Navistar taps In-Charge to assist with electric truck deployment

LISLE, Ill. – Navistar has announced its NEXT eMobility Solutions division has partnered with In-Charge Energy to provide charging infrastructure and consulting services to Navistar and its electric vehicle customers. “With electric vehicles, it’s impo…

Mack MD to be supported by Body Builder Support Team

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Mack Trucks has announced its MD Series of medium-duty trucks will be supported by its network of body builder resources. The Mack Body Builder Support Team and the Mack Body Builder Portal will offer customers, body builders and dea…

Trucker, Army vet wins $10k in Pilot Road Warrior contest

Pilot announced Tuesday that FirstFleet truck driver Eric Britton, of Clarksville, Tennessee, has been named the 2020 Pilot Flying J Road Warrior, earning a $10,000 grand prize. The U.S. 51 “Cairo” Bridge over the Ohio River has reopened to one-lane tr…

Truck arrivals rebound after falling for six weeks in a row

OTTAWA, Ont. – Truck arrivals returned to normal during the week of Aug. 17-23 after dropping for six consecutive weeks, the Canada Border Services Agency said Wednesday. It said 116,288 truck drivers entered the country during Aug. 17-23, compared to …

Truck arrivals rebound after falling for six weeks in a row

OTTAWA, Ont. – Truck arrivals returned to normal during the week of Aug. 17-23 after dropping for six consecutive weeks, the Canada Border Services Agency said Wednesday. It said 116,288 truck drivers entered the country during Aug. 17-23, compared to …

The benefits of connectivity

LONG BEACH, Calif. – The ability to predict parts failures and to develop VIN-specific preventive maintenance programs are two benefits that fleets can achieve if harnessing the power of connectivity. Chintan Sopariwala, vice-president, aftersales oper…

Q&A: Daseke CEO Easter on a Year of Transformation

Don Daseke had a unique vision for the nationwide flatbed carrier he built through a decade of acquisitions. But it was time to turn successful top-line growth into bottom-line profits, and that’s where Chris Easter came in.