INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Motor carrier hopes for higher rates greatly differentiated by fleet size
TORONTO, Ont. – Canadian motor carrier hopes for higher rates seem to be tempered by the reality of a slow growing economy and differentiated by their fleet size.
Dupre Logistics Inks First Lease Deal for Peterbilt Model 579
Dupre Logistics LLC Energy Distribution Services will become the first PacLease customer to lease the Peterbilt Model 579.
Timothy Bowes Named Transtar CEO
Former Meritor exec, Timothy E Bowes, has joined Transtar Industries Inc. as its Chief Executive Officer.
Pilot opening fitness centers for truck drivers
Knoxville-based travel center operator Pilot Flying J is partnering with two fitness companies to offer “express gyms” at many of its travel center locations.
Utility Trailer Tops 200,000 Reefer Trailers at Utah Plant
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company recently celebrated a production milestone, producing its 200,000th refrigerated trailer at the Clearfield, Utah manufacturing facility.
Hino ranks highest in engine, truck categories in J.D. Power survey
NOVI, Mich. — Hino Trucks has ranked highest in customer satisfaction in the Conventional Medium Duty Engines category for the fifth year in a row as part of J.D. Power and Associates’ 2012 customer satisfaction study. The study measured…
Meritor 1Q Results Lower than Expected
For the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, Meritor posted sales of $891 million, down 23% from the same period last year. Meritor says the decrease was primarily due to lower sales in global markets. For the period ended Dec. 31, Meritor lost $21 mi…
TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index drops in December
TORONTO, Ont. — TransCore’s Link Logistics Canadian Freight Index closed 2012 with December freight volumes down for both year-over-year and month-over-month by 16%. In spite of the decreases, annual volumes for 2012 were down only 11% from…
ATD Convention Celebrates 50 Years
ATD will celebrate its 50th convention in Orlando Feb 8-11. The first convention was held in 1963, seven years before the ATD division of the National Automobile Dealers Association was even established.
Suspect named in Flying J truck stop burglaries
A fingerprint has tied Delana Grubbe, 29, to at least one theft at Flying J’s truck stop, but she may be behind a series of auto burglaries there, San Antonio police said.