, April 26, recorded a first-quarter profit of $97.0 million, a 16 percent increase from $84.0 million during the same period a year ago. Revenue increased 14 percent to $2.37 billion. Transportation revenue improved 16 percent to $341.7 million. Truck net revenues, which consist of truckload and less-than-truckload […]
April 26, 2011
Business
Ryder doubles 1Q net earnings
Ryder System on Tuesday, April 26, announced net earnings for the first quarter of 2011 ended March 31 were $25.1 million versus $12.4 million in the year-earlier period. The Miami-based company said the increase primarily reflects better organic performance in commercial rental and used vehicle sales, acquisitions and higher volumes in the Supply Chain Solutions […]
April 26, 2011
Business
Omega helps enhance C.R. England’s driver drug screenings
C.R. England and drug-testing facility Omega Laboratories have announced a drug screening partnership that will test the hair samples of driver applicants. The companies say the program will enhance England’s pre-employment drug screening process. “The industrywide impact of being able to conduct a pre-employment drug test that reviews a longer screening history is a tremendous […]
April 26, 2011
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