Qualcomm’s new Trip Manager is now commercially available, designed to meet the unique needs of private and dedicated fleets that primarily operate multi-stop scheduled or regular routes. The Trip Manager application is integrated with Qualcomm’s… Read More »Qualcomm Trip Manager Now Available
UPDATED: 8/19/2011 10:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Ceva Logistics, the Netherlands-based logistics operator, said its second-quarter results improved over 2010. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization rose… Read More »Ceva 2Q Earnings Jump
By Jim Park, Equipment Editor When Navistar execs turned the key on one of the first MaxxForce 15 engines at the 2009 Mid-America Trucking Show, there were more than a few doubting Thomases in the… Read More »Test Drive: MaxxForce 15 for the Big Hills
UPDATED: 8/19/2011 10:40:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Old Dominion Freight Line said it has broken ground on an expansion of its regional hub in Indianapolis that will cost… Read More »Old Dominion Starts Indiana Expansion Project
On-board climate control may become a necessity if 5-minute idle timers take hold. Photo by Jim Park “On the Road” blog by Jim Park, Equipment Editor Hard-wired five-minute idle timers will probably begin appearing on… Read More »Save the Planet, Save Money Too
UPDATED: 8/19/2011 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Truckload hauler Gordon Trucking said it has acquired Buske Lines, Edwardsville, Ill. The Pacific, Wash.-based buyer did not disclose a purchase… Read More »Gordon Trucking Acquires Buske Lines
By Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief In 1932, the Brown family started National Hauling with one truck. Today the New Jersey-based company, rebranded as NFI, offers regional truckload, drayage, intermodal (including refrigerated containers), dedicated fleets,… Read More »The Changing Supply Chain: It Takes More Than Trucks
UPDATED: 8/18/2011 10:45:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Existing home sales declined 3.5% in July the lowest level since November, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. The drop… Read More »Existing Home Sales Fall 3.5% in July
By Jim Angel, Safety Security and Compliance Product Manager, PeopleNet Part one of a two-part series. The phrase “generation gap” has evolved from its 1960s origin to describing the differences between Baby Boomers, Generation X… Read More »Managing Generation Gaps for Recruiting and Retaining Drivers
UPDATED: 8/17/2011 11:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Seven terminal operators at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging the… Read More »L.A., Long Beach Ports Settle Emissions Lawsuit
Commentary by Evan Lockridge, Contributing Editor UPDATED — It seems these days the only thing Congress can agree on is that they disagree on most everything. Now that the debt ceiling crisis has passed, the… Read More »Abolish the federal fuel tax?
Updated: 8/16/2011 10:15:00 AM Industrial production jumped 0.9% in July, the largest gain this year, as automobile manufacturing surged, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday. The measure of output from factories, mines and utilities followed a… Read More »Industrial Production Jumps 0.9% in July