Hiring military veterans as truck drivers can do more for a fleet than just fill empty seats. That was the message from veteran advocacy groups and fleets during a session last week at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Dave Harrison, Executive Director of Work Force for Fastport, outlined the benefits to fleets of […]
Checking a weather forecast for home is pretty easy, but when you’re clocking 500-plus miles per day across multiple states it’s not uncommon to run into some weather-related surprises. Just last week a storm system dropped multiple tornadoes across Texas and Louisiana before pushing north and eastward, placing almost 70 million people across the Southeast […]
Under bright, sunny skies Wednesday in Texas, Navistar hosted its official ribbon cutting for its San Antonio Manufacturing Plant, a state-of-the-art facility that’s designed to cut production costs while pursuing the company’s long-term goals to go green in terms of EV manufacturing and plant operations. The nearly 1 million-square-foot manufacturing facility includes a body shop, […]
Join us for the first annual AHAA Open at The Golf Club of Georgia, June 14, 2022. Our Presenting Sponsor for the tournament is Bill Fralic Insurance Services AHAA Chairman Barry Williams invites you to join your friends and business colleagues for fun on the links in Alpharetta, Georgia. Many of you may remember The Golf Club of […]
Trucking companies are no doubt feeling the effects of diesel prices surging by more than $1 per gallon over the last two weeks, which took fuel prices to a record high of $5.25 per gallon nationwide during the week ending March 14. While many fleets have likely been preparing for such a situation due to the increase […]
J.B. Hunt Transport Services (CCJ Top 250, No. 3) and BNSF Railway Company are launching a joint effort to substantially improve capacity in the intermodal marketplace while also meeting the expanding needs of current customers. Demand for intermodal services has grown significantly in recent years as companies look to secure capacity, while reducing costs and their […]
Volvo Trucks North America on Tuesday announced the debut if its fuel efficient powertrain package, I-Torque. Comprised of Vovlo’s standard D13 Turbo Compound engine; I-Shift transmission with overdrive features, adaptive gear shift strategy and a new map-based version of the predictive cruise control Volvo I-See; and exceptionally low rear axle ratios (as low as 2.15); I-Torque enables the […]
A Phoenix-based operations and driver relationship platform has unveiled a new transportation management system that is designed to enhance driver relationships while managing operations to improve driver retention. Trucker Path, a driver-focused mobile app, has launched operations and driver relationship (ODR) platform COMMAND which combines the app with operational tools found in commonly used transportation […]
Rand McNally has added video telematics with machine vision and artificial intelligence to its product suite. The two-way dash camera, which has flexible features to adapt to all sizes and types of fleets, has a road-facing camera that warns drivers before collisions may happen and an optional cab-facing camera that helps protect drivers in the […]
