Updated: 6/10/2011 10:45:00 AM Will Expand Output at Ore., N.C., and Mexico Plants Daimler Trucks North America said Thursday it plans to sharply increase production and hire about 1,400 new workers at three truck plants,… Read More »Daimler to Boost North American Truck Production, Hire 1,400 Workers
By Truckinginfo Staff Commuters in the Toronto area had to endure a four-hour, mid-day closure of the westbound Queen Elizabeth Highway after an SUV driver made a panic stop in the center lane of the… Read More »Toronto Traffic Fowled by Four-truck Pile Up
Updated: 6/9/2011 8:40:00 AM Initial jobless rose by 1,000 to 427,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists had forecast the rate to drop to 419,000, Bloomberg reported. The four-week moving average, a less… Read More »Initial Jobless Claims Increase By 1,000
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 19-11 Thursday, June 9, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel.:(202) 366-9999 or or (202) 306-4580 FMCSA Declares JCT Motor… Read More »FMCSA Declares JCT Motor Coach, Inc. an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety and Orders the Bus Company to Immediately Cease All Operations
Old Dominion Freight Line opened a new container drayage site to serve all ports and container yards in the Mobile, Alabama, area. The new site, the second opened this year, will offer pick-up and delivery… Read More »Old Dominion Opens New Container Drayage Facility in Alabama
Updated: 6/8/2011 4:30:00 PM American Trucking Associations and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association have together written to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asking the agency to begin researching how standards for crashworthiness for heavy… Read More »ATA, OOIDA Call on NHTSA to Examine Truck Crashworthiness Standards
By Tom Nunlist, Associate Editor “Managing fuel is really a proxy for how well you manage your overall business,” said Vin McLoughlin, chairman of Cardinal Logistics. “But it’s not that easy.” Numerous factors affect a… Read More »Cardinal Logistics Looks Under Every Rock for Fuel Economy
Updated: 6/6/2011 2:15:00 PM SkyBitz said its GLS trailer tracking system has been selected by regional dedicated carrier Brown Trucking to enhance the truckload carrier’s asset management. SkyBitz said in a statement that improved utilization… Read More »Brown Trucking to Use SkyBitz
As we report in the June 2011 issue of Heavy Duty Trucking, there are a large number of suppliers of idle-reduction systems. We have listed as many as we are aware of for your convenience.… Read More »No-Idle Systems
Updated: 6/6/2011 3:00:00 PM UPS Inc. said Monday it has significantly expanded the capacity of its express air network throughout the Central and South America. The company said it boosted its cargo capacity by more… Read More »UPS Boosting Latin American Air Network
Con-way will be making a $100,000 charitable contribution to support disaster relief efforts in Joplin, Missouri, which was devastated by one of the most powerful tornados in recorded U.S. history. Joplin is the headquarters of… Read More »Con-way to Contribute $100,000 to Joplin Disaster Relief Efforts
Updated: 6/3/2011 8:00:00 AM By David FrentzelVice President of Global Contract Logistics APL Logistics This Opinion piece appears in the May 30 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Because transportation costs… Read More »Opinion: Think Inside the Box