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Breakdown blues: Proprietary data still a roadblock to timely repairs
Remote repairs for break downs can be a tough situation for fleets, especially when OEMs don’t share proprietary data with local shops and dealers have a long waiting list. It’s a high stakes ordeal for fleets, OEMs and service providers alike.
March 20, 2014
Business
SmartDrive Systems develops new event recording features
SmartDrive Systems has a new feature that dynamically adjusts the window of video recording based on the specific type of event, focusing on the riskiest driving and providing insight for understanding root cause.
March 20, 2014
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Business
Mesilla Valley Transportation chooses TCG for profitability analysis
Transportation Costing Group (TCG), providers of activity-based costing and profitability management tools for truckload and less-than-truckload motor carriers, announced that Mesilla Valley Transportation has chosen and implemented its Truckload Cost Information System (TL/CIS) to develop more effective profitability analyses. “We chose TL/CIS over other options because this system gives us a fully costed and highly detailed […]
March 20, 2014
Business
ATA, TIA leaders keynote Transflo user conference
One in every 17 workers in the United States is employed in the trucking industry and trucking accounts for the largest annual payroll of any industry in America, said Phil Byrd, chairman of American Trucking Associations, in his opening remarks at this year’s Transflo Users Conference and Brokerage Summit in Clearwater Beach, Fl. “With the […]
March 20, 2014
Business
Heyl Truck Lines implements Blue Tree Systems’ R:Com
Blue Tree Systems, Inc., a provider of trailer tracking, reefer monitoring and fleet management solutions, announced that Heyl Truck Lines is implementing its R:Com reefer temperature management system and its In-Cab feature set, including Fuel Management and Driving Style Management. The R:Com technology is helping the carrier reduce cargo theft and better address food safety […]
March 20, 2014
Business
J.J. Keller offers new premium audit, assessment service
The most recognized name in safety and regulatory compliance, J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc., has announced a new audit and assessment service.
March 20, 2014
Business
J.J. Keller Diagnostic Audit and Assessment
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March 20, 2014
Business
Agency changes definition of ‘gross combination weight rating’
“Gross combination weight rating” has been redefined to clarify when CDL and other federal safety regulations apply to certain single-unit trucks towing trailers.
March 20, 2014
Business
Tools, crews, passengers: 2015 Sprinter 4×4 will be versatile new US option
Truck fleets with vans in the stable will soon have a versatile new vehicle choice, as Mercedes-Benz will offer a 4×4 version of the popular Sprinter Van beginning early next year, the company announced at the recent NTEA Work Truck Show.
March 19, 2014
Business
FMCSA shuts down two carriers for inspection, drug testing, hours violations
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced this week it has shut down two separate trucking companies, issuing both imminent hazard out-of-service orders for violations related to vehicle inspection and repair, drug testing and hours violations.
March 19, 2014
Business
Driver satisfaction waning over regulations, weather? Recent report indicates not
The weather, regulations and the economy don’t have drivers down, according to a report released this week from retention firm Stay Metrics, who has been surveying “driver attitudes” since the middle of 2012.
March 19, 2014
Business
Con-way raising rates 5.4 percent
Con-way Freight (No. 4 in the CCJ Top 250) announced this week it will be implementing a general rate increase of an average 5.4 percent to all of its non-contract business, starting March 31.
March 19, 2014
Business
Owner-ops weigh in on truck size, fuel efficiency regs
One-size-fits-all rules and regulations can be disastrous for the trucking industry – or at least for those companies whose operations or business situations don’t quite fit the model a particular policy was designed to address.
March 19, 2014
Business
Truck tonnage climbs in February, still digging out of Jan. hole, ATA says
The amount of tonnage carried by the for-hire trucking industry rose 2.8 percent in February from January, jumping back after a cold and snowy January caused tonnage to dip nearly 5 percent in that month, the American Trucking Association reported this week.
March 18, 2014
Business
Kenworth, Peterbilt, Freightliner, Sterling part of Cummins-Westport nat gas recall
As part of the 25,000-engine recall issued last month Cummins and Cummins-Westport earlier this month, more than 2,000 2014-2015 Kenworth and Peterbilt model trucks have been recalled, along with more than 3,200 2008-2015 Freightliner, Sterling and Thomas Built model trucks and buses.
March 18, 2014
Business
CCJ Photo Gallery: Corny Kaputi Cartoons
Open an issue of Commercial Carrier Journal from the Fifties or Sixties and you can practically smell the cigarette smoke and grease wafting up from the pages. Budgets were big, back then. CCJ employed an editorial cartoonist to depict safety issues and other issues of the day. The jokes are sometimes sexist — and ALWAYS […]
March 18, 2014
Business
Schneider unveils new logo
The calling card of North America’s premier provider of truckload, intermodal and logistics services is getting a new look. The Schneider logo has been refreshed and has a more contemporary design that accurately reflects the broad geographies it serves. The company’s previous logo had been in existence since 1985, which positioned the organization well at […]
March 18, 2014
Business
Mack to spotlight fuel efficiency and uptime at MATS
Mack Trucks products on display at the 2014 Mid-America Trucking Show put a spotlight on Mack’s dedication to maximizing fuel efficiency and uptime for customers. Visitors to the Mack display in booth no. 30245 will see Mack’s lineup of models, as well as experience the new Mack brand, launched at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014. Included in the […]
March 18, 2014
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