TA to Open Another Free Fitness Facility
TravelCenters of America will open another StayFit fitness center at TA Dallas South, located at I-20, Exit 472/I-635 in Dallas. This location, scheduled to open next month, will mark the 40th StayFit fitness center in the TA and Petro Stopping Cente…
Frost & Sullivan: Safety, Emissions Regs Ensure Steady Revenues for Aftermarket
The heavy-duty aftermarket industry has little to no fear, as the number of commercial vehicles in operation is expected to multiply from 6.5 million units in 2010 to 7.6 million units in 2017, according to a new analysis from industry research firm …
U.S. Supply Chain and Logistics Industry Rebound Led by Trucking, Rail
Total U.S. business logistics costs in 2011 rose to $1.28 trillion, a 6.6% increase from the previous year and accounting for 8.5% of the U.S. gross domestic product, according to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ 23rd Annual “Sta…
Arkansas Best Buying Panther Expedited
Arkansas Best Corp. will acquire Panther Expedited Services Inc. from Fenway Partners LLC for approximately $180 million, with all of Panther’s outstanding debt being repaid as part of the transaction.
Prosperity arrives via 18-wheeler
The high-tech boom had gone bust but the so-called new economy was still the dream.
Used Prices on Class 8 Sleeper Tractors Continue to Rise
Retail prices for Class 8 sleeper tractors continued to rise from January through April, despite average mileage near record highs, says Chris Visser, senior analyst with the American Truck Dealers’ Commercial Truck Guide, a division of the National …
Dual-fuel conversion saves big money every day, supplier-trucker says
A band wagon powered by natural gas seems to have begun rolling, but most of those aboard talk about brand-new heavy trucks with special gas-burning engines. Why not convert existing trucks and engines to use cheap and clean-burning gas?
Dust storms as poetry
You’re not a Jedi / This is not Tatooine, Luke / Pull over now, man.
One-third of American workers are sleep-deprived
Americans, it seems, are chronically sleep deprived. Perhaps not dramatically so, but we’re sleepy enough to make the radar screen at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Research shows that over 30% of workers aged 30-64 are sh…
Truck driver hospitalized after overturning on I-81 in Botetourt County
A truck driver was taken to a Roanoke hospital this afternoon after overturning on Interstate 81 in Botetourt County, officials said.