Trucking rap sheet: Trucking co. owners indicted for evading OOS order, bribery scheme, more
Utah trucking company owners were indicted for allegedly evading an out-of-service order, Virginia trucking company owners were indicted for a bribery scheme with Virginia DOT employees and a former FMCSA employee was convicted of bank fraud.
USA Truck Appoints Maintenance VP
USA Truck announced that Jeff Harris will be the company’s new VP of maintenance. Harris will oversee maintenance at all the company’s facilities.
POLL: Do hours rules/company pressures ever lead you to feel forced to drive tired?
Given the peculiarities of the hours rule, the incoming ELD mandate and difficulty balancing the business necessities of safety and on-time deliveries, how often do you feel forced to run when you otherwise might be resting?
Eberspaecher to Exhibit Aftertreatment Systems at NACV
Eberspaecher will be exhibiting the 1Box and 1Line exhaust systems, and Hydronic S3 and Airtronic D2 heaters at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta.
Russia’s Comtrans Show Reflects Improving Truck Market
Russia’s Comtrans, the largest truck and transportation exhibition in Europe this year, showed nearly everything offered on the Russian market for five days earlier this month in Moscow.
Ep 7 | 2017 Fleet Renewal Plans
How long are fleets keeping their existing heavy-duty vehicles? Lou Smyrlis goes inside the numbers to find out.
Hurricanes threaten US-wide impact on freight capacity
As far as meteorologists are concerned, hurricanes Harvey and Irma are history. From an economic standpoint, however, and especially from the viewpoint of US shippers, the ongoing storm is unfolding now. Combined damage from the storms is pegged …
Link Manufacturing CEO to retire
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa – Long-time Link Manufacturing president and CEO Denny Michels has announced his retirement. He will be replaced by Jim Hus, the company announced. Michels is concluding a 30-year career at Link. Huls is currently executive vice-president and…
U.S. trucking conditions improving
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – U.S. trucking conditions remained positive in July as capacity tightened, according to the latest FTR Trucking Conditions Index. Spot rates rose and the impact of an impending electronic logging device (ELD) mandate is beginning to be felt.…
Spot market tightens, with rates moving accordingly on several lanes for vans, reefers
Capacity has been tight on the spot market. Nationally, there are more loads available than there were before Hurricane Harvey, and recovery efforts after Irma have led to soaring van rates on lanes heading into Florida. More snapshots on hot and cold …