ORLANDO, Fla. — FedEx Freight technician Mark McLean captured his third Grand Champion title Sept. 19 at American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Council National Technicians Skills Competitions, most in the 13-year history of the event.
September 19, 2017GovernmentBusinessEquipment
Equipment Makers Set Up First ‘Fly-In’ With Washington Policymakers
The rare opportunity of reforming the federal corporate tax code and ensuring long-term funding for freight infrastructure in the coming months prompted the Association of Equipment Manufacturers to recently schedule its own meetings on Capitol Hill and the White House.
September 20, 2017BusinessTechnologyEquipment
Omnitracs Acquires Assets of Shaw Tracking
Omnitracs has acquired the assets of Shaw Tracking, its longtime distribution partner in Canada, company officials announced Sept. 19.
September 19, 2017BusinessTechnologyEquipment
Coca-Cola Consolidated Deploys Lytx DriveCam
Coca-Cola Consolidated, the largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States, is deploying the DriveCam video safety program from Lytx Inc. after testing the system in part of its fleet.
September 19, 2017GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment
Technology, ELDs Present Opportunities for 3PLs to Grow, Voltmann Says
Embracing technology is the next natural step in the evolution of third-party logistic companies, according to Robert Voltmann, president of the Transportation Intermediaries Association.
September 19, 2017BusinessEquipmentSafetyTCA
How Best to Insure a Large Truck? It’s Complicated
Several years after becoming an insurance agent, David Imschweiler decided on a career change, so he got his commercial driver’s license and became a truck driver.
September 19, 2017BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomousTCA
Uber’s Fleet of Self-Driving Cars in Pittsburgh Back on Road After Crash
Uber grounded its fleet of self-driving cars in Pittsburgh for a few hours the morning of Sept. 18 as the company investigated a crash involving one of its vehicles.
September 19, 2017BusinessEquipmentSafetyFuel
Love’s Reaches Agreement to Buy Speedco
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores reached an agreement to purchase Speedco, a national network of service locations that provides quick lube and inspection services to the trucking industry and is a unit of Bridgestone Americas Inc.
September 18, 2017BusinessEquipmentLogistics
Celadon Sells Assets of Flatbed Division to PS Logistics
Celadon Group is getting out of the flatbed business, striking a deal to sell all of the assets of its flatbed division to PS Logistics in Birmingham, Ala., company officials announced Sept. 18.
September 18, 2017TechnologyEquipmentSafety
Truckers Benefit From Weather Forecasting Technology
Increasingly sophisticated weather forecasting applications are helping fleets and drivers navigate around adverse weather conditions that could pose safety risks or delay the movement of freight.
September 18, 2017