Love’s Truck Tire Care Joins Michelin Commercial Service Network
Love’s Truck Tire Care will now offer industry-leading service to trucking fleets as part of the Michelin Commercial Service Network. Love’s is also offering select Michelin Retread Technologies tread designs at its more than 100 U.S. tire care cente…
Expect Major Delays through Snoqualmie Pass All This Week
Drivers will face delays of two hours or more on Snoqualmie Pass all this week. Crews will be closing one lane of eastbound Interstate 90 for six days straight as they prepare to open a brand new section of highway.
Jim Pines Steps Down as Executive Vice President at Great Dane
Great Dane Trailers has announced that Jim Pines will step down from his role as executive vice president of sales and operations at the end of 2011 in order to devote his full attention to personal and family business concerns.
Investor Carl Icahn Buys Stake in Navistar Following Recent Grab of Oshkosh Stock
Wallstreeters are wondering if billionaire investor, Carl Icahn, has set his sights on an amalgamation between Navistar and Oshkosh. Icahn, has a history of buying positions in companies he considers to be underperforming and then pushing for change.
Demand Revs Up for Experienced Truckers
Adam King spent months hunting for a job before landing at Witte Truck Driving School this fall.
International showcases upgraded ProStar+, TranStar at ATA
DALLAS, Texas — Navistar showcased an International ProStar+ and TranStar at the American Trucking Associations’ convention, highlighting a variety of new driver-friendly options. [Full Story]
Dana wins award for lightweight aluminum driveshaft
DALLAS, Texas — Dana has received a Frost & Sullivan technical innovation award for its Spicer Diamond Series Driveshaft, which uses a unique welding process to join an aluminum tube to steel u-joints, reducing weight by up to 100 lbs, the… [Ful…
TCA Unveils Issues Update Site
The Truckload Carriers Association conducted several business meetings in conjunction with the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas, over the weekend. One of the most popular …
Freight Shipments Up 0.4% in August: BTS
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 0.4% in August from July, reaching the highest level since July 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Freight Transpo…
The economy, hours of service and finding drivers top concerns for US carriers
GRAPEVINE, Texas — They’re likely sick of having to worry about it, but for the third year in a row trucking executives in the US can’t seem to get the state of the economy out of their minds. [Full Story]