Hub Group Using AI, Machine Learning for Real-Time Visibility of Shipments
Hub Group says it’s using artificial intelligence and machine learning to leverage data from its GPS-equipped container fleet to give customers end-to-end visibility, with real-time, dynamic, shipment-level ETAs.
Firestone Industrial Products names new president
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― Firestone Industrial Products (FSIP) today announced that Emily Poladian, former director of fleet sales, truck, bus and retread tires (TBR), has been named president, FSIP. Poladian succeeds Craig Schneider, who has been appointed …
Accuride names new president and CEO
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Accuride today announced that it has appointed Robin Kendrick to serve as its president and CEO. Kendrick joined the Accuride Board of Directors in March 2018 as an independent director and will continue to serve as a…
Parts for Trucks turns 100, expands into Ontario, Quebec
DARTMOUTH, N.S. — Parts for Trucks has acquired Malmberg Truck Trailer Equipment located in Ottawa and Gatineau, Que. The deal makes Dartmouth headquartered Parts for Trucks Inc. one of the largest truck and trailer service providers and parts di…
TTC’s Spring Golf Tournament
Englander to Add 100 Peterbilt Model 579s to Fleet
Englander Transportation is adding 100 new Peterbilt Model 579 UltraLoft tractors to its fleet over the next 12 months.
Jeff Sass: Electric Trucks, Connectivity Are In, Platooning and Autonomous Trucks Are Out
Trucking shouldn’t waste time on pipe-dreams like platooning and autonomous trucks and instead focus on improving logistics and making the trade appeal to young people, said Hendrickson’s Jeff Sass while speaking at the Heavy Duty Trucking Exchange in …
Let’s end the cat-and-mouse approach to roadside inspections
“In the wake of several state troopers and truck drivers being hit on the side of the road in recent months, I feel the time has come to change the regulations and require more than one inspection be conducted every 12 months in an approved location.” …
Home, sweet home: Strong work ethic helps propel Midwesterner Danny Jewell to Overdrive’s Owner-Operator of the Year award
His safety record, business acumen and service to the industry and his community in Nebraska City, Nebraska, were factors that led to his being named 2018 Owner-Operator of the Year in March by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive at TCA’s …
Darren Marin: An important tenet in Freemasonry
Darren Marin Company driver Kamps Propane I live by the belief of meeting on the level. In my personal and business life, I find it a true blessing to treat people right and gain friendships as well. To me, this is the most important tenet in Freemason…