ABF Freight System, Teamsters Set Date to Negotiate
Less-than-truckload giant ABF Freight System and the Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee announced that they expect to begin negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement on Dec. 18.TNFINC is the negotiating arm of the …
UPDATE 2-Striking S.Africa truckers agree wage deal – RFA
South African truck drivers have agreed a wage deal with employers to end a three-week strike that has hit deliveries of fuel, cash and consumer goods in Africa’s biggest economy, the Road Freight Employers Association said on Friday.
Bendix Establishes Brake Shoe Remanufacturing Operation
Bendix has begun serial production of remanufactured brake shoes at its new Bendix Brake Shoe Remanufacturing Center in Huntington, Ind.
NACFE to Study Barriers to Adoption of Freight Efficiency Technology
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency has been awarded a project to study and understand how technology adoption works to improve freight efficiency in North American Class 7 and 8 tractor-trailer operations. The International Council o…
TMC Announces Technician Scholarship Winners
The Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations has awarded five diesel truck technician scholarships for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Truckers getting fit at truck-stop gyms
In the months after Doug Robinson started driving a truck, he noticed his clothes were increasingly more snug-fitting. He was already overweight but soon realized that spending up to 11 hours behind the wheel, frequently eating fast food and not exerci…
Accuride Announces Cost-Cutting, Lower Earnings Expectations
Accuride Corp. is cutting staff and production due to to soft Class 8 truck orders and a loss of standard equipment position at Navistar and Paccar.Class 8 truck orders continue to be weak and have led to rapidly declining build schedules at Accurid…
Trucker sentenced for drug-fueled pursuit
A Mississippi truck driver who pleaded no contest in August to 12 counts of indictment in connection with a drug-fueled police pursuit that crossed through three states was sentenced Thursday in Berkeley County Circuit Court.
Origo Device Keeps Drivers from Using Handheld Phones While Driving
By Truckinginfo Staff LAS VEGAS – Origo, a new technology introduced this week at the American Trucking Associations Management Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas, offers a physical solution to make sure drivers are using their phones in a hands-fr…
Ontario trucker killed in Chicago during robbery
Police in Chicago say an Ontario truck driver has been killed there during a robbery.