JOC Ranks Roadrunner Fastest-Growing LTL
Roadrunner Transportation was the fastest growing-company among the top 25 less-than-truckload carriers last year, according to the Journal of Commerce.
Class 3 Registrations Lead Improved January Numbers
New commercial vehicle registrations, Class 3-8, in January were 32,175 units, an increase of 11.6 percent from January 2010 and about 1 percent higher than December 2010, according to Polk.
Trailer Orders Surge
Net orders of commercial trailers rose to 21,990 in February, a gain of over 25 percent from January, according to ACT Research. The commercial vehicle industry analysts also reported solid factory shipments in February, posting a 105 percent gain v…
Volvo Trucks North America and UAW Agree on Five-Year Contract
Volvo Trucks North America today announced that employees represented by the United Auto Workers have ratified a new five-year agreement covering about 1,300 members of UAW Local #2069 at the New River Valley, VA, plant.
Heavy Industry Drives Flatbed Uptick
The Great Recession hit trucking hard, but the rebound has begun with the open-deck sector leading the charge back to profitability. For the week ending March 19, a 3.2 percent uptick in flatbed freight volume compared to the previous week helped le…
Maybe what we’re waiting for is the iCar?
Electric cars are just now hitting the streets. A few of them anyway. They are by no means burning up Main Street. I think I know why. Electric cars look too much like every other car. Maybe we need an iCar.
Disney cruise worker still missing as voyage ends
The parents of a British woman who went missing while working on a Disney cruise last Tuesday were waiting at the dock Sunday morning when the ship returned to the Port of Los Angeles.
Volvo Trucks North America and UAW Agree on Five-Year Contract
Volvo Trucks North America today announced that employees represented by the United Auto Workers have ratified a new five-year agreement covering about 1,300 members of UAW Local #2069 at the New River Valley, VA, plant.
Volvo C30 Electric equipped with three climate systems; bioethanol heater
The Volvo C30 Electric is equipped with three climate systems: one supplies the passengers with heating or cooling; one cools or warms the battery pack as necessary; and the electric motor and power electronics are water-cooled.
The C30 Electric feat…
Volvo to Lease C30 Electric Car for $2,100 A Month
We all know electric cars are still quite expensive, but automakers believe there are people who will pay a premium to drive emissions free. Even so, Volvo’s $2,100-a-month lease for its C30 EV seems like an expensive pill to swallow.
Volvo, the perk…