#MATS: Utility introduces new double deck loading system
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The driver shortage and slim profit margins have fleets looking to place more freight on trailers. Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company is responding with a new optional double deck loading system for dry van…
#MATS: Meritor launches new 6×2 tandem axles, improved support programs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Meritor has introduced a new FUELite 6×2 tandem axle, which the company says will reduce weight and save fuel to the tune of 2%.
#MATS: Paccar’s truck, engine businesses eye growth in 2012
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Paccar announced at the Mid-America Trucking Show that it has deployed more than 20,000 trucks with its own MX engines, with a current backlog of another 6,000 units in the pipeline.
Billy Basenberg gets – Back on the Road’ as Arrow Truck Sales’ 2012 winner
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – It’s been called “the power of the human spirit,” “people helping people” and a leg up for “the real Americans – truck drivers.” “It” is Arrow Truck Sales’ Back on the Road program, which today announced Billy Basenberg of near Jasper…
Hanover-area woman vanishes after minor car accident
No one knows what caused Debra Zettel to have a minor car crash and go off the road between Hanover and Neustadt around 3 a.m. on Thursday.
Trucker’s sentence for assaults reduced on appeal
A truck driver convicted of assault and sexual assault has had his sentence reduced by the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal.
TWNA Presents Rolf Lockwood With Lifetime Achievement Award
Rolf Lockwood, vice president of editorial at Newcom Business Media and the founding editor of its flagship publication, Today’s Trucking, last night received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Truck Writers of North America .
Pilot Flying J Acquires Travel Plaza in Alexandria, Minn.
Pilot Flying J acquired a travel plaza in Alexandria, Minn., at 3181 Evergreen Lane off Interstate 94 at Exit 100. It will remain open during remodeling, which is expected to be complete in July 2012.
COMPETITION WATCH: Bison expands B.C. presence with terminal purchase
WINNIPEG, Man. — Bison Transport has acquired a “turn-key” trucking terminal in Langley, B.C., the company announced. The centrally-located 20,310-sq. ft. facility is located on 6.15 acres in the northwest Langley industrial area…
Turnpike might reopen trucker shower facilities
BECKLEY, W.Va. – The West Virginia Turnpike’s governing board could consider reopening showers for truckers at the Beckley plaza.