COMPETITION WATCH: TransForce to convert methane gas into electricity
MONTREAL, Que. — TransForce’s environmental services division has formed a partnership with Quebec-based Terreau Biogaz to convert methane to electricity from its Granby and Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Que. landfill sites. The…
Hearing addresses negative effect of CSA program on small businesses
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — Industry groups weighed in on the effect that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) safety rating program will have on small businesses during a hearing held by the…
Peterbilt Model 579 production begins
DENTON, Texas — Producing is now underway for the Peterbilt Model 579, the company has announced. The 579, first launched during the Mid-America Trucking Show in March, features aerodynamic styling designed for superior fuel efficiency and an…
‘Driving the green revolution’
Exactly what is Cascade Sierra Solutions? It’s not as if the name really says anything about trucks, fuel or emissions. Yet that’s exactly what this nonprofit organization aims to do: help truckers, especially smaller fleets and owner-operators, sav…
Remanufacturing Saves Money, Cuts Waste and Pollution, Detroit Reman Says
“Why buy new when you can reuse something that still has value?” That’s the mantra at Detroit Reman, which has been remanufacturing engines and engine parts since 1966. And after touring its western plant at Tooele, Utah, one comes away wondering
Clever images entertain German motorists … or do they?
German graphic artists are at it again, vinyl-wrapping semitrailers with eye-boggling images of products on their way to market. But wait…
Drivers, Fleets Seek Healthier Lifestyles
When Jeff Clark’s company offered drivers the option of getting paid for unloading instead of hiring lumpers, he joined the Y to get his back in shape. He soon found it was more than his back that needed work.
Enfield man in hospital after tractor trailer overturned on highway on ramp
UPDATED: 2:30 p.m. – An 57-year-old Enfield man will remain at the Aberdeen Hospital with what are believed to be head and chest injuries after the tractor trailer he was driving flipped over while going up the on ramp from the Pictou higway.
Coeur D’Alene Woman Warns About Trucking School Program
COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho A Coeur D’Alene woman went for a career change, but what she says she got instead, was scammed.
TCP: Carriers Expect Small Increases in Driver Wages
Carriers anticipate driver wages to increase in the next 12 months, but only incrementally, according to results from Transport Capital Partners’ Second Quarter 2012 Business Expectations Survey.