Polar Tank Names Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Randy Arlt is the new vice president of sales and marketing for Polar Tank Trailer, Polar Corp.’s’s tank trailer manufacturing business.
Semitrailer-turned-chapel available to truckers near Hudson
The Transport for Christ mobile chapel, a converted semitrailer truck near Hudson, allows truckers and others the opportunity to unload their personal burdens and receive spiritual assistance.
Italy: Fiat resumes output after strike
Fiat has resumed production on Monday morning, 30 January following the end of a strike by truck drivers on Friday, 27 January.
Truck News golf tourney teeing off June 5
TORONTO, Ont. — The seventh annual Truck News/Chevron charity golf tournament will held on June 5 at Wooden Sticks Golf Club in Uxbridge, Ont. [Full Story]
Fourth Quarter Real GDP Increase Best Since 2Q 2010
The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that real gross domestic product, the output of goods and services produced in the United States, increased at an annual rate of 2.8% in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Arkansas Best Reports Profits in Fourth Quarter, Full Year
Arkansas Best Corp. announced fourth quarter 2011 earnings of $0.05 per share, compared to a fourth quarter 2010 loss of $0.12 per share. For the entire year, Arkansas Best’s earnings were $0.23 per share versus a loss of $1.30 per share in 2010.
The Economy: It’s Downright "digital," Says Volvo’s N.A. Boss
Ron Huibers, Volvo Trucks new President of North America Sales and Marketing, says the North American truck market is so responsive to sudden upticks and downturns that is “almost digital.” Huibers made the observation to a group of journalists at a ro…
CEI Group Says Truck Fleets Missing Opportunities to Cut Accident Costs
Fleets may be missing opportunities to reduce the cost of accidents by millions of dollars, according to Luann Dunkerley, The CEI Group’s manager of business development for truck fleet services.
Greenspeed to Chase Speed Record for Petroleum Fueled Trucks Using Vegetable Oil
This August, Boise State University’s student club Greenspeed will use vegetable oil in hope of breaking the existing 215-mph world land speed record for all vehicles in the diesel truck classification, including those that burn traditional fuel.
Stability Control: Cheap Insurance
Some time soon, if we don’t already, we’ll have a rulemaking proposal that ultimately will put a stability-control system on every new tractor, and maybe retrofit such a system on all tank trailers too, old or new. I’m sold on both ideas.