The Slow Switch to FA-4 Engine Oils
Even with potential fuel economy gains, fleets have been slow to adopt the new FA-4 engine oils. Experts from ATA’s Technology & Maintenance Council explore some of the reasons why fleets seem to be waiting.
Hub Group Improves Pay for Regional Truck Drivers
Hub Group says regional truck drivers can make $75,000 a year under its new pay package for regional drivers, which offers better compensation, benefits, and regular opportunities for increases.
PostBidShip Finds Shippers Choose Quality Carriers Over Lowest Bid
Enterprise shippers only chose the lowest spot market freight bid 25% of the time, showing a preference for a carrier with high quality service instead of always opting for the lowest rate, according to PostBidShip.
California Meal and Rest Break Suit Dismissed on Basis of FMCSA Preemption Stance
A federal court has determined it lacks jurisdiction to rule on a class-action suit brought against U.S. Xpress that alleges the motor carrier violated California’s rules governing meal and rest breaks for commercial vehicle drivers.
Learning your engine’s lamp language
Advancements in engine and emissions technology over the last decade have complicated the challenge of staying on top of dashboard warning lights.
Private Equity Firm Acquires A&R Logistics
Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners has acquired A& R Logistics, one of the largest providers of integrated dry bulk logistics solutions for the chemical and plastic industries in North America.
Faulty speed sensors, ground wires, empathy on customer service issues: Readers respond to one owner-op’s ELD issue
Several readers offered a variety of fixes in comments that had helped them with problems with their ELD acting with a mind of its own, similar to what Mark Kirbyson reported a couple weeks back here on Channel 19. Others, shared here, wrote in directl…
Estes makes $15M bid for assets of bankrupt New England Motor Freight
Estes Express, traditionally an LTL carrier, says it hopes to expand its operations with the acquisition of equipment and more from the defunct New England Motor Freight, a 1,700-truck LTL carrier that filed for bankruptcy in January and ceased operati…
J.B. Hunt the latest to deploy drop-and-hook trailer pool program
Dubbed the 360box, J.B. Hunt’s platform is the third such program to launch in the past year. Uber Freight announced its Powerloop program last August, and Convoy just last month launched its ConvoyGo program.
Autocar Rolls out New Conventional Truck Model
Autocar says its new DC-64R conventional truck is designed for severe-duty refuse applications.