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Owner-operators to strike at LA, Savannah ports
Port owner-operators in Los Angeles and Savannah, Georgia are protesting to demand employee classification instead of independent contractor status.
April 28, 2014
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CCJ Innovator of the Year: Melton Truck Lines’ fight for driver fitness
Melton Truck Lines certainly was experiencing the driver shortage and was losing good, experienced drivers because their blood pressure was too high and they couldn’t maintain their physical cards. Then in 1998 and again in 2003, Melton lost long-time company drivers to heart attacks. Those events led management to set out to change the company’s attitude toward personal health from the top down.
April 28, 2014
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PeopleNet expands integrations for Crude Oil Workflow
PeopleNet, a Trimble company and provider of fleet mobility technology, announced at the National Tanker Truck Carriers Annual Conference & Tank Truck Equipment Show being held in Las Vegas that it has expanded its current integration with McLeod Software to provide energy services fleets greater efficiency with the addition of Crude Oil Workflow.
April 28, 2014
Business
Chevrolet announces City Express compact van pricing
The 2015 Chevrolet City Express LS – the brand’s first entry in the small cargo van segment – will have a starting price of $22,950, including a $995 destination charge but excluding tax, title, license and dealer fees.  The City Express features a standard 2.0L dual-overhead cam inline-four-cylinder engine with continuously variable valve timing rated […]
April 28, 2014
Business
The Roaring ’20s: A CCJ Photo Gallery
By the 1920s, trucking’s reputation as a profession and important national industry was well-established. But trucking was still very new and in the midst of a breath-taking technology explosion. As with any start-up industry, hopeful entrepreneurs flooded in, taking advantage of the Stock Market Boom and cheap capital and labor. However, a crash was coming. […]
April 28, 2014
Business
FMCSA eyes electronic records, e-signature option
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering allowing carriers and drivers the option of using electronic records and signatures to meet regulatory requirements.
April 28, 2014
Business
California truckin’: Obstacles, opportunities in the Golden State
I don’t need much of an excuse to visit San Francisco, and I took advantage of the chance to spend a week in Northern California earlier this month. Not surprisingly, the top concerns of the California Trucking Association are not so different from state associations around the country – just more so.
April 28, 2014
Business
CARB approves compliance extensions of emissions regs for small fleets, owner-operators
CARB voted April 25 to amend some of its emissions regulations deadlines, giving owner-operators and small fleets who financially were unable to comply with the rule some compliance alternatives, though with some changes requested by the Board. Final versions of the amendments will be produced within the next few months.
April 25, 2014
Business
Whitepaper: 4 ways to improve fleet safety
Telogis has released a whitepaper or “eBook” that provides four effective strategies to improve fleet safety. The document can be downloaded here: SMB eBook – Fleet Safety_final
April 25, 2014
Business
Sylectus: 5 tips to help smaller carriers compete
For many smaller fleets, a narrow network and limited resources can lead to missed opportunities for capturing business from shippers and potentially result in the loss of a customer altogether. Sylectus, a transportation management software (TMS) provider, compiled the following five tips to help smaller fleets grow their business and boost overall bottom line: Reduce overhead […]
April 25, 2014
Business
Honeywell survey shows potential cost savings for DSD operations
A new report from Honeywell has found that millions of dollars can be saved by evaluating and improving Direct Store Delivery (DSD) operations – namely the way that products are ordered, sold, delivered and merchandised.
April 25, 2014
Business
EFS, Shell Canada launch new fleet card program
Electronic Funds Source (EFS), a provider of customized payment systems, has partnered with Shell Canada Products to launch of a new Canadian commercial fleet card program, the Shell Fleet NavigatorTM/mc. The Shell Fleet NavigatorTM/mc card leverages the EFS payments platform for broader acceptance for Canadian fleets. More than 1,200 Shell branded retail locations across Canada […]
April 25, 2014
Business
SkyBitz delivers trailer tracking with no up-front costs
SkyBitz, a provider of remote asset tracking and information management systems, announced “SkyBitz as a Service” as a new way for its customers to deploy its technology without upfront capital investment.
April 25, 2014
Business
Quick Fuel to use Comdata’s SmartSight equipment
Quick Fuel has partnered with Comdata to provide its fleet customers with Comdata’s fuel site controller, known as SmartSight, for all of its retail locations. Quick Fuel has added Comdata’s SmartQ radio frequency identification (RFID)-based technology to offer an extra level of speed and security to the fuel transaction process. Comdata, a provider of technology […]
April 25, 2014
Business
Telogis adds delivery appointment tool to Route Planning suite
Telogis announced an extension to its cloud-based intelligence software platform called Telogis Appointment, the latest addition to its Telogis Route Planning Suite.
April 25, 2014
Business
CARB hears hours of emotional testimony from fleets, owner-operators on compliance extensions
Proposed amendments to delay some emissions regulations deadlines and allow alternate compliance options for small fleet owners were presented to the California Air Resources Board April 24 to consider and adopt. Trucking reps gave hours of impassioned testimony both for and against the amendments.
April 25, 2014
Business
Truck trade with NAFTA partners grows, as does overall trade
Trade between the U.S. and NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico totaled $89.6 billion in February, and trucks moved $53.6 billion of that, according to numbers released this week by the Department of Transportation this week.
April 24, 2014
Business
Safe Driving Q&A with Ryder’s 2013 Driver of the Year David Hopper
Memorial Day — which marks the unofficial start of the Summer Driving Season — is a little over a month away. To help professional drivers deal with this annual influx of motorists, Ryder System decided to interview its 2013 Driver of the Year David Hopper to find out what driving safety tips he could offer to […]
April 24, 2014
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