Weathering economic volatility
Fleets big and small face the same challenges
Eberspaecher CCS North America names new president
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Eberspaecher Climate Control Systems North America has named Brian Covello as its new president. According to the company, Covello is a proven business leader with a lot of experience in building manufactuing companies, delivering product solutions and driving sales…
Canada’s recession is over, stronger growth ahead, Surface Transportation Summit delegates hear
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Canada’s recession is already over and its economy should grow through the rest of the year and into 2016. That was the assessment of Carlos Gomes, senior economist with Scotiabank, when speaking today at the Surface Transportation…
Mack Celebrates In-House Assembly of Drive Axles
Before an enthusiastic standing-room-only crowd, largely composed of hundreds of assembly line workers, Mack Trucks executives on Oct. 13 officially ushered in the new axle production line installed at the OEM’s Hagerstown, Md., powertrain assembly pla…
Mack brings axle production to Hagerstown powertrain plant
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Mack Trucks has completed a long-term goal of consolidating all powertrain production at its Hagerstown, Md. plant. Drive axle production has been brought to the plant, which also produces Mack engines, its manual and automated transmissions and…
Tow Truck: Car Transporter 3D
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Driver Turnover Hits 87% at Large Truckload Carriers
Driver turnover at large truckload fleets rose to an annualized rate of 87% in the second quarter of 2015 according to Bob Costello, chief economist of American Trucking Associations. Despite a rise of three percentage points over the first quarter, th…
Registration for webcast presentation of Canada Logistics Conference 2015 now open
TORONTO, Ont.– CITT has opened registration for the webcast presentation of the Canada Logistics Conference 2015. “Canada Logistics Conference is open for everyone in the specialized sector and for the hundreds of thousands of people who work in supply chain…
Ryder is Latest to Revise Earnings Outlook
The fleet management, dedicated transportation, and supply chain solutions provider expects third quarter 2015 earnings per dilutive share to be in a range of $1.72 to $1.74, down from its previous projection of $1.82 to $1.87, and compared to $1.63 a …
Truckers should hold the first presidential primary, here’s why
If you’ve ever eaten at the counter of a truck stop diner you’re going to think I’ve lost my mind, but: I say truckers are a much better sample of America than voters in Iowa or New Hampshire, and a big-rig ballot would produce a much better nominee th…