24 Jun How to Name a Trucking Company Names can sometimes have an impact that goes beyond the original business. Read more...
24 Jun How J. Rayl Transport Kept Trucking After the Loss of CEO Jeremy Rayl When J. Rayl Transport’s CEO, Jeremy Rayl, died suddenly in 2017 at the age of 39, the Akron, Ohio-based trucking company lost “more than just a boss,” in the words of chief operating officer and close friend Ryan Richards. Read more...
23 Jun Don Daseke: ‘My Philosophy Is to Invest in People’ Don Daseke’s family business is owning businesses. Read more about this industry innovator in the first installment of "Accelerators." Read more...
21 Jun Crane Worldwide Logistics Opens Office in Guyana Houston-based Crane Worldwide Logistics has opened an office in Georgetown, Guyana, expecting to cash in on a boon in offshore oil and gas production by the small country situated next to Venezuela along the northern edge of South America. Read more...
21 Jun Virginia Crowns Two Grand Champions After Scoring Error FedEx Freight driver Chuck Bird earned co-Grand Champions honors along with Mike Barnes of Walmart Transportation at the 68th annual Virginia Truck Driving Championships June 14-15. Read more...
21 Jun TravelCenters of America Updates TruckSmart App TravelCenters of America launched a new round of updates to its TruckSmart app. Read more...
21 Jun Electriphi App Addresses Fleets' Transition to Electric Vehicles Electriphi Inc., an electric vehicle fleet and energy management company, launched its Fleet Electrification Planning Tool, a web-based application that lets fleet managers break down factors affecting operations, fueling and infrastructure for light-, medium- and heavy-duty electric fleets. Read more...
21 Jun Walker Joins United Road Services as COO United Road Services announced the appointment of Jason Walker as chief operating officer, filling a job left open when Mark Anderson was promoted to president and CEO in January. Read more...
21 Jun VTNA Pursues Intuitive AI to Improve Safety Volvo Trucks North America announced it has demonstrated how leveraging “human intuition artificial intelligence” — that reads the intention and awareness of vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorists — can enhance the situational awareness of truck drivers. Read more...
21 Jun Factory Index Falls to Nine-Year Low A gauge of U.S. factories fell in June to the lowest since late 2009 and hovered just above the threshold between expansion and contraction, the latest signal that the American industrial sector is losing momentum amid rising uncertainty. Read more...