Earnings Watch: ArcBest Loss Grows, P.A.M. Transportation Profit Slips
The parent company to less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight and others saw its first quarter losses grow despite healthy shipment growth and improved pricing, while a truckload carrier saw lower profits but beat expectations.
Kenworth to put Everyday Heroes Truck up for auction
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Kenworth announced today that it will be auctioning its T680 Everyday Heroes Truck at the Ritchie Bros. auction in Phoenix on June 20. The special Kenworth T680 has a retail value of $157,000, and features a 76-inch sleeper,…
Cummins Guidanz App Helps Improve Uptime
Cummins has released the Guidanz mobile app, allowing users to read prioritized engine fault codes and other key engine information from a vehicle.
Inside U.S. Xpress’ Award-Winning Leadership Development Programs
We may hear a lot about the driver shortage and even the technician shortage, but increasingly trucking is facing a shortage of talented leadership as well. U.S. Xpress has been taking steps to combat that. HDT’s Deborah Lockridge talked to company leaders about their efforts.
BYD Introduces Class 8 Battery-Electric Refuse Truck
BYD’s new Class 8 battery-electric refuse truck represents the first heavy-duty refuse truck designed and built by an original equipment manufacturer and is 100% battery electric.
Earnings Watch: YRC Worldwide 1st Quarter Loss Doubles
Financial losses for YRC Worldwide Inc., parent to both national and regional less-than-truckload carriers, more than doubled in the first quarter of the year despite a small upturn in revenue.
TRALA Outlines Steps to Prevent Truck Ramming Terrorism
The Truck Renting and Leasing Association has created a new brochure outlining ways that rental truck company employees can help prevent truck-related terror attacks.
Seeing Safe Driving and Self-Driving as Going Hand in Hand
An engineering expert contends that contends that autonomous driving and vehicle safety advances shouldn’t be viewed in isolation.
Fleet Sentiment Report: Things Are Good, Not Great
The outlook of fleets in the second quarter of 2017 was generally positive, but it was not much better than in the early part of the year, according to a survey by CK Commercial Vehicle Research.
Kenworth Offers OnGuardActive on T680, T880
The Meritor Wabco OnGuardActive radar-based safety system is now available as an option on Kenworth T680 and T880 models.