Tagged: Fleets

Midwest Motor Express Truck, Investors Acquire MME Inc, Investors Red Arts Capital has partnered with Prudential Capital Partners to acquire MME Inc. and its subsidiaries Midwest Motor Express and Midnite Express

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 Truck, Fleetwood Transportation Closes Business, Fleetwood Transportation Closure

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…

Anheuser-Busch, Byd Auto 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

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…

3 Trucks Platooning, 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 the wind, would lower his fuel burn so he could get to the next fueling station. Whether this story was truth or tale, the concept -- tailgating to save fuel -- has been the subject of some intensive study in recent years. It is called platooning.

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 the wind, would lo…

Tank Transport