Schneider enhances intermodal division with company-owned chassis network
GREEN BAY, Wisc. — Schneider announced recently that it has hit a major milestone. Th company has purchased its 15,000th intermodal container chassis in its conversion to a company-owned and -managed chassis fleet. Schneider said it anticipates that full network implementation should be complete in…
Navistar demonstrates SuperTruck, platooning
SuperTruck changes shape at highway speeds
2016 Top Fleet Employers Honoured
Top Fleet Employers program honours 39 industry workplaces. June 21, 2016 Ottawa (ON) – Thirty-nine of the best workplaces in Canada’s trucking industry have earned honours through the 3rd annual Top Fleet Employers program, Trucking HR Canada has announced. Fleets of every…
Cooper Tire offers new size for Roadmaster RM332 wide-based tire
FINDLAY, Ohio – Cooper Tire and Rubber Company is now offering a new size in its Roadmaster RM332 wide-based (WB) commercial tire line. Now available in 385/65R22.5 in load range L, the RM332 is a premium wide-based steer tire for…
Fleets continue to worry about driver shortage
TORONTO, Ont. – The slow-growing economy and sluggish freight volumes have provided carriers some short-term relief from the shortage of qualified drivers, but the issue still remains one of the industry’s top concerns and arose frequently during the Surface Transportation…
How technology is helping insurers defend truckers
TORONTO, Ont. – Implementing technologies such as electronic logging devices (ELDs) can help insurance companies defend trucking companies when an incident occurs. That was the message from Peter Aumonier, senior vice-president of Northbridge Insurance, when speaking at the Surface Transportation…
Small Trucking Firms Fear Being Driven Out of Business by Electronic Log Rule
A new regulation that will force U.S. trucking companies to electronically log employee hours is designed to limit accidents by keeping tired drivers off the road. A trucking industry survey earlier this year of mostly small operators found that 84 per…
Looming digital regulation has US truck industry scrambling
A new regulation that will force U.S. trucking companies to electronically log employee hours is designed to limit accidents by keeping tired drivers off the road. Two freight trucks are driven on the Fisher freeway in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. March 27,…
Aljex Integrates Truckstop.com Data Into TMS
Truckstop.com is a web-based load board and freight-matching service and it offers a menu of services designed to provide brokers and carriers with data to make informed decisions. Data from Truckstop.com now populates fields directly into Aljex to hel…
For-Hire Freight Slips Following Four Straight Monthly Gains
The amount of freight moved by the nation’s for-hire transportation industry fell in August after rising four straight months, according to new Transportation Department figures, and reflecting trends in the overall economy. The Freight Transportation Services Index declined 1.8% in August from July to a reading of 122.3. It remains less than 2% below the downwardly revised all-time high level of 124.5 hit this past July, first reported as 124.6. Monthly numbers for January through May were revised down slightly.