TA Brings Retreading to Truck Service Tire Network
TravelCenters of America LLC has purchased a retreading facility in Bowling Green, Ohio — a first for the company that two years ago launched a commercial tire network.
CFI Accelerates Fleet Modernization Plan By Upping Order for Kenworth T680s
CFI now plans to order 600 new Kenworth T680 over the road long-haul tractors, after revising its 2018 fleet purchase plan up from 500.
Ryder Orders 500 Chanje Electric Vans
Ryder System has ordered 500 Chanje Energy battery-electric panel vans and will add the medium-duty vehicles to its ChoiceLease truck leasing program, the company has announced.
Procision coverage expands
Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies is expanding the medium-duty coverage for its Procision seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission to include utility, construction, tanker, refuse and municipal trucks. The existing 35,000-lb. gros…
Nikola Starts Hiring Staff for Arizona R&D Center
Nikola Motor has started hiring for its Arizona Research & Development Center that is slated to open in November.
Maverick Transportation Offers Student Drivers a Pay Increase
Maverick Transportation has announced a pay raise for student truck drivers as well as a pay plan that takes experience into consideration.
Brazil shippers concerned about higher post-strike truck rates
The Temer administration’s deal to end the truckers’ strike included minimum freight rates that some shippers argue favored truckers too much. (Above: A container ship in Guanabara Bay, Brazil.) Photo credit: Shutterstock.com.
Slowly, Brazil…
‘Ranch Hand,’ trucker who inspired millions with a song, dies
Loses battle with cancer
Hamburg aims to boost tiny barge penetration of hinterland
Only a small percentage of Hamburg’s container traffic is transported to and from the hinterland via the network of inland waterways, something the German port wants to change. (Above: The Port of Hamburg.) Photo credit: Shutterstock.com.
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FTR schedules complimentary webinar
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — FTR is offering a complimentary webinar for the freight transportation industry, to discuss key issues in transportation. This webinar will look at the capacity issues plaguing the truck and rail modes and explore how likely…