Spot Truckload Freight Rates Heat Up Despite Less Freight
Spot truckload freight rates posted impressive gains the first week of this month despite a small but typical decline compared to the week before, according to DAT Solutions and its network of load boards, as shippers rushed to move cargo before closin…
Inside the Numbers Ep 5 | New Truck Purchases
We go inside the numbers to find out if more fleets are thinking about buying new in 2017.
Forward Air Acquisition to Expand Intermodal Footprint
Yet another indicator of the upswing in trucking mergers and acquisitions is word that Forward Air Corporation has announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Central States Trucking Co., will buy substantially all of the assets of Atlantic Trucking Co., a Charleston, S.C.-based privately held provider of intermodal and drayage services. The purchase is consistent with Greeneville, TN-based Forward Air’s strategy over the past several years to expand its intermodal holdings via acquisition.
Volvo Trucks to Launch New Regional VNR Model
Volvo says its new VNR model, to be launched later this month, is indicative of the company’s design philsophy today. Saying it will “change antiquated perceptions of what trucks should look like,” Volvo Trucks North America will launch its new VNR Regional Haul truck at the ExpoCam show in Montreal later this month, with new streamlined experior styling and features such as a steering wheel that tilts like a car’s.
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Analysts agree Gorsuch will have great impact on court
When questioned extensively about his views on the critical Heller case, Gorsuch never wavered. “Our country is counting on your to be wise, impartial and fair”.
CTA provides media toolkit to protect flatdeck drivers
OTTAWA, Ont. – The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has created a multimedia toolkit designed to help prevent driver injuries at workplaces and shipper facilities. The media toolkit includes whiteboard animation videos and digital infographics in English and French, aimed at…
Volvo to debut new regional haul truck at ExpoCam
MONTREAL, Que. – Volvo Trucks North America will debut a new VNR regional haul model at ExpoCam next week. The truck maker has provided a glimpse of the new truck through two preview videos. “The VNR is wholly reimagined inside…
Eyes of the highways: Raising a ‘trucker army’ for trafficking fight
There was a time when truck driver Kevin Kimmel knew little about the scourge of human trafficking. That all changed when he pulled into a gas station in New Kent County, Virginia, on the morning of January 6, 2015.