Boydstun Equipment Manufacturing, formerly known as Boydstun Metal Works, has announced it will return to the manufacturing of commercial auto transport equipment at the start of August this year.
Boydstun Equipment Manufacturing, formerly known as Boydstun Metal Works, has announced it will return to the manufacturing of commercial auto transport equipment at the start of August this year.
July 2014 marks AHAA’s second anniversary. In mid-July, 2012, six companies from the auto transportation industry (Amerifleet Transportation, Brothers Auto Transport, Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport, Proficient Auto Transport, Virginia Transportation and Bill Fralic Insurance Services) agreed to form the Auto Haulers Association of America. Two Year Anniversary article
The turnover rate at large truckload carriers rose just one percentage point to 92 percent (annualized rate) in the first quarter of 2014, but held above 90 percent for the ninth consecutive quarter, according to the American Trucking Associations’ quarterly report
What if instead of burning natural gas directly as a fuel it could be converted to high-energy diesel fuel capable of being dropped in diesel engines already on the road today?
Congress gets back to the Capitol this week following the Fourth of July recess, and will have only three weeks or so before the DOT may have to start rationing Highway Trust Fund reimbursements to the states
Commercial vehicle component supplier ZF is pushing the envelope of future truck technology. At a rain-soaked test track in western Germany, the company showcased a wide array of new commercial vehicle systems.
Three trucking companies have filed lawsuits against truck and engine maker Navistar International claiming its 2011 and 2012 MaxxForce engines were defective and didn’t meet federal 2010 emissions standards.
Like most modern business systems, the new Compliance, Safety, Accountability web portal has a management dashboard that focuses your attention on exceptions, called Alerts, with drill-down reports to identify the source of the problem.
Speculation about autonomous — or “driverless†— vehicles has been commonplace in the trucking industry for years. Now, Daimler has made this concept a reality. At a July 3 global press conference and demonstration in Magdeburg, Germany, Daimler is hosting its “Shaping Future Transportation 2014″ conference