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Webb Wheel launches Technical Advice newsletter for fleets
The OEM Business Unit of Webb Wheel has launched a quarterly newsletter containing useful information about wheel end specifying and maintenance practices.  The one page newsletter will include useful unbiased technical advice for maintenance management, technicians, drivers and others who interface with wheel end components on their trucks and trailers. The inaugural issue published in […]
March 17, 2014
Business
Driver turnover falls at 2013’s end, still above 90%
For the eighth consecutive quarter, the turnover rate at large truckload fleets was above 90 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, though the rate did fall six percentage points to 91 percent, according to data released last week by the American Trucking Associations.
March 17, 2014
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Sentry Insurance to provide clients with DriveCam system
Lytx, Inc. (formerly DriveCam), a provider of driver safety and compliance systems, announced it has signed an agreement with Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance to provide Sentry’s transportation clients with the DriveCam powered by Lytx driver safety management system.
March 14, 2014
Business
Con-way uses technology, peer-based coaching to drive safety results
Con-way made a strategic decision to use its most safe and experienced drivers to coach other drivers using the data it receives through the on-board performance system and event recorder.
March 13, 2014
Business
Misclassification and contractor status: State, legal action on both sides of debate
The trucking industry and labor advocates around the country have squared off of late over what constitutes an independent contractor, and lawmakers and courts are taking steps to define whether owner-operators should be classified as employees. Here’s a roundup of some key misclassification action nationwide.
March 12, 2014
Business
Fleet execs outline top challenges to industry suppliers
Hours of service, the driver shortage and challenges with adopting new technology are major hurdles facing the industry, according to a panel of fleet executives at the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association’s 2014 Heavy Duty Dialogue conference in Nashville this week.
March 10, 2014
Business
Lite Check introduces tablet-based trailer diagnostic system at TMC
Lite Check’s new, tablet-based Verifier 1010 trailer diagnostic system has completed six months worth of field-testing with U.S. fleets and is now available for purchase. The company made that announcement at the TMC Show in Nashville, TN. Lite Check president Bob Blair noted that with the new Verifier 1010, he believed a fleet goal of […]
March 9, 2014
Business
Bendix to address reduced stopping distance regulations at TMC Spring Meeting
A member of the Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC (BSFB) leadership team will provide expertise on the federal Reduced Stopping Distance (RSD) mandate at the American Trucking Associations’ 2014 Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) Annual Meeting & Transportation Technology Exhibition. This year’s meeting is themed “Turning Experience into Practice” and takes place March 10-13, 2014, […]
March 7, 2014
Business
Meritor announces product enhancements, renames brake products
Meritor says it’s renaming and enhancing two braking products to help customers identify these products and improve their total cost of ownership, the company says. As part of a new naming structure, Meritor drum brakes that had been branded QPlus are now Q+; and air disc brakes are renamed from EX225 to EX+. Enhancements to […]
March 7, 2014
Business
Con-way Freight deploys suite of advanced safety technology
Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc., announced the full deployment of Drive Safe Systems, a suite of advanced on-board “monitor, sense and alert” technologies
March 6, 2014
Business
Schneider to deploy FleetRisk Advisors’ safety, retention models
FleetRisk Advisors, a strategic business unit of Omnitracs, LLC, announced that multi-national trucking company Schneider will deploy FleetRisk Advisors’ Driver Safety and Driver Retention models
March 6, 2014
Business
Meritor enhances “Bullpen” Customer Training and Support website
Meritor will launch its redesigned customer training and support website on March 10, 2014 to include improved registration, additional training, course monitoring tools and social media integration for dealers, fleets and garages. The Meritor BullPen (www.meritorbullpen.com) offers easy access to product information and training in one central location: · More than 1,000 documents including product […]
March 5, 2014
Business
Union, non-union truckers strike at Vancouver port over detention, rates
The driver’s union for the Port Metro Vancouver voted this weekend to join a non-union-organized strike at the Vancouver Port March 6 over excessive wait times and unfair rates, it says.
March 4, 2014
Business
Millis Transfer deploys SmartDrive across fleet
SmartDrive Systems, a provider of driving performance systems for reducing collisions and improving fuel efficiency, announced that Millis Transfer, Inc., a Wisconsin-based dry-van truckload carrier that offers regional and dedicated fleet services, has deployed SmartDrive’s video and data capture systems across its entire fleet of vehicles. The company is using the system to improve its […]
March 4, 2014
Business
Two strikes, you’re out: how to change driver behavior with critical event data
One way to safeguard against rear-end collisions and other major events is by using technology to identify high-risk behaviors in time to intervene and eliminate repeat offenses. Mobile fleet management systems can provide instant alerts for speeding and rapid deceleration or “hard braking” events, which are leading indicators for accidents.
February 27, 2014
Business
Truckers at Port of Vancouver strike due to wait times, other issues
Owner-operators serving the Port Metro Vancouver in Canada halted work Wednesday, Feb. 26, and many formed a blockade by parking their trucks, according to reports. Between 1,200 and 1,400 drivers took part in the strike.
February 27, 2014
Business
Con-way Freight installs Lytx’s DriveCam fleet-wide
Con-way Freight has rolled out Lytx’s DriveCam driver safety management program fleet-wide to more than 8,500 vehicles in support of the company’s focus on safety.
February 25, 2014
Business
Study: safety, health top concerns in transportation
GE Capital’s Transportation Finance recently commissioned a year-long study of social media usage in the trucking industry.
February 24, 2014
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