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Five Star Specialty Programs teams up with RoadsideMasters
Five Star Specialty Programs announced a new breakdown service offered to buses and waste hauler vehicles insured through 5Star, the exclusive facility for this new service. RoadsideMasters is a nationwide truck and trailer breakdown service and is the exclusive representative of Auto Knight Motor Club. Five Star currently works with RoadsideMasters to offer a service […]
September 24, 2011
Business
Paragon routing software balances warehouse loading
Paragon Software Systems announced that it has added a “Dispatch Smoothing” feature to its transportation routing software to prevent bottlenecks in warehouse dispatch, enabling companies to balance logistics and warehousing operations by optimizing workflows that improve efficiency and reduce cost by ensuring that all available resources are used effectively. Paragon says the routing and scheduling […]
September 24, 2011
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HDA Truck Pride adds American Truck Group
HDA Truck Pride announced the addition of American Truck Group in Gulfport, Miss. American is an independent service provider and is the organization’s newest Truck Service Expert. According to HDA Truck Pride, American Truck Group delivers a complete package to accommodate all of the needs of the commercial vehicle industry in its marketplace — from […]
September 24, 2011
Business
Midwest Wheel presents sales award
Midwest Wheel Companies has announced that Rick Hermann is the recipient of its 18th annual Don Shoemaker/Scott Wilson Representative of the Year award. Hermann is employed by MacNeil Automotive Products of Bolingbrook, Ill., producers of WeatherTech branded floor liners, and is a veteran of the light truck accessories industry with more than two decades of […]
September 24, 2011
Business
Chinese construction machinery maker selects Eaton components
Eaton Corp. announced that XCMG Group of Jiangsu Province, China, a construction machinery producer, has selected Eaton components for its first vibratory compactors with hydraulic transmissions. Each hydraulic transmission will be equipped with an Eaton hydrostatic heavy-duty variable pump and motor rated at peak pressures of 6,960 psi (480 bar). Eaton says XCMG’s satisfaction with […]
September 24, 2011
Business
FedEx says 1Q net income up 22%
FedEx Corp. on Thursday, Sept. 22, reported first-quarter revenue of $10.52 billion, up 11 percent from $9.46 billion the previous year; operating income of $737 million, up 17 percent from $628 million last year; and net income of $464 million, up 22 percent from $380 million. “Revenue and earnings increased significantly in the quarter due […]
September 22, 2011
Business
FTR Shippers Condition Index resumes declining as expected
FTR Associates on Thursday, Sept. 22, announced that its Shippers Condition Index edged lower in July to a current reading of -3.8. The SCI sums up all market influences that affect shippers; a reading above zero suggests a favorable shipping environment, while a reading below zero is unfavorable. After a brief term of improving conditions […]
September 22, 2011
Business
New Jersey gets $2M in emergency Irene flood relief
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday, Sept. 22, made $2 million in quick release emergency funds immediately available to the New Jersey Department of Transportation to begin repairs to roads and bridges damaged by floods from Hurricane Irene. NJDOT will use quick release funds to expedite emergency repairs to roads, highways and bridges throughout […]
September 22, 2011
Business
Bridgestone to expand Tennessee plant
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations on Thursday, Sept. 22, announced it will invest $36.6 million in its plant in Warren County, Tenn., to increase production capacity by an additional 900 truck and bus tires per day. The expansion is expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2013 and is projected to create 50 new […]
September 22, 2011
Business
Love’s opens new travel stop in Napavine, Wash.
Love’s Travel Stops has opened a new travel stop in Napavine, Wash., located at Interstate 5, Exit 72. The Napavine Love’s includes a Carl’s Jr. restaurant, 73 truck spaces, DEF dispensers at the diesel islands, CAT scales, five showers, RFID cardless fueling technology and other amenities. A truck tire care center, located behind the travel […]
September 22, 2011
Business
GE Fleet Services breaks ground on customer experience center
GE Capital Fleet Services on Thursday, Sept. 22, broke ground on a customer experience and learning center that will showcase GE’s portfolio of electric vehicle deployment solutions and help GE commercial customers evaluate EVs and other alternative fuel vehicles for their fleets. The center is being built on GE’s campus in Eden Prairie, Minn., and […]
September 22, 2011
Business
Ryder launches ‘Flex-to-Green’ lease offering
Ryder System announced the launch of its new “Flex-to-Green” lease offering, making it easier for private fleet operators to jump-start their sustainability programs by providing the option of incorporating alternative fuel vehicles into their fleets in support of their business objectives. Ryder’s alternative fuel fleet includes compressed and liquid natural gas vehicles, which are offered […]
September 22, 2011
Business
Lehmkuhl named Con-way Freight president
Con-way Inc. on Thursday, Sept. 22, announced that Greg Lehmkuhl has been named president of Con-way Freight Inc., the company’s regional and national less-than truckload subsidiary and largest operating unit. Lehmkuhl, 38, also was named an executive vice president of Con-way Inc., the parent company of Con-way Freight. “Greg Lehmkuhl’s team-building experience and management skills […]
September 22, 2011
Business
YRC expands mobile service offerings
YRC announced it has expanded its mobile service offerings, which will allow customers to view shipping documents on the Android and iPhone through dedicated apps and on all other Web-enabled phones through the YRC mobile site at http://m.yrc.com. The apps and mobile site enable customers to do a variety of tasks such as tracking shipments, […]
September 22, 2011
Business
Hodyon sponsoring Truck Driver Social Media Convention
As social media continues to evolve in the trucking industry, truckers will gather for the first Truck Driver Social Media Convention on Oct. 15 at the Gold Strike Resort & Casino in Tunica, Miss. Hodyon, the manufacturer of the Dynasys auxiliary power unit, is sponsoring the all-day event. “Social media is changing the platform on […]
September 22, 2011
Business
Consistency key for TMC SuperTech champ
Despite failing to win a single competition category, Jeffrey Schlecht, a technician with Omaha Trucks, scored high enough across the board to become The Technology and Maintenance Council’s second back-to-back SuperTech Champion. Schlecht, who is based at Omaha Truck’s facilty in Norfolk, Neb., competed against professional vehicle technicians from across the country this week in […]
September 22, 2011
Business
Meritor, PSI to co-host fleet technology event
Meritor and PSI Tire Inflation System will co-host a fleet technology event on Oct. 11-12 at PSI headquarters in San Antonio. The hands-on informative session will review the multiple ways to keep trailer tires inflated properly. According to the companies, attendees from fleets of all sizes and industry media will experience a factory tour of […]
September 22, 2011
Business
Goodyear launches fleetHQ ‘Tire Answer Man’ blog
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co/ has launched the fleetHQ “Ask The Tire Answer Man” blog at http://blog.fleethq.com/, giving fleets and owner-operators an opportunity to interact with Tim Miller, Goodyear’s “Tire Answer Man.” A 30-plus year commercial tire veteran, Miller also serves as marketing communications manager for Goodyear’s commercial tire business. “Having spent his career […]
September 22, 2011
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