The off-season
Transplace Acquires Torus Freight Systems
Transplace, a provider of transportation management services and logistics technology, announced it has acquired Torus Freight Systems, a Canadian-based logistics services company focused on Canadian cross-border and intra-Canada freight.
New Volvo Trucks Chief Plans to Take on Vocational Market
Expect Volvo Trucks in North America to work on making inroads into the vocational market as well as enhancing ways to benefit customers as long as they own the truck, under Goran Nyberg, the company’s new president of North American Sales & Mar…
Russian Trucker Hits Language Barrier
A Utah truck driver has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against FedEx and long-haul contractor GNB Trucking Co., for allegedly firing him due to his Russian accent.
CARB Deadlines Looms For Trucks and Buses
The California Air Resources Board is reminding truck and bus owners to check now to see if their vehicle fleets are among those that will have new rules to follow as of Jan. 1, 2013.As the new year begins, heavy-duty trucks and buses (more than 26,…
Boyd Bros. Acquires Mid Seven Transportation
Boyd Bros. Transportation recently acquired Mid Seven Transportation in Des Moines, Iowa.
Trucking and the ‘jobless recovery’
Crash near Daleville leaves trucker shaken
Linda Wellborn, a 26-year veteran of the American road, doesn’t know if she can climb back into the cab of a tractor-trailer. She will, she says, but only to overcome the fear she experienced Tuesday morning, when she crashed a red Peterbilt on U.S. 11…
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Port strike affects truck drivers
The labor dispute between clerical port workers and managers might seem far away in Los Angeles.