Responding to criticism from trailer manufacturers and glider kit makers, the Environmental Protection Agency published a draft memorandum reaffirming the agency’s authority to regulate the two groups on carbon dioxide output and other greenhouse-gas emissions.
March 21, 2016Business, Safety, Government
Southern California Drayage Hauler TTSI Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
The parent company of Total Transportation Services Inc. filed voluntarily for Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy in federal court in Delaware, citing legal difficulties relating to independent contractors and the California Labor Commissioner.
March 16, 2016Business
UPS to Invest $100 Million More in CNG Vehicles, Fueling Stations
UPS Inc. will invest $100 million to expand its network of natural gas-powered freight transportation by building 12 more U.S. fueling stations and buying 380 more heavy-duty tractors that use the fuel, the company announced March 15.
March 15, 2016Business
Navistar Narrows 1Q Loss, but Revenue Shows Decline
Truck maker Navistar International Corp. posted a smaller quarterly net loss in the fiscal first quarter than in the same period a year earlier, even though revenue also declined.
March 14, 2016Business
Daseke Continues to Seek Additions to Flatbed, Heavy-Haul Enterprise
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Flatbed entrepreneur Don Daseke continues to build his company by hunting for merger candidates even though the current business environment does not favor an initial public offering for what is now the second-largest company in his sector of trucking.
March 14, 2016Business, Logistics
XPO Becomes Logistics Manager for Trinity Health
XPO Logistics is expanding its presence in the health care industry by landing a contract as the third-party logistics provider for Trinity Health, the two companies said March 9.
March 9, 2016Business
Navistar Narrows First-Quarter Net Loss
Truck maker Navistar International Corp. posted a smaller quarterly net loss than the same period a year earlier, even though revenue also declined by 27%.
March 8, 2016Business
New TMC Chair White Hunts for Technicians When Not Maintaining Bulletproof Trucks
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For a truck repair guy, Douglas White’s vehicles aren’t the largest, but they are bulletproof. The new chairman of the Technology & Maintenance Council is hoping to channel some of that toughness toward helping to remedy TMC’s ongoing battle against the chronic technician shortage.
March 7, 2016Special Coverage, Business
Technician Shortage Is Focus of New TMC Chairman White
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When the Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting closes March 3, Douglas White Sr. will become the group's next chairman and take his turn at trying to wrestle with the technician shortage.
March 3, 2016Special Coverage
Maintenance Executives Take Out the Trash
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Many truck maintenance shops are awash in waste, but some carriers are working diligently to slice away at the mountain of stuff they send to landfills.
March 2, 2016