STA AGM and Gala Awards Banquet
Mack Trucks Reaches Tentative Agreement with Union Workers
Mack Trucks and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative agreement on the terms of a new four-year labor agreement that would cover approximately 3,500 employees, ending a strike.
TA Logistics Expands Service Footprint, Resources with Sister Companies
TA Logistics is adding to its portfolio asset availability from Transport America, as well as sister companies CFI and CFI Logistics, a provider of integrated supply chain solutions.
What to Expect from This Year’s NACV Show
The North American Commercial Vehicle Show is embarking on the second installment of the every-other-year business-to-business trucking industry expo. This year’s event is expected to be bigger and more insight filled than than the last, organizers tel…
Why Waste Time on Platooning When LCVs are More Efficient?
For all the time, money and effort spent on platooning over the past eight years, we probably could have had a nationwide north-south and east-west LCV network in place, contends HDT Equipment Editor Jim Park in his On the Road blog.
News roundup, Oct. 24: New Love’s in Montana, Alabama; I-29 closure in southwest Iowa; TruckPro distributor bought by equity firm
Love’s opened new travel stops in Missoula, Montana, and Eutaw, Alabama. Iowa DOT says I-29 northbound is closed between exit 55 (North 25th Street) and Iowa Highway 192, which is about a 1-mile stretch. Plantinum Equity acquires TruckPro independent d…
International Details Class 8 Model Upgrades for 2020 Model Year
International focused on enhancing fuel economy for its 2020 LT and RH Class 8 models with a host of new aerodynamic and powertrain features.
POLL: Ever filed on a broker’s bond over nonpayment on an intrastate load?
We’ve seen more than one instance of late on in-a-single-state moves where surety-bond claims after a broker’s nonpayment come back invalid, uncovered — to say nothing of the same on loads of exempt commodities. What’s been your experience filing on b…
Air-Weigh unveils scale lineups
Air-Weigh’s LoadMaax Plus and QuickLoad Plus on-board scales have been unveiled with Bluetooth communication options, smart trailer integration, as well as increased durability.
The trucking history of independent Germann Soeth and his long-running 1998 Kenworth W900B
VIDEO: Soeth runs independent with authority out of Frederick, Md., to points mostly Chicago and east. From That’s a Big 10-4 on D.C. on the National Mall in Washington, he gives a window into his history, extending back to his time in high school, whe…