Monthly Archive: September 2018
A sizeable shift is underway in the upper ranks of the nation’s tank-truck industry, with two long-time carriers joining forces to create a single footprint stretching across much of the nation. Heniff Holdco LLC has acquired Miller Transporters Inc…
Former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood has won a one-month reprieve from his upcoming sentencing hearing – but not without a lecture from the judge who will decide just how long he will spend behind…
North Canton, Ohio-based KAG Logistics, which provides transportation and logistics services in the bulk liquid industry, was selected by Inbound Logistics magazine as a “Top 100 Third-Party Logistics Provider for 2018.’’ The annual list, narrowed…
Eric Hanson has joined J&M Tank Lines Inc. as vice president of human resource development, company officials announced recently. Hanson, an Auburn University graduate in transportation distribution, is a 24-year veteran of the trucking industry…
One of the largest family-owned businesses in Somerset County today announced that its Board of Directors has named Daniel Yunetz as President of Riggs Industries, Inc. Dan has been with the company for 3 years…
The global recovery from the economic crisis has major implications for the commercial vehicle and tractor-trailer manufacturing industry. There are, essentially, two worldwide markets for trucks in the near future. The first, in Europe, North America, Japan…
Drivers are feeling the effects of reduced flexibility from the electronic logging device mandate and are spending more time searching for and worrying about parking, according to a report from Trucker Path. Trucker Path found…
Chicago’s K&L Freight is like a unicorn, or a diamond in the rough: the kind of company that’s so rare you almost never hear about one, much less get to see one up close…
Universal Logistics Holdings Inc. is acquiring Compton, Calif.-based Southern Counties Express Inc. for $65 million, company officials said. The acquisition is part of a move by Universal to expand it intermodal business. Southern Counties provides…
The Standards and Rule-making Division of the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) is located in Washington, D.C. and led by the division director. The division is responsible for all aspects of rule-making, letters of…