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TMW Systems gives dates, locations for 2014-15 TransForum

TMW Systems announced that its annual TransForum User Conference and Exhibition event will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, from September 21-24, in 2014. The following year, TransForum will begin slightly earlier than its traditional time, starting September 13th and running through the 16th. It will take place […]

November 4, 2013

Enforcement blitz places 2,700 out of service, has all-time OOS low

Of the 20,067 commercial vehicles inspected in the September-held Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week, 2,714 were placed out of service to produce a 13.5 percent out-of-service rate.

November 4, 2013

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Fontaine Modification names new vocational operations manager

Nate Eichinger will oversee vocational truck operations for Fontaine Modification, North America’s most comprehensive provider of truck modification services for OEMs, dealers and fleets. As vocational operations manager, Eichinger will direct production and scheduling at all of Fontaine’s vocational truck facilities nationwide. Eichinger joined Fontaine Modification in 2011. He previously served as manager of its […]

November 4, 2013

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Class 8 orders remain ‘modest’ in September, ACT reports

Class 8 net orders in September totaled 19,018 units, says ACT research in its monthly report, released in October. September is usually the second weakest month of the year, ACT said, orders were expected to be “modest.”

November 4, 2013

Is there really a driver shortage? Driver shortage series, Part 3

The third and final portion of CCJ’s driver shortage series examines how driver groups are skeptical as to whether there is actually a driver shortage and the lessons carriers learned from the recession.

November 4, 2013

Meritor updates iPad app

Meritor has released updated content for Meritor Mobile, a sales and service iPad information tool for customers, featuring the company’s complete North American product portfolio. Meritor Mobile has been updated to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of sales and service personnel in the commercial vehicle and industrial sectors. The application includes the following updates: · […]

November 1, 2013

Allentown Science Center showcases hometown Mack Trucks

A Mack Trucks interactive display at the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, Pa. is now open, showcasing Mack’s heritage of innovation and educating visitors about the wide variety of careers offered at the company. The “Built Like a Mack Truck” exhibit features a Mack TerraPro Low Entry refuse cab, as well as a touchscreen […]

November 1, 2013

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Vigillo CEO Steve Bryan appointed to ATRI committee

Vigillo, a company that creates data mining software products designed to aggregate, organize and deliver complex fleet safety information in an easy-to-read scorecard format, announced that CEO Steve Bryan has been appointed to serve on the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). The RAC is charged with annually recommending a […]

November 1, 2013

New Pro-Tread online training ready for HAZCOM regulations

Instructional Technologies has released its new Pro-Tread online training course for the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for the for the Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. This title is shorthand for OSHA’s update to the HAZCOM Right-to-Know regulation (1919.1200). GHS training is required to ensure that employees understand workplace chemical hazards and know the protective steps to take to avoid exposure, […]

November 1, 2013

GE Capital Fleet Services releases ‘Intelligent Operations’ telematics dashboard

GE Capital Fleet Services (GECFS) has released Intelligent Operations, a telematics platform that allows fleet managers to visualize key performance indicators in real-time to better understand the scope of their service markets, customers, drivers, and overall fleet performance. Intelligent Operations was developed by GECFS’ telematics strategic consulting team alongside input from GECFS customers. The platform […]

November 1, 2013

Load tracking for the masses

Everyone in the transportation industry with a smartphone or tablet has access to a very big and expanding universe of mobile applications. How big? There are more than 40,000 trucking-specific apps in the Google Play store alone. If you can think of something that could help you as a motor carrier, broker, owner operator or […]

November 1, 2013

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Carrier alliance wants hair testing OK’d for DOT driver screen; bills introduced

Prompted by trucking interests, Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., introduced federal legislation this week designed to enable trucking companies to more effectively prevent lifestyle drug users from gaining employment as commercial truck drivers.

November 1, 2013

Pilot Flying J files for dismissal of suit brought against in fuel rebate withholding case

Pilot Flying J has asked a federal court in Alabama to throw out a lawsuit filed by Wright Transportation in the alleged fuel rebate withholding scheme aftermath, due to the fact the company has not presented an actual claim against Pilot, it says.

October 31, 2013

Westport to halt 15-L natural gas engine orders

Westport announced it is halting orders for its 15-liter natural gas engine beginning on November 15. Click here to read Hardworking Trucks’s story on Westport’s decision and its plans for a new HPDI product in the future.

October 31, 2013

Driver shortage series: The challenge of finding good drivers, its impact on the shortage

Note: This is the second part of a three-part series that will examine the trucking industry’s driver shortage and the impact it is having and will have on fleets, shippers, drivers, rates, capacity and the industry as a whole. Click here to see Part 1, which is an introduction to the series and details how […]

October 31, 2013

JOBS FLAT, WAGE GROWTH MODEST: The number of jobs in long-haul trucking has been basically flat for the past decade, though the industry logged substantial losses during the recession. Since its December 2006 peak, truckload employment has dropped 8.6 percent. Wages rose by a third over the decade, slightly lagging private-sector wage growth but well below historical wage growth during an economic recovery.

M&M Cartage to invest $7.5 million in green initiative, CNG fleet

M&M Cartage plans to invest $7.5 million in building materials and capital equipment, allowing for the construction of a new Kentucky headquarters with green efficiencies to go along with the addition of new trucks powered by compressed natural gas. The Commonwealth of Kentucky awarded M&M Cartage $800,000 in economic incentives to spur the investment. “Not […]

October 31, 2013

House introduces bill to reinstate prior hours-of-service rule, delay July 1 provisions

A bill has been introduced in the House that would reinstate the hours-of-service rules in effect prior to July 1, 2013, by delaying the current rules until a Congressional investigation on the current hours rule is conducted.

October 31, 2013

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EBE Technologies continues record growth

EBE Technologies, a developer of enterprise business process management applications for transportation, reported that revenue for its 2013 fiscal year increased for the fifth consecutive year by more than 26 percent. All divisions including financials, logistics and driver services recorded increases in revenues and profitability. A broader portfolio of applications and partnerships contributed to the growth. […]

October 30, 2013

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Show me the money: Drivers report falling pay, shrinking miles and pay disputes with carriers

Almost one-third of drivers say they have experienced payroll discrepancies as take-home pay falls and miles follow.

A new bill argues that EPA emissions safeguards shouldn't 'jeopardize human safety' in the cold. It would allow manufacturers to suspend derates at freezing temps and create a year-round DEF exemption for vehicles north of 59 degrees latitude.

Bill targets 'life-threatening' engine derates in extreme cold

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Groups press states to leverage public funds to lower electric truck prices

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Court: Yellow Corp $1.5B lawsuit against Teamsters can proceed

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