Mack Trucks, Inc. (Mack) is recalling certain model year 2014 CXU tractor trailers manufactured June 21, 2013, through October 4, 2013 and equipped with an automatic over-speed protection system.
Mack Trucks, Inc. (Mack) is recalling certain model year 2014 CXU tractor trailers manufactured June 21, 2013, through October 4, 2013 and equipped with an automatic over-speed protection system.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s newest enforcement tool is a shutdown order for carriers that flagrantly disregard the safety rules.  Under a final rule to be posted this week, the agency can suspend or revoke the authority of willful repeat violators, and impose civil or criminal penalties.
The deal closed Tuesday with Chrysler paying out a special distribution of $1.9 billion to the VEBA Trust and paying out $1.75 billion from Chrysler cash-on-hand. The two parties also entered into an agreement in which Chrysler will make four additional payments equaling $700 million per year. The first of those payments, of $175 million, […]
Chrysler Group Fleet recently announced changes and additions to its National Sales Management team. Frank Dankovich, the newly appointed Director, is building the team to accommodate the anticipated increased sales resulting from recent enhancements to Chrysler’s product line-up. His senior management team will now consist of:
Fuel card and electronic payments vendor Comdata and truck stop chains TravelCenters of America, Pilot Flying J, Love’s and Country Stores have agreed to a $130 settlement with 4,000 independent truck stops and other fuel stops in a lawsuit that dates back to March 2007.
A study from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville concludes that carriers shouldn’t pass on the extra costs of complying with the July 1 hours-of-service rules to shippers or customers, lest they want to potentially “fatigue†their relationship they have with them, the study says.
There is one overriding issue that all fleet owners and managers face…recruiting new talent. I saw an article on Businessweek.com a couple of weeks ago that talked about the ongoing shortage of truck drivers. Those of us in the industry deal with this issue continuously. But the numbers are even worse than I thought.
Trucking’s overriding challenge on Capitol Hill this year is passage of a new highway program. The current program expires at the end of October. It launched a number of substantive reforms and policy initiatives but was funded for just two years with money taken from here and there in the federal budget.
When Jose Ortiz of Ypsilanti, Mich. bought his 2010 Toyota Matrix at Dunning Toyota in December 2013, he didn’t realize the historical implication of his purchase. Ortiz’s decision enabled Toyota to become the first brand to sell 4 million certified pre-owned vehicles in automotive history.