CARB Issues First Fine Under 2004 TRU Regs
The San Bernardino County Superior Court has fined Foster Enterprises, an Ontario-based refrigerated transportation and cold storage business, $300,000 after a California Air Resources Board investigation revealed that the company failed to upgrade …
Selecting the Right Trailers for your Fleet: Part One
Seems like an easy decision. Choose a trailer and go. But before adding just one or several hundred trailers, a fleet manager needs to determine what’s right for the application. Considerations include space and weight capacities, laws and regulatio…
Stressed trucker sets himself on fire
A trucker set himself on fire near an apartment in Chon Buri’s Pattaya early Tuesday morning, and police suspect the man was stressed out because he was unable to pay vehicle accident compensation.
Lake County: Truckers won’t risk snowy roads
Dozens of truck drivers filled up the rest stops along Interstate 90 Monday evening, as lake effect snow blanketed roadways.
Only way to really judge a truck nowadays is to take a real good look inside the cab.
The aerodynamic styling of Class 8s that’s now almost unremarkable arrived out of the blue back in 1985 with the While demand for fuel-sipping trucks has not abated in 20 years, now OEMs, along with meeting other changing demands, must also do all they…
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Coal truck drivers at the Justice No. 8 and No. 9 underground mines, located on KY 2425 in Catrons Creek, began a strike on Monday after they claimed owners refused to pay them their wages.
Shippers Conditions Index Drops, Pointing to 2013 Environmen…
In what FTR Associates is calling a “precursor to a more challenging environment for shippers in 2013”, FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index fell marginally in November to -5.3. Pending U.S. truck safety regulations, plus slow economic and freight growth, c…
Canadian transportation sector to stay strong in 2013: CIBC report
MONTREAL, Que. — Canada’s railway, airline and trucking sector earnings should stay strong this year despite forecasts of modest economic growth on both sides of the Canada-US border, according to a report from the Canadian Press.
Kee Human Resources buys J&L Personnel
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Kee Human Resources has purchased J&L Personnel. The purchase, which took effect late fall, has added more than 100 associates to the Kee group.
Shipper conditions fall marginally in November: FTR Associates report
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Shipper conditions fell marginally in November from October to a reading of -5.3, according to the latest results from FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI). FTR officials say the decline is a…