ATLANTA Trimble Transportation has partnered with Decisiv to streamline communications and data sharing between fleet maintenance shops and their third-party service providers.
March 18, 2019Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Trimble, Decisiv Partner to Connect Fleets With Repair Data From Service Providers
Business, Safety, Fuel
NACFEs Second Run on Less Competition to Focus on Regional Drivers
ATLANTA The North American Council for Freight Efficiency has started to accept applications for its second Run on Less competition, focusing on the technologies and vehicle specifications for improving fuel efficiency in trucking.
March 17, 2019Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
TMC, FleetNet America Unveil Findings From Benchmarking Program
ATLANTA One truckload fleet averaged more than 75,000 miles between roadside breakdowns in the fourth quarter last year, about seven times the vertical average of other carriers participating in a benchmarking program being run by American Trucking Associations Technology & Maintenance Council and FleetNet America.
March 17, 2019Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
TMC, PIT Group to Explore Electromagnetic Braking
ATLANTA American Trucking Associations' Technology & Maintenance Council and PIT Group will expand their research partner to study electromagnetic braking systems.
March 17, 2019Business, Safety, Fuel
Senators Introduce Diesel Emissions Bill
WASHINGTON Sen. Tom Carper led his colleagues in introducing bipartisan legislation that would reauthorize the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act through fiscal 2024.
March 15, 2019Government, Business, Safety, Logistics
North Dakota Interstates Closed; Heavy Rain Causes Flooding in Midwest
BISMARCK, N.D. Heavy rain falling atop deeply frozen ground has prompted evacuations along swollen rivers in Wisconsin, Nebraska and other Midwestern states, while powerful wind and snow has closed hundreds of miles of interstates in North Dakota.
March 15, 2019Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel, Logistics
TMC Annual Meeting Goes Beyond the Frontier of Maintenance
The evolution of trucks and truck maintenance is apparent in key highlights on the agenda for the upcoming annual meeting of the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations.
March 14, 2019Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Editorial: Keeping Trucks on the Road Starts Here
This is a time for talking about truck maintenance, as the March 18 issue of Transport Topics coincides with and will be distributed at the 2019 annual meeting of the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations.
March 14, 2019Business, Safety, Logistics
Bomb Cyclone Wreaks Havoc on Roads, Barrels Toward Midwest
LONGMONT, Colo. National Guard troops used specialized vehicles with tank-like treads to rescue stranded drivers in Colorado in the wake of a massive late-winter storm that unleashed heavy rain and snow on parts of the Midwest early March 14.
March 14, 2019Government, Business, Safety
Marijuana Impairment Emerges as Safety Issue for Trucking, ATRI Study Says
Despite growing concerns in the trucking industry over a rise in the legal use of marijuana, there is a general lack of research on the relationship between use of the drug and crashes, as well as a need for better law-enforcement tools and training to detect impaired-driver use of the drug, according to new research by the American Transportation Research Institute.
March 13, 2019