ATA Supports North American Commercial Vehicle Show
American Trucking Associations has agreed to be a supporter of the North American Commercial Vehicle Show, a new biennial truck show to be held in Atlanta later this year. “As the nation’s foremost trucking industry association, it only made sense for ATA to support our supplier community, many of whom have committed to this endeavor,” said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear.
SambaSafety buys Vigillo
PORTLAND, Ore. – SambaSafety has acquired Vigillo, a provider of real-time data for analyzing commercial driver and motor carrier safety performance. Vigillo is best known for its CSA monitoring platform, which allows carriers to gain detailed visibility into their safety…
Spot Truckload Freight Rates Level Off Following Gains, Declines
Spot truckload freight rates appear to have stabilized after flatbeds trended slightly higher the past few weeks while vans and reefers moved downward, according to new figures from the freight matching service provider DAT Solutions. This also happene…
International Truck Receives NJPA Contract
International Truck has been awarded a contract by the National Joint Powers Alliance that will offer new International Class 6, 7, and 8 chassis to more than 50,000 NJPA members in the U.S. and Canada. NJPA is a public agency that establishes alliance…
Kingtec Transport Refrigeration Systems
Truck-Lite Names Vice President of Sales
In addition to aftermarket sales, Cecco will oversee Truck-Lite’s customer service, pricing, and forecasting departments after the retirement of Bob Ives, former vice president of business development. Cecco was previously the vice president of operations at Truck-Lite, with over 13 years of experience with the company.
MELT is coming
Panelists answer what the industry can expect come July 1
Police charge man in crash that killed teen
A semi-truck driver was allegedly talking on his cellphone before a collision that caused a fiery, chain-reaction crash on Interstate-84 that killed a Beacon Falls teenager. Jasvir Singh, 31, of Indianapolis, also failed to brake before slamming his se…
Earnings Watch: XPO Logistics Reports Annual Profit of $69 Million
XPO Logistics Inc. on Tuesday announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2016 with both revealing it moved well into the black. For the fourth quarter of 2016, revenue increased 10% from the same time in 2015 to $3.68 billion.
PMTC to address marijuana, ELDs and sleep apnea at Calgary seminar
CALGARY, Alta. – The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) will be returning to Alberta this May to bring its regional seminar series again to Western Canada. Topic will include the ongoing analysis of marijuana in the workplace, as…