09 Oct CVSA Names Its Slate of New Officers Captain Christopher Turner of the Kansas Highway Patrol has been named the new president of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, the group representing certified commercial vehicle inspectors throughout North America has announced. Read more...
09 Oct Vipar Heavy Duty Expands Distribution in Mexico One of Mexico’s largest distributors of truck parts has become a stockholder in Vipar Heavy Duty in Crystal Lake, Ill. Read more...
09 Oct Flexport Raises $110 Million to Fund Expansion Flexport has raised $110 million in funding to “double down” on its web-based business model for freight forwarding. Read more...
09 Oct Joint US-Mexican Truck Inspections to Speed Up Trade at Otay Mesa Border Crossing A maddeningly slow inspection process that can make crossing the border an ordeal lasting as long as six hours for trucks carrying cargo from Tijuana to San Diego soon could be dramatically speeded up. Read more...
09 Oct BluJay Solutions Raises $500 Million to Fund Growth Supply chain software provider BluJay Solutions has received an unspecified investment from Temasek, an investment company based in Singapore, to support the growth of its global trade network Read more...
09 Oct Wal-Mart Acquires NYC Delivery Firm Wal-Mart Stores has purchased Parcel, a same-day and last-mile delivery firm in New York City as part of the retailer’s effort to enhance delivery services in dense urban markets. Read more...
09 Oct Steer King Announces New King Pin Repair Kits Specialty parts manufacturer Steer King announced the availability of its new aftermarket no-ream king pin repair kits. Read more...
09 Oct Peterbilt Offers New Endurant Transmission Peterbilt Motors Co. announced the new 12-speed Endurant transmission is available in the company’s 579 and 567 regional and linehaul models using the Cummins X15 Efficiency series engine in ratings up to 510 horsepower and 1,850 pound feet of torque. Read more...
09 Oct Self-Driving Big-Rig Technology Moving Quickly Down the On-Ramp While advancements in autonomous — or self-driving — cars get much of the attention, development of self-driving commercial vehicles is speeding forward. Read more...
09 Oct Truckload Carrier Pitch To Raise Rates in 2018 Underway; ELDs, Driver Pay, Turnover All Concerns The combination of the electronic logging device mandate, a shortage of drivers and an improving freight market has carriers and shippers wondering about transportation prices heading into 2018. Read more...