EKA Automates Workflows in Supply Chain TMS
EKA Solutions has added what it calls “touchless trading and execution between trusted partners that use the EKA Supply Chain TMS†for carriers, brokers and shippers.
Equipment, Compensation Remain Top Driver Concerns
The two most mentioned concerns by drivers in second quarter 2021 were equipment and compensation issues, according to PDA data.
Biden Takes Steps to Tighten Oversight of American-Made Standards
Following a tour of the Mack Trucks Lehigh Valley assembly plant in Pennsylvania, President Biden called for changes to enforcement of the Buy American Act and emphasized American-made manufacturing to secure critical supply chains.
Season 7 Episode 4: Electric Trucks Are Producing Some Interesting Partnerships
With medium- and heavy-duty truck electrification, we’re seeing a unique alignment of traditional truck manufacturers, tier-1 suppliers and start-up companies. As a group, they are simultaneously competing and collaborating on the advancement of truc…
Season 7 Episode 3: Getting Back to the Basics on Electrical Maintenance
Are fleets doing enough to keep their technicians ahead of the rapidly steepening technology learning curve? Larry Rambeaux of Purkeys Fleet Electric in Rogers, Arkansas worries truck fleets could soon face a skills deficit as truck electrical systems …
Season 7 Episode 2: Learn to Master the Downsped Driveline
Engine downspeeding is an elegant way of reducing fuel consumption, and thus CO2 emissions. But if drivers don’t embrace it or won’t use the technology properly, nobody sees its full benefit. Jamie Hagen of Hell Bent Xpress in Aberdeen, South Dakot…
I-40 bridge between Arkansas and Tennessee to reopen next week
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Tesla Semi Delayed Again
Companies such as UPS and FritoLay will have to wait a little longer for their all-electric Tesla Semi Class 8 trucks, as a second-quarter earnings report pushed production out to 2022.
Have you ever agreed to a job, then ghosted the carrier and not shown up for orientation?
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Saturday is deadline for Transition Trucking award
The winner gets a Kenworth T680 equipped with a 76-inch sleeper and the PACCAR powertrain…