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Open Road Foundation helps North Dakota flooding victims
The Open Road Foundation announced that it has provided victim assistance grants worth a total of $74,000 to 19 employees of Coach America to help defray those families’ expenses related to severe flooding along the Souris River in the area of Minot, N.D. The homes of all 19 employees were damaged or destroyed by floods […]
July 20, 2011
Business
Gully Transportation, Freightliner to be on Speed’s ‘American Trucker’
Freightliner Trucks customer Gully Transportation will be featured on the Speed original series, “American Trucker.” The episode is scheduled to air on July 21 at 10 p.m. ET. A longtime Freightliner Trucks customer, Quincy, Ill.-based Gully Transportation is a regional hauler with more than 225 vehicles in its fleet, of which more than 95 percent […]
July 20, 2011
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Eaton expands UltraShift Plus line
Eaton Corp. announced a number of expansions to its UltraShift Plus line of automated transmissions, including the addition of two new vocational platforms, additional application approvals within a multipurpose platform and a lower range of torque for its linehaul platform. The newly released UltraShift Plus vocational platforms include the Vocational Active Shifting and Vocational High […]
July 20, 2011
Business
Vipar Heavy Duty opens new CoMan Center in South Bend, Ind.
Global Parts Network, a subsidiary of Vipar Heavy Duty, has opened a new manufacturing center dedicated to the remanufacturing and distribution of truck brake shoes and related components in South Bend, Ind. The new 76,000-square-foot facility is the second Cooperative Manufacturing Center for GPN and more than doubles GPN’s overall production capacity. GPN’s first CoMan […]
July 20, 2011
Business
Kinedyne debuts line of Pro-Grade Tarp Ties
Kinedyne’s line of Pro-Grade Tarp Ties is designed to deliver added strength, durability and toughness regardless of workload, weather or environmental factors: • The Polar Natural Rubber Tarp Tie with the blue logo is designed to withstand frigid temperatures and severe winter weather conditions; • The Tiger EPDM Rubber Tarp Tie (synthetic) with the orange […]
July 20, 2011
Business
Prophesy announces version 4.2 of Prophesy Transport
Prophesy Transportation Solutions, a provider of trucking and logistics software solutions, has announced the release of version 4.2 of Prophesy Transport TMS software. The company says the new release features a number of enhancements and additions, including: • Microsoft Bing Maps integration with the Accellos Prophesy Mileage module for easier route planning; • Integration with […]
July 20, 2011
Business
Networkfleet launches mobile Website for smartphones
Networkfleet, a provider of wireless fleet management, announced the launch of a new mobile Website that provides anytime, anywhere access to GPS fleet tracking information. The mobile site http://networkfleet.mobi is designed to allow users to access Networkfleet’s online fleet management system via their mobile phones, including iPhones and Android devices. Networkfleet combines GPS fleet tracking […]
July 20, 2011
Business
FleetPride joins Commercial Vehicle Solutions Network
The Commercial Vehicle Solutions Network announced that FleetPride Inc. recently was approved as a new CVSN member. “FleetPride is a supporter of a strong independent channel and its critical role in serving the transportation industry,” says Lee Stockseth, Fleetpride’s chief operating officer. “Because CVSN is comprised of the premier aftermarket distributors and is committed to […]
July 20, 2011
Business
Fras-le hires two light vehicle sales managers
Fras-le North America Inc., a friction material manufacturer, announced the hiring of Kevin Judge and Cory Cheever to help boost the company’s North American light vehicle aftermarket business. Judge will serve as the Northville, Mich.-based company’s East Coast sales manager for the light vehicle aftermarket, while Cheever will be responsible for Fras-le’s West Coast aftermarket […]
July 20, 2011
Business
Marten Transport reports 20.1% increase in 2Q net income
Marten Transport on Tuesday, July 19, reported a 20.1 percent increase in net income to $6.2 million for the second quarter ended June 30 from $5.2 million for the second quarter of 2010. The second-quarter earnings also improved sequentially from 2011 first-quarter net income of $4.1 million. For the six-month period of 2011, net income […]
July 19, 2011
Business
Heartland Express says 2Q earnings up 35.3%
Heartland Express Inc. on Tuesday, July 19, said operating revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 increased 7.7 percent to $137.2 million from $127.4 million in the second quarter of 2010. Net income was $22.5 million compared to $16.7 million, a 35.3 percent increase. The company posted an operating ratio – operating expenses as […]
July 19, 2011
Business
Integrated Freight posts 2011 fiscal year net loss of $7.7M
Integrated Freight Corp. on Tuesday, July 19, announced revenues for the 2011 fiscal year ended March 31 increased 8.6 percent to $18.8 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, due to the increase in freight revenue in correlation to the improving U.S. economy, the application of fuel surcharges and rate increases by the […]
July 19, 2011
Business
Court tells Port of Long Beach to do more homework on ATA settlement
Environmental and labor groups last week won a round in court against the Port of Long Beach in regard to its 2009 settlement with the American Trucking Associations over the port’s Clean Trucks Program. The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club went to court over the port’s plan to cut out some provisions […]
July 19, 2011
Business
McLeod Software, Tuskegee University to research carrier pricing
McLeod Software announced a joint research project with the Brimmer College of Business and Information Science at Tuskegee University to analyze how costs and competition impact the overall pricing process for motor carriers. The project will analyze how carriers integrate their costs (fixed, variable, and mixed) and competition into the pricing equation to create value […]
July 19, 2011
Business
FMCSA touts crackdown on unsafe bus, truck companies
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday, July 19, announced that in the last two years, the Obama administration has issued as many imminent hazard orders placing unsafe bus and truck companies out of service as in the previous 10 years combined. DOT says the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has cracked down on unsafe […]
July 19, 2011
Business
ATA announces 2011 Management Conference & Exhibition highlights
The American Trucking Associations says its annual Management Conference & Exhibition, scheduled for Oct. 15-18 in Grapevine, Texas, will feature leading voices from the worlds of business and government. “Our industry faces numerous challenges – both political and economic – after the Great Recession,” says Bill Graves, ATA president and chief executive officer. “By coming […]
July 19, 2011
Business
Clean Truck Conference will give away 25 free fleet registrations
A clean truck consortium is launching what it describes as a counter-offensive to help fleets fight high fuel prices. At the 11th annual Hybrid Truck Users Forum National Conference Oct. 10-13 at the Baltimore Convention Center, a sweepstakes will offer to help 25 qualifying fleet professionals to attend HTUF free of charge. All attendees will […]
July 19, 2011
Business
115 FedEx drivers qualify for National Truck Driving Championships
FedEx Corp. announced that 115 drivers from 45 states will compete in the National Truck Driving Championships Aug. 9-13 in Orlando, Fla. Each FedEx driver earned the right to compete in the NTDC by qualifying at state-level truck driving championships. The American Trucking Associations sponsors the NTDC, which is designed to recognize industry leadership in […]
July 19, 2011
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