From The Detroit News: The $240 million investment in southeastern Michigan that Chrysler Group LLC announced Thursday — a move that will create 1,250 jobs — goes beyond what CEO Sergio Marchionne committed to in negotiations with the United Auto Workers, according to union leaders.
The Detroit News: -Â The shortage can be traced to consumers renting replacement cars for their own storm-damaged vehicles and emergency responders and local utilities needing cars and trucks for the recovery effort.
Truckinginfo – The Compliance, Safety, Accountability enforcement model has been fine-tuned on multiple occasions since the program’s inception by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. One constant within the model, first appearing during the pilot project, but not drawing much attention until recently, is the agency’s Safety Management Cycle.
Six of the 10 issues listed in the National Transportation Safety Board’s “Most Wanted List†for 2013 focus on highway travel, including hope for a mandate for collision avoidance technology for trucks, eliminating distractions like portable electronics and eliminating substance-impaired driving.
Volvo AB said Friday its North American truck deliveries fell 8% in October from a year ago, though year-to-date sales are 23% over the same period last year.
Navistar International Corp. said its first International ProStar Plus Class 8 on-highway tractor equipped with a Cummins ISX15 engine and selective catalytic reduction technology rolled off the production line this week at its plant in Escobedo, Mexico.
Commercial Carrier Journal, CCJ – Commercial and private fleets always are looking to automate the “quote-to-cash†cycle. Most already are on the right path by using transportation management software designed for this purpose. Still, one of the biggest obstacles is how to handle the stream of data coming in from different sources and formats.
Trucking executives grew significantly more concerned about freight volume in October, although the effects of Hurricane Sandy might have played a role. Driver availability remained the top concern of trucking executives in the monthly Randall-Reilly MarketPulse survey of trucking conditions, but the portion most worried about freight volume jumped from just over 14% in September […]
NHTSA Campaign ID Number : 12V507 Manufacturer : Navistar, Inc. Make / Model Years : INTERNATIONAL / 2013 Subject : Steering Wheel may Separate
