GATR Named Volvo Dealer of the Year
Volvo Trucks named GATR of Sauk Rapids, Minn., its 2011 U.S. Dealer of the Year.
Pilot Spending $49 Million to Upgrade Showers
Drivers using Pilot Travel Centers and Flying J Travel Plazas will benefit from a $49 million investment to remodel and upgrade more than 4,400 showers, with 75% of its network of showers to be rebuilt during the next 18 months.
Bomb Threat Shuts Down Detroit-Windsor Tunnel
A bomb threat closed the tunnel between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit on Thursday, causing traffic backups as drivers on both sides of the border were rerouted, reports CNN .
Freight Shipment Index Unchanged in May from April
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry was unchanged in May from April, after a one-month rise, according to the Freight Transportation Services Index from the DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
T. Boone Pickens to be Keynote Speaker at ATA Natural Gas Summit
Energy executive T. Boone Pickens has confirmed his participation as a keynote speaker at American Trucking Associations’ Natural Gas in Trucking Summit Nov. 28-30.
‘Uncle Darrell’ Hicks, Longtime Coolant Expert and Industry Volunteer, Dies of Lung Disease
By Truckinginfo Staff Darrell Hicks, Tulare, Calif., passed away Tuesday following a battle with pulmonary fibrosis, a progressively debilitating lung disease.
TCP: Carriers Expect Small Increases in Driver Wages
Carriers anticipate driver wages to increase in the next 12 months, but only incrementally, according to results from Transport Capital Partners’ Second Quarter 2012 Business Expectations Survey.
Zero-Emission Trucks Could be Part of I-710 Zero-Emission Corridor
Zero-emission trucks, such as hybrid-electric trucks receiving power along major roadways (similar to light-rail trains and buses in some cities), could be in demonstration in the next few years and eventually be part of a zero-emission corridor alo…
Concerns about CSA Aired at House Hearing
Opponents of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s CSA enforcement program took their case to Congress yesterday, charging in a hearing that the program is being misused and harms small carriers.
GATR Named Volvo Dealer of the Year
Volvo Trucks named GATR of Sauk Rapids, Minn., its 2011 U.S. Dealer of the Year.