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Perspective: Optimizing Trailer Management

Many technologies exist to help fleets monitor cargo in their trailers, but carriers must be mindful of how the cargo itself — including what it’s made of — might impact the effectiveness of their tracking systems, especially if they look to make a change. Better trailer management can also improve drivers’ job satisfaction by mitigating issues they sometimes face in detention time and finding empty trailers.

April 25, 2022

Navistar Expands Alabama Plant for Powertrain Production

Navistar Inc., a division of Germany-based Traton Group, announced it is positioned to introduce an all-new integrated powertrain to the North American market at its expanded powertrain manufacturing plant in Huntsville, Ala.

April 21, 2022

Amazon to Invest $1 Billion in Logistics, Robotics Companies

Amazon.com Inc. says it plans to invest $1 billion in companies developing technologies in logistics, supply chain management and safety, as the retailer seeks to keep an eye on new ideas that might aid its core business.

April 21, 2022

Daimler’s Martin Daum: Autonomous Trucks Will Benefit Industry Without Threatening Jobs

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As autonomous trucks gradually move closer to commercialization, Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum sees this technology delivering a range of benefits for fleet customers and for society at large.

April 21, 2022

Pennsylvania Lawyer Employs Creative Strategy in Crash Case

Attorney Doug Marcello of Carlisle, Pa., recently had an opportunity to deploy a unique legal strategy to help avoid the potential for a multimillion dollar “nuclear” verdict.

April 20, 2022

Thermo King Rolls Out New Trailer Refrigeration Unit

Thermo King introduced the Precedent S-750i trailer refrigeration unit, its latest innovation in transport refrigeration for longhaul and local food distribution — with a diesel-electric architecture optimized for shore power integration.

April 20, 2022

Trucking Stakeholders Offer Advice, Caution on EPA Proposal

The trucking industry urged federal regulators to consider how a proposal to tighten emissions limits on engines will affect motor carriers, as they’re the ones who will ultimately deploy the equipment subject to the new rules.

April 15, 2022

International MV Series Now Supports Snowplow Applications

Navistar has introduced a chassis configuration for the International MV-series medium-duty truck that is designed for snowplow applications.

April 15, 2022

Kenworth Constructing Test Building at Ohio Plant

Kenworth Truck Co. began construction on a $45 million, 105,000-square-foot test building addition to its Class 8 truck assembly plant in Chillicothe, Ohio.

April 15, 2022