GreenRoad: Safety Improves by 24%
GreenRoad’s new Worldwide Fleet Driver Performance Benchmark Report shows that in 2011, the GreenRoad worldwide average safety score dropped to 22 versus 29, a 24% drop.
DOT Allows Use of UVA-Blocking Window Film
The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration now allows the use of compliant window films on big rigs to block UVA rays, which have been linked to skin cancer.
FTR: Preliminary Class 8 Orders for March 11% Below February
March Class 8 truck orders were 11% below February, according to FTR Associates’ preliminary data, and below the trucking forecasting firm’s expectations. One explanation could be higher fuel prices.
Power Freight Systems Becomes Javelin Logistics
Power Freight Systems, Newark, Calif., unveiled a new global corporate identity: Javelin Logistics.
Power Freight Systems Becomes Javelin Logistics
Power Freight Systems, Newark, Calif., unveiled a new global corporate identity: Javelin Logistics.
Three Oregon Ports of Entry to Switch to Phone-based Services
The Oregon Motor Carrier Transportation Division is closing its registration offices at three ports of entry and replacing over-the-counter services with phones and fax machines truck drivers can use for registration and over-dimension permit services.
LNG as a sales tool
Here’s a different twist on the question of whether you should go with natural gas: It could be a selling tool to your customers that are tired of the volatility of fuel price surcharges.
Polar Service Centers Opens Location in Killdeer, N.D.
Polar Service Centers has opened a location in Killdeer, N.D., the heart of the Bakken Shale oilfields and one of the fastest-growing oil-producing areas in the country.
Power Freight Systems Becomes Javelin Logistics
Power Freight Systems, Newark, Calif., unveiled a new global corporate identity: Javelin Logistics .
Penske Names Senior Vice President of Marketing
Penske Truck Leasing has named Sherry Sanger as senior vice president of marketing.