Newer Trucks Serving Port of L.A. Contribute to Overall Emissions Decline
Following the implementation of programs at the Port of Los Angeles to reduce emissions from trucks, ships, trains and other equipment, a new report shows the facility has made big strides is cutting back on air pollution. The port’s newly released 201…
Class 4 to Grow 3 Percent In 2014
The Class 4 truck market now dominated by low-cab forward trucks used primarily for urban delivery and landscaping jobs should grow 3 percent in 2014 and reach about 12,000 new vehicles registered for commercial use, ACT Research told Work Truck magazi…
Trucker says GPS directed him onto a walking path in Milwaukee.
A semi-truck driver says a GPS error got him stuck near Milwaukee’s North Point Lighthouse in Lake Park Tuesday. The driver made it across one of the historic lion foot bridges before getting stuck at the second.
Choice Logistics Names James Adams for Newly Created COO Position
He will assume global responsibility for operations, services, and sales at the New York-based supply chain management firm. Adams will continue to report to CEO Michael Katz.
Fleet Risk Advisors Renamed Omnitracs Analytics, New VP Named
According to the company the new business name “more accurately describes the business unit’s core mission of developing a broad set of analytics offerings, clearly positioning the business as an essential component of Omnitracs’ enterprise-wide suite …
Passenger dies in hijacker ambush
A truck driver was shot and seriously wounded while his passenger was killed when armed men ambushed them near the M2 highway in Joburg early on Wednesday morning. Police said the trucker, 44, and his passenger, 36, were from Mozambique and on their wa…
ODFL Announces $200 Million Stock Buyback
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. announced on Monday its board of directors has approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the North Carolina-based trucking company to repurchase up to $200 million of its outstanding common stock over the next 24 mo…
Schneider owner-operator named Outstanding Trucker Buddy
Wayne Jordan, an independent owner-operator, has been named Outstanding Trucker Buddy following his nomination by Janice Jedlinski, a special education teacher at Abington Senior High School in Abington, Pennsylvania. “Within the Life Skills Program we…
Goodyear Opens Service Center in Greensboro, N.C.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber added a new Goodyear Commercial Tire and Service Center in the Greensboro area of North Carolina. The facility is located at 1301 Roosevelt Court in Whitsett, N.C., a suburb of Greensboro.
Los Angeles, Long Beach port truckers contemplating strike
Truck drivers carrying goods from the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports said they would resume their strikes at port terminals and truck facilities if their labor issues continue to go unanswered. Port truck drivers addressed the Los Angeles Board of Ha…