Tracy Morgan and Walmart Settle Accident Lawsuit
Walmart and Tracy Morgan have announced reaching a settlement over a lawsuit filed against Walmart for an accident last year involving a Walmart Truck and Morgan’s limousine. Walmart’s and Morgan’s legal representatives worked together to reach an agre…
U.S. Cross Border Freight Value Declines
Newly released figures show the value of freight moved between the U.S. and its North American Free Trade Agreement neighbors totaled $96.1 billion in March, a 5.3% decline from a year ago, but three out of five transportation modes carried more cross-…
TSI Group names new research and marketing consultant
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – TSI Group has hired Katherine Mouzenian as its new research and marketing consultant. Mouzenian joins the TSI team with several years of experience in marketing and communications. Prior to this position with TSI, she was the communications…
GE Capital, Canada teams up with Shell to help make trucking more green
MONTREAL, Que. – GE Capital, Canada announced today that it has signed a commercial agreement with Shell Canada products to facilitate the truck industry’s adoption in Canada of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Under the agreement, GE Capital and Shell will…
Southwick: That Southbridge Street bridge
That railroad bridge over Southbridge Street has made the headlines countless times over the years by snagging trucks with loads a few inches too high. It does seem that some system of flashing neon lights could be devised to warn truckers about its li…
New research explores potential for Driver-Assistive Truck Platooning
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Phase One Final Report of the Driver-Assistive Truck Platooning (DATP) initiative has been released by the research team recently. The research was funded by a grant from the US Department of Transportation’s Exploratory Advanced Research program…
Trailcon Leasing makes several new appointments
BRAMPTON, Ont.— After some steady growth, Trailcon Leasing Inc. has responded with several new appointments at its new Brampton, Ont. head office. The company’s president Alan Boughton announced that Mike Krell has been promoted to vice-president, sales and marketing. Krell…
Truck Platooning Report Shows Fuel Economy Gains
A report on the first phase of research into the possible benefits of truck platooning technologies showed that all trucks in a platoon gained fuel efficiencies, with the lead truck gaining as much as a 5 percent improvement while the trailing truck go…
Florida I-295 Fatality Raises Questions About Training
A trucker delivering precast sound-wall sections was crushed by one of the 15,000-lb concrete elements as he unloaded his transport truck at the jobsite. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration is investigating.
Goodyear Expands Sales and Service at 3 Retread Plants
Goodyear Commercial Tire & Service Center has opened sales and service departments at retread plants in three high-traffic areas in an effort to better service fleets. The expanded retread plants are located in Bremen, Ga., Vernon, Calif., and Waln…