10 Sep Denny’s Offers Discounts to Drivers Denny’s restaurants across the United States will celebrate professional drivers by offering discounts and a discount key tag through Sept. 30. The monthlong special is inspired by National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, which spans Sept. 9-15. Read more...
10 Sep Volvo Produces Video to Honor Nation’s Truckers To thank the professional truck drivers “who literally move our world,” Volvo has released a short film in conjunction with National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. Titled “The Movers,” it lasts for about a minute and a half and includes a variety of images of truckers and vehicles at work. Read more...
10 Sep H.I.G. Capital Affiliate Completes Acquisition of Recochem H.I.G. Capital announced that one of its affiliates has acquired Recochem Inc. from an affiliate of Swander Pace Capital in partnership with Recochem management. Read more...
10 Sep Pride Truck Sales Expands Into California Pride Truck Sales, a Canadian retailer of pre-owned trucks and trailers, has extended its reach with the debut of California facilities in Fontana and Stockton, bringing its North American locations to eight. Read more...
10 Sep Trillium to Upgrade Austin, Texas, CNG Station for Heavy-Duty Trucks Trillium will upgrade the compressed natural gas station in Austin, Texas, to provide easier access and fast-fill capability for heavy-duty vehicles fueling with CNG. Read more...
10 Sep Walmart Doubles Spending in Battle for Truckers Walmart Inc., pinched by the worsening shortage of truckers, plans to double its spending on attracting and retaining drivers by year-end. Read more...
10 Sep Kenworth Opens New Dealership in Baltimore Baltimore is the newest addition to Kenworth’s dealer network, opening Kenworth Mid Atlantic through a partnership between Tri-State Kenworth and Chesapeake Truck. Read more...
10 Sep Old Dominion Reports Strong August Numbers Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. reported certain less-than-truckload operating metrics for August, including higher revenue, increases in tons per day and a slight decrease in LTL weight per shipment. Read more...
10 Sep U.S. Xpress Bids to Recruit Millennials With Scholorship Program The deepening crisis of a truck-driver shortage that already is leading to higher prices for agricultural produce and threatening to stoke inflation is forcing trucking companies to find creative solutions. Read more...
10 Sep Trimble Moves to Unite Its Trucking Technology Businesses HOUSTON — Trimble has acquired some of the biggest names in the trucking technology sector over the past several years. Now the global technology firm is taking steps to more closely unite those businesses, including PeopleNet, TMW Systems, ALK Technologies and 10-4 Systems, to provide an end-to-end platform under the Trimble brand. Read more...