Brake Safety Week Results Show Improvement in Brake Adjustment Rates, Increased Overall OOS Rates
Enforcement data gathered from across the continent during Operation Air Brake’s Brake Safety Week reveals the number of out-of-service defects for both brake adjustment and brake components are down slightly, while the overall OOS rate for brakes rose.
Aerofficient opens Canadian subsidiary; lands major Canadian fleet
WINDSOR, Ont. — New trailer side skirt manufacturer Aerofficient has announced it is opening a Canadian subsidiary in Windsor. The company has also landed a major Canadian customer. [Full Story]
Freight Sustainability Summit Kicks Off Today in Washington
The U.S. Freight Sustainability Summit: Growing the Economy, Protecting the Environment and Improving Energy Efficiency” begins today and continues Friday at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington D.C.
Freight Sustainability Summit Kicks Off Today in Washington
The U.S. Freight Sustainability Summit: Growing the Economy, Protecting the Environment and Improving Energy Efficiency” begins today and continues Friday at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington D.C.
Oil Tops $100 for First Time Since July
Oil prices hit $100 per barrel for the first time in nearly four months Wednesday as U.S. supplies dropped, and a pipeline deal promised to cut them further.
Freight Sustainability Summit Kicks Off Today in Washington
The U.S. Freight Sustainability Summit: Growing the Economy, Protecting the Environment and Improving Energy Efficiency” begins today and continues Friday at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington D.C. The Diesel Techno…
Maryland Trucking Company Declared Imminent Hazard to the Public, Shut Down — Again
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered Maryland-based Gunthers Transport, LLC shut down after a lengthy investigation found it to be an imminent hazard to public safety. Company owner, Mark David Gunther, was convicted on similar…
Maryland Trucking Company Declared Imminent Hazard to the Public, Shut Down — Again
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered Maryland-based Gunthers Transport, LLC shut down after a lengthy investigation found it to be an imminent hazard to public safety. Company owner, Mark David Gunther, was convicted on similar…
Cutting-Edge Customer Service
When a customer calls Southeastern Freight Lines, he doesn’t hear, “press one for sales, press two for maintenance, press zero for a company directory.”
Trucker fatally crushed under his rig on C-470 this afternoon
A 46-year-old truck driver from New Mexico died in Jefferson County this afternoon when he was crushed by his semi-trailer, apparently as he worked on its shocks.