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WorkHound data shows drivers feel more appreciated than ever before

Companies did better at recognizing their drivers in 2022 than in previous years. That’s according to WorkHound’s Annual Trends Report that showed – for the first time ever – that praise was the leading category featuring significant positive feedback. The report, designed to help companies understand the industry from the drivers’ perspective and identify and address real-time […]

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Carrier Logistics partners with SMC³ to provide new managed EDI infrastructure

Carrier Logistics Inc. (CLI), a provider of freight management software for less-than-truckload (LTL) fleets, has partnered with SMC³ to provide its customers with a new managed EDI infrastructure. SMC³’s EDI managed services provide instant connections for users of CLI’s FACTS freight management software. FACTS includes online customer shipping tools, dispatch and driver management, a superior […]

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North Carolina-based FreightWorks shuttering operations

FreightWorks Transport, a nearly 200-truck hazmat, high-security and temperature-controlled freight hauler based in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, is officially closing its doors. Jordan Kidd, FreightWorks’ director of business intelligence, marketing & IT, told CCJ on Wednesday that company owner Josh Farmer closed the company “in the most honorable way I’ve seen this happen in this industry,” with freight being […]

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Mack adding all-electric option to its MD models

The MD model now holds two distinctions in the Mack Trucks product suite: it was Mack’s first all-new truck model since the 2017 debut of Anthem. Twice. When the MD6 and MD7 debuted in 2020, the Cummins B6.7-powered trucks represented Mack’s re-entry into the medium duty segment that the company exited 20 years ago with the retirement of the Freedom. […]

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Regulatory Update – February 2023

FMCSA proposes to revamp SMS, rejects IRT as ‘overly complex’ FMCSA has proposed substantial changes to the Safety Measurement System (SMS), but the agency decided against incorporating a sophisticated statistical model based on item response theory (IRT) as recommended by the National Academy of Sciences in 2017. Although FMCSA developed an IRT model, it found […]

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Coalition calls for increased weight limits for auto haulers

A coalition consisting of car haulers, vehicle and trailer manufacturers and more last week penned a letter to members of Congress seeking increased weight limits for car haulers transporting electric vehicles. The Coalition for Electric Vehicle Transportation (CEVT) said one of the only things Congress did not address in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act […]

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Two new truck models highlight 100 years of Kenworth

Kenworth this year celebrates its diamond anniversary – a 100 year milestone that the countries of the former Soviet Union will not celebrate for another 70-plus years. If the Kirkland, Washington-based truck manufacturer was a person, they would be an centenarian. However, they would still be well outside the top 100 oldest known living persons – a list […]

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Smaller fleets lagging behind in telematics adoption and missing out on an ‘integral’ part of fleet operations

Having critical information through telematics can provide fleets with a more competitive edge and that’s particularly true during market downturns. However, according to Penske Transportation Solutions, it’s mostly smaller fleets that are staying on the sidelines instead of jumping into the growing and critical arena of real-time actionable data. Penske’s 2022 Telematics Use and Trends […]

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TMS helps carriers improve supply chain visibility

Trucking companies are known for lagging behind the curve when it comes to adoption of technology. But they have begun increasing investments in tech, whether because of regulations requiring them to invest in electronic logging devices or today’s inflationary economy encouraging the use of fuel-saving telematics systems. While those technologies are helpful and necessary, industry […]

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