Truck Parts Demand Rose in 2019
Demand for truck parts rose last year, survey shows U.S. aftermarket demand for parts for Class 6-8 trucks, trailers and container chassis was $31.6 billion in 2019, a 5.7-percent increase from the year before,...
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Investors Acquire MME Inc
Red Arts Capital has partnered with Prudential Capital Partners and Brightwood Capital Advisors to acquire MME Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries Midwest Motor Express Inc. and Midnite Express Inc. Financial terms of the transaction…
Fleetwood Transportation Closes
Fleetwood Transportation, a Texas-based flatbed and oil-field truckload carrier, closed its operations Jan 2. The company cited rising insurance costs as the primary reason for the closure. The carrier had 252 trucks, 673 trailers…
Technology Improving APUs
When the fuel crisis of 2007-2008 hit, Covenant Transport, like virtually every other large carrier in North America, realized it needed to get its fuel consumption and costs under control. As with many fleets at…
Anheuser-Busch Deploying Electric Trucks
Anheuser-Busch soon will deploy 21 battery-electric trucks in California to showcase economic and environmental sustainable warehousing and distribution technology for fleets, according to industry reports. The brewing company is deploying trucks from BYD Auto, manufacturer…
‘Roadshow’ Highlighting Regional Haul Routes
A major and largely unheralded movement toward regional haul routes is taking place in North American trucking, according to Mike Roeth, executive director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE). To highlight this…
Fuel Savings by the Pack
by Carroll McCormick Years ago a trucker told me that if a fellow trucker was running low on fuel, he would ask to tailgate another truck. Sneaking along like this, tucked in out of...
Falcon Transport Abruptly Halts Operations
Falcon Transport of Youngstown, Ohio, abruptly halted its operations in late April. The company, which had a fleet of 700 trucks, deployed text messages, emails and messages via electronic logging devices (ELDs) to drivers and…
CNG Is Safe Fuel, Data Show
There are many misconceptions about how safe compressed natural gas (CNG) is as a vehicle fuel. This is the same fuel used to heat houses, clothes dryers, stoves, etc., but it is compressed usually to…
Self-Driving Fleets Gain Traction
Technology has been the cause of many changes within a number industries, ranging from self-driving cars, online payments and autonomous workers at factories and fast food restaurants. While there has been a lot of research…
