Truckers killed, injured in accidents last week
Truck plows through two houses
Social distancing, and sharing space in a 2.6 m truck cab
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Public health officials want people to keep two meters away from one another to fight the spread of Covid-19. That’s pretty difficult to do in a truck cab restricted to a maximum width of 2.6 meters overall. Ontario’s Infrastr…
FourKites Introduces Dynamic ETAs for LTL Freight
FourKites now offers Dynamic ETA for LTL, a tracking service that gives shippers, carriers, and 3PLs the ability to track less-than-truckload shipments from pre-pickup to delivery and includes automated estimated arrival times.
How load factoring companies’ diverse services help some fleets grow
A set of data from recent years indicates that factoring fleets grow faster than others, or that the average size of fleets choosing to factor has increased, or perhaps both. The NAS small fleet owner Joel Ruhlman, for instance, attributes his company’…
Sharing risk: Load factoring offers strategic value amid economic contraction
Customer stability can be hard to predict with a slowdown as severe as that induced by the COVID-19 crisis. In this week’s installments in the “Cash Flow Crisis” series, an exploration of factoring, which might be an effective cash- and risk-management…
Indiana Fleet Hauls Superload
Experience a “ride along” with members of Buchanan Hauling & Rigging team as they take a toll gantry from Central Florida down towards South Florida.
Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 11: Travis Buhr’s 2001 Peterbilt 379
Up this week at No. 11 is Travis Buhr’s 2001 Peterbilt 379, which was shown at the 2013 Great West Truck Show Pride & Polish in Las Vegas. The truck picked up two awards at that event – a second place in Working Combo 2001 & Newer and a second …
DTNA technician skills competition goes digital
PORTLAND, Ore. – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has taken its technician skills competition digital, to allow the event to continue despite the Covid-19 pandemic. More than 1,000 Freightliner, Western Star and Detroit technicians across the U.S. a…
Data Analytics and the Future of the Trucking Industry
Utilizing fleet data effectively and efficiently can help differentiate your fleet from the competition.
Trailer Maintenance: How to Add Visibility to Be Road Ready
Trailers are often the forgotten element of truck maintenance. However, by implementing better monitoring technology, fleets can get valuable insights to avoid costly downtime incidents and keep trailers contributing directly to the company’s bottom li…