The potential for synchronous global growth could ignite demand for transportation, leading to higher carrier pricing, a recovery of profitability, and the potential for industry consolidation, according to David Newman, a transportation ...
Tags: Transportation, auto
Volvo has introduced an Optimized Series of regional haul tractors, which the company says offer improved fuel efficiency and payload. The series includes eight models intended for regional tanker, bulk haul, refrigerated, dry van or ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released its top ten list of trucking industry concerns this week. The 2013 survey, which was commissioned by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), had a 41 percent increase in ...
Tags: Trucking Industry, Transportation
The BC Trucking Association (BCTA) has developed a new skills assessment tool called IDRIVE and is looking for 25 recent immigrants with professional truck-driving experience to participate in a pilot test to be scheduled in November or ...
Tags: Transportation
The new hours-of-service rules that went into effect earlier this year rank as the top concern among US trucking executives. The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released its annual list of trucking industry concerns this ...
Tags: Transportation, truck
FTR's Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) was still sitting in negative territory in August, but shipping rates, for the time being, are still being held in check. The Index has been dropping slowly all summer, FTR said, "reflecting the ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, truck
Two congressmen have introduced bipartisan legislation that would require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to write a regulation covering sleep disorders, rather than issue a guidance as it is planning to do. Reps. Larry ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use, sleep products
The Heart of America Trucking Show will be pumping out tunes from legendary rock band Kansas as a part of a free concert series celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA). The US-based ...
Tags: Transportation, Truck
National Trucking Week began today, meant as a time to appreciate the role of trucking in Canadian life, and particularly to applaud the skill and professionalism of its drivers. Many will have comments to make but we thought Louise Yako, ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, truck
Louise Yako, president and CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association, penned the following open letter to the nation's professional drivers in honour of National Trucking Week. Thanks to the Industry & Professional Drivers during National ...
Tags: Transportation, truck
The US government yesterday scrapped a requirement that would see trucking companies file equipment inspection reports, whether or not defects were present, Bloomberg News reported. The report said the move will save the industry US$1.7 ...
Tags: trucking companies
Despite the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) saying the new hours-of-service (HOS) regulations will create great benefits for the industry, a new study says otherwise. A report from the American Transportation Research ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto, truck
ACE USA has spun off its new Occupational Accident Policy with optional Contingent Liability Coverage, which will provide broad and flexible coverage for motor carriers. The insurance policy has been developed for motor carriers, which ...
Tags: ACE USA, Occupational Accident Policy, motor carriers, insurance
Great American Insurance Group has promoted trucking executive Darrell Bickley to divisional vice president of its Trucking Division. Since joining the Trucking Division in 2004, Bickley served in various positions of increasing ...