09 Apr Denso Expands Aftertreatment Warranty, Coverage Denso Products and Services Americas Inc., an affiliate of Denso Corp., has extended its warranty on aftertreatment products for the heavy-duty market to three years, up from the standard two-year coverage. Read more...
09 Apr Performance Truck Expands Kenworth Dealership Performance Truck has moved its full-service Kenworth location in Victoria, Texas, to a newly renovated building that is more than double the size of the dealership’s previous store. Read more...
09 Apr TomTom Bets It Has Found a Way to Deal With Slow Death of Sat-Nav Self-driving cars may not be on the road anytime soon, but that isn’t stopping Dutch navigation device maker TomTom NV from investing in high-definition maps needed when autonomous driving becomes the norm. Read more...
09 Apr Tire Technology Offers Cost Savings, Reduced Maintenance for Fleets, Industry Reps Say Technology is rapidly evolving and continuously emerging across many facets of the trucking industry, and tires are no exception. Tire manufacturers report that the connectivity and digital capabilities they provide offer improved efficiencies, cost savings and reduced maintenance for their fleet customers. Read more...
09 Apr New Warehouses Needed to Meet E-Commerce Demands, CBRE Study Shows The average age of warehouses in the United States is 34 years, making them ill-suited for the demands of e-commerce, according to an analysis by commercial real estate firm CBRE. Read more...
09 Apr Transportation Firms Try New Tactics to Attract, Sign Recruits More than three-quarters of transportation industry firms plan to grow their workforce this year, but 69% say it’s a challenge to recruit qualified candidates, according to the 2018 Transportation Spotlight report taken from the annual employment screening survey from HireRight. Read more...
09 Apr 2018 Top 50 Logistics Companies: XPO Retains Its Place at the Top After a string of high-profile acquisitions pushed XPO Logistics to the top of the Transport Topics Logistics 50 list in 2017, the company kept its No. 1 ranking this year by growing its business organically and by effectively cross-selling transportation and logistics services to shippers. Read more...
06 Apr Help Names Mark Doughty President Mark Doughty is the new president and chief operating officer of Phoenix-based Help Inc., the provider of weigh station bypass and toll management platform PrePass. Read more...
06 Apr Amazon Plans Fourth Nevada Fulfillment Center Amazon plans to open an 800,000-square-foot fulfillment center in North Las Vegas, Nev., that will employ more than 1,000 full-time staff. The center will join three Amazon fulfillment facilities in North Las Vegas and Reno that employ more than 3,000 full-time workers. Read more...
06 Apr TravelCenters Offers Pre-Sale Inspections on Used Trucks, Trailers TravelCenters of America announced it is offering certified used truck and trailer inspections through its TA Truck Service network to provide both the reseller and the customer with an overall view of the equipment at the time the inspection was completed. Read more...