Monthly Archive: March 2022

Meritor HQ

Cummins Acquiring Meritor

Cummins is acquiring Meritor in a deal that will give the company a broad reach in traditional power-trains and components as well as accelerating its development of battery-electric and fuel-cell-electric propulsion systems, Cummins said.

Trucking and Logistics Professionals for Ukraine

Carriers Raising Money For Ukraine

A group of carriers and logistics companies has banded together to raise money to support the citizens of Ukraine who remain in the country during the military invasion by Russia. Dubbed Trucking and Logistics Professionals for Ukraine…

Shipping containers in yard

Chassis Pool To Expand In South

Five stakeholders have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing the South Atlantic Chassis Pool 3.0, which will serve the region starting in October 2023. SACP 3.0 will be based on a single provider pool model…

Jacobs Vehicle Systems Drive The Future Truck and Trailer

Cummins Buying Jacobs Vehicle Systems

Cummins buying Jacobs Vehicle Systems. Best known for the Jake Brake, today Jacobs also provides cylinder deactivation, start-and-stop and thermal management technologies. It’s a homecoming of sorts; in 1961, Jacobs introduced the first engine brake…

XPO Logistics

XPO Increasing Capacity

XPO Logistics, a provider of freight transportation services, has opened two less-than-truckload (LTL) terminals to increase customer service capacity in its North American network. In addition, the company increased production capacity at its trailer manufacturing…

Zenith Freight Lines

JB Hunt To Buy Zenith

J.B. Hunt Transport announced Jan it entered an agreement to acquire furniture hauler Zenith Freight Lines for $87 million. The deal is expected to bolster J.B. Hunt’s final-mile and furniture delivery network.

Cummins Factory- Jamestown Engine Plant

Werner Adding Cummins Engines

Werner adding Cummins engines in the second half of this year, Werner Enterprises will begin validation and integration of Cummins’ 15-liter natural gas and 15-liter hydrogen internal combustion engines in its heavy-duty trucks.

Michael Rodriguez, 55 passed away on February 5th, 2022 in Las Vegas Nevada.

Michael Rodriguez Obituary

Michael Rodriguez, 55 passed away on February 5th, 2022 in Las Vegas Nevada. Michael is survived by wife Kim, stepchildren Ashley, Lauren and Kyle Gonzalez,  grandsons Tyler and Miles Gonzalez, mother Josephine Rodriguez,  father Carlos Rodriguez, brother Dennis Rodriguez, sister Denise Harris, brother-in-law Marc Harris and nephews Michael and Justin Harris.

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API Testing New Diesel Oil Categories

American Petroleum Institute’s lubricants group has established a New Category Development Team to launch the test-development phase of what will be a pair of new API diesel engine oil categories. …the service category will be known as PC-12.

M&K Truck Centers

M&K Adds 9 Dealerships

M&K Truck Centers of Byron Center, Mich., has purchased nine dealerships, an e-commerce parts sales operation, and a fire and rescue products company, the firm announced recently. M&K employs more than 900 people across 29…

Tank Transport