New Leadership At Great Dane
New leadership at Great Dane CEO change & new President and COO of Great Dane Bill Crown stepped down from his position Jan 1 Dean Engelage Great Dane’s president new CEO Rick Mullininx new...
Tagged: Trailers
EnTrans Displaying New 940 Two-Hopper Trailer
EnTrans Displaying New 940 Two-Hopper Trailer at NTTC Tank Truck Week in Houston, Texas, September 18-21. The 940 Two-Hopper trailer provides a 940 cubic-foot capacity and is optimized for small cube loads, including cement and…
NHTSA Underride Rule Backlash
NHTSA underride rule backlash from safety advocates. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is upgrading safety standards on rear underride protection on tractor-trailers to help prevent crashes involving passenger vehicles, but safety advocates say…
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.
Fleets Refurbish Older Trailers
With the continuing supply chain snarl causing manufacturers to accept only limited orders for new trailers, fleets are cleaning up older parked equipment used for storage to meet their immediate needs. For six months…
Trailer Makers Face 8-Month Backlog
The U.S. trailer industry backlog grew 3% sequentially in December but ended the year 9% below the previous year. The U.S. New Trailer Components and Materials Forecast from ACT Research aims to provide those in…
Brightstar Acquiring Novae Corp.
Brightstar Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Novae Corp. in partnership with the company’s founder and senior management team, the private equity firm reported Dec. 15. Steve Bermes, chief executive of Novae…
Bill Targets Truck Excise Tax
Bipartisan legislation to repeal the 12-percent federal excise tax (FET) on the sale of heavy-duty trucks and trailers is getting “strong support” from American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Modernize the Truck Fleet (MTF), a coalition…
XL Fleet & eNow, Launch Reefer Project
XL Fleet, a provider of vehicle electrification solutions, has announced a development and supply agreement with eNow, a provider of solar and battery-powered systems for fully electric transport refrigeration units (eTRUs) for Class 8 commercial…
Amazon Wants More Tractor-Trailers
Amazon is planning to launch an “Amazon Freight Partners” program to help train delivery upstarts that would, in turn, join Amazon’s fleet of exclusive delivery partners, per a new report from The Information. The e-commerce…
