Container trucking companies still underpaying drivers, audit finds
VANCOUVER, B.C. — B.C.’s Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone says six recently conducted audits of container trucking companies has found all six are failing to live up to their trucker compensation requirements under the Container Trucking Act. “The office…
Peterbilt shows off vocational trucks at customer event
DENTON, Texas — Peterbilt recently invited customers to its Denton, Texas truck plant for a closer look at its vocational truck line-up. The three-day event, called Commitment to Class, also included a tour of the assembly plant and test drives…
Trailer innovations celebrated by Great Dane
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Great Dane hosted more than 250 supplier and company representatives at its first ever Supplier Summit and Innovation Challenge in Savannah, Ga. this week. The forum was developed to celebrate past successes while setting the stage for…
Operational Costs Rise Despite Falling Fuel Prices
Rising equipment costs and driver wages led to an increase in operational costs in 2014, according to a comprehensive report from the American Transportation Research Institute. ATRI’s report, An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking, found tha…
Economist Shares Positive Outlook at ACT Research Seminar
COLUMBUS, IN At least one economist is feeling good about the U.S. economy. Speaking at the 53rd ACT Research seminar Tuesday, Augustine Faucher, senior economist for PNC Financial Services Group, told the audience that the market “continues to look go…
USPS Purchasing 9,000+ Ram ProMaster Cargo Vans
The U.S. Postal Service is purchasing 9,113 Ram ProMaster 2500 cargo vans for daily mail delivery, FCA US has announced. A gasoline-fueled 3.6L Pentastar V-6 powers the 2016 ProMaster vans, producing 280 hp and 260 lb.-ft.
Is Becoming A Freight Broker The Most Sensible Career Change For Truckers?
Here at Bryant Surety Bonds, we have been in contact with a good number of truck drivers who work with us to get their freight broker bond, as they are either switching to brokering freight, or complementing their business with it. This is why we decid…
Plans for Florida’s Only LNG Plant Scrapped
Plans to develop the only liquefied natural gas plant in Florida are being scrapped as a result of increased domestic LNG production, reports Bloomberg . Port Dolphin Energy LLC is canceling development of its 1,200 million cubic feet a day port in Man…
2015 International Roadcheck results revealed
GREENBELT, Md. – The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has released the 2015 International Roadcheck results today and found that out-of-service rates for Level I Inspections were at the lowest on record. According to the CVSA, of the 69,472 total inspections…
Volvo Group puts solar canopy in Hagerstown facility parking lot
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Volvo Group North America revealed today that its Hagerstown powertrain manufacturing facility dedicated a new parking lot solar canopy structure that generates clean, renewable electricity, while keeping vehicles protected from the weather. The company said that it…