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The give and take of low-rolling-resistance tires: Do fleets pay a longevity penalty for them?

No one’s gotten around to reinventing pine-scented air fresheners yet, but otherwise it seems that virtually every component or system found on today’s heavy-duty trucks is undergoing some sort of evolutionary change. Tires are no exception.

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Boydstun will start making car carrier equipment again in August

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

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Striking port truckers return to work after agreeing to “cooling off” period

Port truckers that began striking July 7 at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach voted unanimously to agree to a “cooling off†period July 12 and will return to their regular shifts, according to an announcement circulated by the union representing the drivers, Justice for Port Truck Drivers.

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Vigillo’s big data platform adds judicial outcomes of driver citations

Vigillo LLC, creators of Athena, an advanced big data platform for the transportation industry, announced that it has partnered with U.S. Legal Services Inc. to  add  a new premium data channel to Athena.

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FMCSA OK’s full digital logs on smartphone, tablet logging apps

Digital logs produced by smartphone, tablet or computer apps no longer have to be printed and signed manually by drivers, according to new guidance on digital logs issued this week by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

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The future begins today: Technology that will revolutionize trucking is already here

It’s a cold, rainy morning in Aachen, Germany. I’m on the tail end of a two-week jaunt through Europe that began with Daimler’s introduction of a self-driving truck and wrapped up Wednesday with ZF showcasing a host of innovative new products and technology.

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Boydstun will start making car carrier equipment again in August

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.

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AHAA: Two Year Anniversary

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

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Driver turnover rate rises slightly in first quarter

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

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