Senate Committee Clears Highway Funding Measure
The Senate Finance Committee Tuesday evening passed a bill to provide funding for a two-year highway program.The measure is a $9.6 billion bundle of transfers and revenue offsets that no one on the committee particularly liked as a solution to the hi…
How to be more innovative
I’ve been surrounded by the concept of innovation lately. For the past few weeks, I’ve been selecting and interviewing our 2012 Truck Fleet Innovators for our March cover story – always fascinating. And last week, I enjoyed a thought-provoking sessio…
Trucker Maverick to Raise Driver Pay, Expand Fleet
Flatbed trucking company Maverick Transportation is raising truck driver pay as it purchases new trucks and expands capacity to meet growing freight demand.
Driver in fatal Ontario crash failed to stop, police say
Ten migrant workers and a truck driver were killed and three people injured in a “horrific” two-vehicle crash near Stratford, Ont., Monday, February 6, 2012.
FleetPride Opens Regional Distribution Center in Bolingbrook, Ill.
FleetPride Inc. opened a 122,000-square-foot regional distribution center in Bolingbrook, Ill.
Truckers to the rescue
This photo was taken from the dashboard of the second deputy, who arrived minutes before the suspect’s car was run off the road.
Old World Industries Sells Chemical Business to Indorama Ventures PCL
Old World Industries is selling its chemical business, including the ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol manufacturing facility in Clear Lake, Texas, to Indorama Ventures PCL of Bangkok, Thailand.
Maersk to Sell Direct ChassisLink
Maersk Inc. announced an agreement to sell its subsidiary Maersk Equipment Services Company, doing business as Direct ChassisLink Inc., to Littlejohn & Co., a private investment firm.
TravelCenters of America Adds DEF Dispensers at More Than 60 Locations
TravelCenters of America completed the installation of bulk diesel exhaust fluid dispensers at 62 of its TA and Petro Stopping Center locations.
Lost and found: Father, son to reunite
Courtesy photo This is a photo of Mike Meekins taken by his father, Ray Watychowisc, just before divorce split his family.