25 Sep Trac Unveils Apps to Book Chassis, Request Emergency Roadside Repairs Trac Intermodal launched two new applications to make it easier to book chassis and get roadside assistance in an emergency through a smartphone or tablet. Read more...
25 Sep Canadian TL Carrier Kriska Acquires Service Freight Systems Canadian truckload carrier Kriska Transportation Group has acquired Service Freight Systems of Ontario and has kept the management team there in place. Read more...
25 Sep Transportation Rebounding From Hurricane Harvey’s Havoc Container ships bound for Houston called on other ports as Hurricane Harvey slogged its way across the upper Texas coast and into the history books. Read more...
25 Sep DTNA Already Working on Phase 2 GHG Compliance ATLANTA — Presentations by Daimler Trucks North America looked to the future, including the notion of CascadiaE, an all-electric Class 8 the parent company of Freightliner Trucks might one day produce. Read more...
25 Sep Opinion: ELDs, Market Changes Require Fleets to Review How They Pay Drivers With all of the changes in engine technology, telematics and state and federal regulations, having a fleet-management program that keeps up can be critical for successful fleet management. Now, add another factor to the equation — the electronic logging device mandate set to take effect at the end of this year and continuing through the first three months of 2018. (The ELD mandate takes effect Dec. 18 but enforcement agencies anticipate it will take about three months for the new regulations to ... Read more...
25 Sep Trump Plan Would Cut Taxes for Corporations and the Wealthy President Donald Trump and Republican leaders plan to release a tax framework this week that would dramatically cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy, provide a measure of middle-class tax relief and punish some households in Democratic-leaning states like New York and New Jersey. Read more...
25 Sep Lytx to Launch Expanded Video Services Lytx Inc., provider of the DriveCam video-based safety system, is preparing to launch an added service designed to eliminate operational blind spots through expanded use of onboard video. Read more...
25 Sep Cummins Outlines Products, Research to Address Changes Disrupting Trucking ATLANTA — Independent engine maker Cummins Inc. said it was prepared to respond with the right products at the right time to the three key disruptive forces reshaping the trucking industry: energy diversity, connectivity and automation. Read more...
25 Sep Eaton Cummins Joint Venture Announces New 12-Speed Automated Transmission as First Product ATLANTA — Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies announced a new 12-speed automated transmission called Endurant as the first “core product” of the companies’ joint venture. Read more...
24 Sep Editorial: King Sisyphus, Driver Manager A parallel can be drawn between Greek mythology and the predicament trucking managers face in recruiting and retaining drivers. Read more...