Volvo Trucks has named Mike Randolph its new vice-president for North American national accounts. In his new role, Randolph will manage national accounts, developing total fleet solutions for LTL, truckload and private fleets, Volvo ...
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The top three carriers on Today's Trucking's Top 100 For-Hire Canadian fleets — TransForce, Mullen Group, and Vitran — have finished reporting their second-quarter 2013 results. Each company reported revenue drops of various ...
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Trucking HR Canada has announced the launch of the Best Fleets to Drive For: Canada program, an offshoot of the popular Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) competition, powered by CarriersEdge. Best Fleets to Drive For: Canada, will ...
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Keystone Western has announced its expansion into the US, with the addition of terminals in Minneapolis, Minn. and Fargo, N.D. The asset-based logistics company is headquartered in Winnipeg. "These two third-party facilities will ...
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Think on-board cameras are used only to monitor drivers and punish them for bad driving behaviours? That’s not always the case, as evidenced by a recent example in which a camera helped capture a potentially life-saving maneuver, ...
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The turnover rate at both large and small truckload carriers rose in the first quarter of 2013 due to the improving economy and continued competition for drivers, according to the latest figures from the American Trucking Associations. ...
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Imagine if in just one year you saw 97 percent of your staff leave. 97 percent. Well, as the American Trucking Associations (ATA) reports, that isn't an imaginary figure any more. In the most recent version of the ATA's Trucking Activity ...
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Engineers at Oregon State University are studying a new approach to organize and route truck transportation that could save millions of dollars, improve the quality of life for truck drivers and make freight transportation far more ...
The American Trucking Associations ATA) has released a new freight forecast that projects an increase in freight volumes for all modes of transportation by more than 20 percent. The forecast predicts: • Overall freight revenue ...
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Schneider National is installing new tracking technology across its fleet of van trailers and intermodal containers. The new technology from Qualcomm is designed to provide continuous, real-time information regarding the location and load ...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the opening of its new product contamination evaluation facility in Sugar Land, Texas, US, in a bid to enable food and pharmaceutical manufacturers address safety and quality issues. The Product ...
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We just finished testing the redesigned 2014 Subaru Forester 2.5i Premium, and the overall test score for the popular small SUV shows it did not disappoint. In fact, it outscored the previous Forester 2.5X Premium by eight points. But, is ...
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Engineered building materials have become all the rage in the building industry. These premium building materials have given homeowners greater options when it comes to the options they use in putting together their homes. What’s more ...
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Goya Foods Inc., based in Secaucus, N.J., the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the U.S. and a leader in Latin American food and condiments industries, has undertaken a major redesign of its marinade product line, converting 12-oz ...
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Goya Foods has replaced its existing marinade product line available in 12oz and 24.5oz products from glass to lightweight polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles supplied by Amcor Rigid Plastics. Amcor's hot fill containers, which ...