China announced revisions to it subsidy program for companies breaking old transport ships and single-hulled tankers Monday, but industry insiders said this would do little to cut restrictions on what ships could be broken. "This will ...
Tags: Ship Breakers, Subsidy Scheme
The American Trucking Association (ATA) recently published a report that indicates driver turnover rates have experienced a slight decline. The latest edition of the ATA Trucking Activity Report shows that annualized driver turnover rates ...
Tags: Truckload, Transportation
The recent decline in truck sales compared with the same period last year is continuing. Official T-Mark figures just released for November show sales of 2,542 units, a whopping 16 per cent drop against November 2012. This latest result ...
Tags: Truck Sales, Heavy Truck
With the fierce competition in Chinese logistics market, logistic companies need to transform to intensified operation in face of rising costs of vehicle operation. How to improve transportation efficiency and lower down costs, the truck, ...
Tags: Heavy Truck, High-Level Truck
Reliability scores from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program in evaluating the safety of individual trucking companies has recently been issued in a white paper report by the ...
Tags: White Paper, CSA Scores
The inaugural Top Fleet Employers program, administered by Trucking HR Canada, will be accepting applications beginning Jan. 1, organizers have announced. The national program recognizes fleets that offer the best workplaces in ...
Tags: Top Fleet, Transportation
Freight Transportation Research (FTR), an American source for logistic and transportation research and analysis, has reported the Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) reading still remains high due to capacity tightness from regulatory drag ...
Hyundai has announced its future high-performance sports cars will be badged under a new motorsport-bred ‘N‘ sub-division. Similar to Nissan‘s Nismo tuning division and Volvo‘s Polestar, the Hyundai N brand will be ...
Mercedes-Benz’s global sales outstripped premium rival Audi last month, on the back of the luxury car maker’s success with its new range of small cars. Mercedes-Benz sold 133,441 vehicles in November, just ahead of ...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Global Sales
Manitoulin Transport is buying Vitran Corporation, making Manitoulin the second-largest carrier in Canada. TransForce remains biggest. On Today's Trucking's 2013 Top 100 listings, Vitran was number three, Manitoulin number 12. Combined, ...
Tags: Manitoulin, buying Vitran Corporation, second-largest carrier in Canada
Total Class 8 truck orders reached 20,915 units in November, making it the second month in a row to surpass the 20,000 unit threshold, according to FTR’s preliminary data. FTR specializes in forecasting freight transportation. Don ...
Tags: Class 8, Truck Orders, Truck
ISS Australia expands services with acquisition of marine survey specialists Christy & Griffin Tuesday, Dec 10, 2013 Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, is expanding its services into the ...
Tags: transportation, service
The leader of Women in Trucking expressed the need to redefine the road at a session during the Recruitment and Retention conference hosted by Over the Road. On October 2, Ellen Voie, the president, CEO and founder of Women in Trucking, ...
Manitoulin Transport has reached an agreement to acquire Canadian LTL firm Vitran Corp. The deal includes all the outstanding shares of Vitran at a price of US$6 per share. The deal, including the assumption of Vitran's outstanding net ...
Tags: Manitoulin.Vitran Corp, acquire
Manitoulin Group's announcement tonight that it will be purchasing all shares in major LTL player Vitran may be its biggest move of the year, but it's certainly not the first. Manitoulin, which has over 3,000 pieces of equipment and more ...