Cooper Tire Plant Recognized for Environmental Initiatives
The Cooper Tire plant in Tupelo, Miss., has earned the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s enHance Partnership Award for 2015. The award recognizes facilities for putting environmental initiatives in place beyond those that are required.
Economic Watch: Consumer Confidence, New Home Sales Improve
A measure of consumer confidence has increased following a sharp downturn, while new home sales rebounded strongly, according to reports released on Tuesday. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index increased in May to a reading of 95.4, up fro…
Diesel Moves Closer to $3, Sixth Straight Weekly Hike
The average U.S. cost of on-highway diesel continues moving closer to the $3 per gallon mark with it recording its sixth straight weekly increase, according to the U.S. Energy Department. It increased 1 cent from last week to $2.914 per gallon, its hig…
Lawmakers drafting bill to enforce stricter truck driving laws in wake of fatal accidents
Georgia lawmakers are looking to enforce stricter driving laws for truck drivers after 10 people died on Interstate 16 in the last month. The first accident happened in Bryan County and killed five Georgia Southern nursing students and five more people…
Highway Patch Bill Sent to President Obama
With a voice vote on Saturday, the U.S. Senate approved the two-month extension of the highway bill that was passed by the House of Representatives last Tuesday . The legislation, which will fund transportation projects only through July, now awaits th…
Bird Flu Affecting Trucking in Midwest
The avian flu viruses that have affected more than 33 million turkeys, chickens and ducks in more than a dozen states since December are taking their toll on the trucking companies that serve the poultry industry. In addition to birds that are dying fr…
PeopleNet acquires Cadec Global
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – PeopleNet, a Trimble Company, has announced today that it has acquired the assets of Cadec Global, a leader in technology for food service and private fleets. “This acquisition combines the best of both Cadec and PeopleNet,” said…
HELP KATHY HELP MAKE-A-WISH
Our own Kathy Penner, associate publisher, is raising money for Make-A-Wish by participating in the Rope for Hope campaign. This will see her rappel 30 storeys (gulp!!) down Toronto City Hall on June 12. You wouldn’t even get me to…
Competition heats up as the Healthy Fleet Challenge comes to an end
TORONTO, Ont. – There’s just one week left of the Healthy Fleet Challenge and the competition is heating up as participants are trying their best to get in all the steps they can before the May 31 deadline. The last…
MACK’S mDRIVE HD NOW READY FOR HEAVY-HAUL PRIME TIME
Mack has enjoyed great success with its mDrive automated manual transmission, standardizing it in the Pinnacle on-highway truck and enjoying about a 50% take rate on that product. Customers who have been asking for this product to be put into…