Rail and Trucking Join Forces
Rail and trucking join forces to increase efficiencies via an increase in capacity and getting freight moving. It’s no secret the supply chain has been backed up, bottlenecked, scrambled, and …
Navistar Opens Used-Truck Center
Navistar has opened a new used-truck center in Joliet to replace the center’s previous location in Melrose Park. The Joliet location, close to Chicago, is home to a calibration engineering facility, eight service bays and…
NTTC Names Tom Fain Top Driver Of The Year
NTTC names Tom Fain top driver of the year for 2021-2022 as the Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year Grand Champion. On April 25, at its 2022 Annual Conference and Exhibits in San Diego…
U.S. Steel Opening Arkansas Plant
United States Steel Corp. broke ground in Arkansas on the company’s next-generation steel mill. The $3 billion steel-making facility will be the most advanced in North America and largest private project in the history of…
Digitization Streamlines Hazmat Transportation
Digitization streamlines hazmat transportation for global chemical companies. With the increase in production comes the demand for quicker and safer transporting of the raw materials or finished goods to end-users. This requires trucking firms to…
Warehouse Demand At Record Level
Warehouse demand at record levels. Driven by rising e-commerce demand and related one and two-day shipping demands, the need for new warehouses has never been higher. Real estate services firm JLL published a survey…
Regulators Studying Speed Limiters
Regulators studying speed limiters using electronic engine devices in proposed rule. Federal regulators plan to propose setting a truck speed limit using electronic engine devices in a proposed rule anticipated in 2023. The FMCSA is…
MAC Trailer Acquires Bullet
MAC Trailer acquires Bullet Trailer. This facility now is formally MAC Bullet Manufacturing, currently located at 410 Factory Road in Sunnyside, Wash. Expanded its aluminum dump trailer product line with the purchase of Bullet Trailer.
Highway Transport Wins Safety Award
In back-to-back years and for the third time overall, Highway Transport wins safety award the Responsible Care Partner of the Year Award, which the American Chemistry Council (ACC) presented during its Responsible Care and Sustainability Conference…
Rand McNally Acquires Fleetsu
Rand McNally acquires Fleetsu and its flexible platform, in a move to elevate its place in the connected vehicle space according to a joint announcement. The transaction combines Rand McNally’s fleet business with Fleetsu’s platform,…
Coercion Claims By Drivers At Record Breaking Levels
Coercion claims by drivers could easily break record in 2022. The latest data compiled by the federal government reveals that complaints of coercion filed by truck drivers could easily break record in 2022.
Girard Expanding in Florida
Girard expanding in Florida, consolidating its operations into a new state-of-the-art 80,000 sq.ft. building set on a 5-acre site in Vero Beach. Girard Equipment acquired the location and had invested about $1 million on infrastructure…
