Industry News

Without a trailer, a tractor is meaningless. A trailer, the argument could be made, is the piece of equipment that actually brings revenue in for a fleet. While it’s easy to dismiss a dry van as simply a “box on wheels,†the reality of trailer design is a never-ending series of 

As environmentalists and manufacturers shared their thoughts on realistic fuel consumption reduction goals for medium- and heavy-duty engines for next decade, it was ATD Chairman Eric Jorgensen who offered the most likely obstacle to the success of 

The Senate’s inclusion of a provision to allow under-21 CDL holders to operate trucks interstate in the recently passed DRIVE Act highway bill has sparked some debate both within the trucking industry and outside of it regarding the appropriate age of truck operators. 

Celadon Trucking (No. 39 in the CCJ Top 250) has greed to pay $200,000 to settle a 2012 lawsuit brought against the carrier by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over Celadon’s pre-job offer medical screening of applicants for truck driver jobs. 

Mega-carrier JB Hunt (No. 6 in the CCJ Top 250) has sued transportation management system provider MercuryGate for $3.1 million — the amount JB Hunt says it’s owed as a refund for software it says failed to meet the functionality agreed upon by the two parties. 

The big news story this week was, of course, Cat and Navistar breaking up. At first brush, given Navistar’s fresh troubles with a brand-new EPA lawsuit, you’d be forgiven for thinking Cat’s move was a sign of more problems for Navistar. 

Caterpillar has decided to amicably end its on-highway truck production partnership with Navistar and venture out on its own,

The Senate’s DRIVE Act, a six-year highway funding act that wouldremove carriers’ CSA scores from public view, nearly hit a fate-sealing wall Friday

This year’s Brake Safety Week inspection spree will be held the week of Sept. 6-12, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced this week.