TTC’s Spring Golf Tournament
Class B is new ‘A’ in tight LA-LB warehousing market
With industrial vacancy rates in Los Angeles-Long Beach close to 1 percent for the past two years, and rents increasing by 12 percent a year, e-commerce fulfillment, light assembly, and specialty retail importers in Southern California are payi…
Ford to Resume Truck Production
Ford Motor Co. will resume production of its F-150 in Michigan on Friday and Super Duty trucks in Kentucky on Monday, following a week of downtime that resulted from a fire at the factory of parts supplier Meridian Magnesium Products of America in Eato…
How Trucking Fleets Are Dealing With a Hot Flatbed Sector
With a steadily improving economy and sectors such as manufacturing and construction going strong, many trucking companies are finding they have more freight than they have trucks to haul – but nowhere is that more true than in the flatbed sector.
International Launches UpNext Industry Discussion Forum
International Truck says it’s creating an industry forum for the trucking industry, called UpNext, to discuss emerging trends and topics that are driving industry change.
Can Shorter Truck Lifecycles Save Fleets Money?
A recent whitepaper from Fleet Advantage suggests that getting rid of trucks before they need more maintenance is a good way to save fleets money.
The classic trucks of retired small fleet owner Junior Elmore of Wyoming
Diamonds in the rough captured by trucker/photographer Don Christner, who here begins a series in which he’s telling the stories of several classics in the Cheyenne, Wyo., yard of former small fleet operator Junior Elmore.
XL extension for turbine blades
XL Specialized Trailers’ new BladeMate Flip Extension adds 27 feet to the rear of trailers designed to haul wind turbine blades. When a trailer is empty, drivers can flip up the extension, retract the trailer, and be left with a…
PrePass adds bypass service at 12 new sites in eight states
In addition to the new sites, weigh-in-motion scales are now operating on I-55 Southbound in Bloomsdale, Mo., and on I-40 Eastbound in Gallup, N.M.
More than 500 truckers participate in annual Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Convoy
Keith Wagner, a 38-year trucking veteran, led the convoy after raising the most money out of all participating drivers – $22,000. The convoy was about more than money for Wagner, however.