Online Retailers Averaged 1 Million Returns in December
UPS is expecting a record 1.4 million returns on Jan. 3 after averaging more than 1 million returns every day before Christmas in December.
Wabco Expands Africa Offerings
Wabco will expand its services and technological offerings for commercial vehicles in Africa after acquiring the remaining interest of its partnership with Sturrock and Robson Industries.
This year’s mammoth Christmas-tree haul to St. Peter’s Square, across the pond
Wonder how the mammoth 82-foot spruce that served as a Christmas tree this year on St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican got to its destination? This pictorial, from reps of the Belgian Faymonville trailer manufacturer, tells the story.
Solution Analyzes Applications and Prequalifies Truck Drivers
Conversion Interactive Agency and DriverFacts have partnered on a new solution to prequalify drivers for employment by pulling applicant’s data and connecting prospective employees with recruiters.
Using electric trucks for what today’s technology allows
Whether you like it or not, the biggest news in the industry this past month was the release of the Tesla Semi. In dramatic fashion, Tesla’s Elon Musk flaunted the electric truck, using comparisons to the traditional diesel powertrain in…
POLL: Where are your family’s roots — in the U.S. or outside it?
Do your roots in the United States reach back multiple generations or fewer? Share your experience/history in this poll.
Langley Named President of Dart Holding, Highway Sales, and Logistics
James Langley has been promoted to president of the Dart Holding Company, Highway Sales, and Logistics companies, according to a press release from Dart Network Chairman Donald Oren.
Ross and Shannon Parsons’ 2017 Peterbilt 389
The truck is equipped with a 550-hp Cummins ISX with an Eaton 18-speed. They have added a drop visor, 20-inch boxed end bumper with a recessed tag and all clear LED lights.
Lighting Bug system provides back-up for an inoperative headlight
Lighting Bug offers a way to avoid ever running with a headlight out by turning the “high-beam side on at the brightness of the low beam” when the low beam goes dark. It’s a fairly inexpensive piece of electronics, too, that’s simple to install.
Safety group urges MTO to install concrete barrier along ‘Carnage Alley’
Kathleen Reed should be planning her wedding. Instead, today, she is mourning the loss of her fiancé Gary Lent.