Instead of a traditional look-and-touch routine, a driver’s pre-trip inspection would be faster and better if key components had sensors wired to transponders that would broadcast their status. By Tom Berg, Senior Editor There always… Read More »How Automated Pre-Tripping of Trailers Could Help Fleets with CSA
4/27/2012 10:10:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Consumer confidence rose in April to the highest level in a year, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index… Read More »Consumer Confidence Reaches Highest in a Year
In an approved settlement for a lawsuit over hot fuel, Costco Wholesale Corp. has agreed to convert gas pumps in some states during the next five years to automatically compensate for expansion in fuel due… Read More »Costco "Hot Fuel" Settlement Approved
4/27/2012 11:45:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Arkansas Best Corp. on Friday said its first-quarter loss widened from a year ago, in part due to a low corporate tax… Read More »Arkansas Best's 1Q Loss Widens
Ten Volvo Bio-DME (Di-Methyl-Ether) trucks have now been in regular operation since last autumn. Volvo’s European Bio-DME project, which aims to assess whether there is a market for Bio-DME (Di-Methyl-Ether) for commercial vehicles, shows promise,… Read More »Volvo Sees Promising Future for Bio-DME as a Vehicle Fuel
4/27/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Canadian transportation firm TransForce Inc. said its first-quarter profit improved, boosted by acquisitions. Net income rose to C$30.2 million, or 31 cents… Read More »TransForce Earnings, Revenue Improve
Are your salespeople really listening to customer wants and needs — beyond price? All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Is selling in the trucking industry nothing more than pricing? Absolutely not,… Read More »The successful salesperson
4/26/2012 5:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Echo Global Logistics said its first-quarter profit rose as revenue climbed to a record high. Net income improved to $3.3 million, or… Read More »Echo Global Logistics' 1Q Income Rises
Hardwood forests now cover 65.7 million acres in 12 states in the eastern U.S., an increase of 300,000 acres since 2007. Trailer Talk blog by Tom Berg, Senior Editor “Save a tree,” environmentalists preach. That’s… Read More »Hardwood forests are healthy and growing in Appalachia, trade group says
4/25/2012 5:15:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Covenant Transportation Group reported a first-quarter loss of $640,000, or 4 cents per share, compared with a loss of $2.5 million, or… Read More »Covenant's First-Quarter Loss Narrows
Walmart’s hybrid assist tractors use a traditional diesel drivetrain in conjunction with an electric motor to recover energy normally lost during braking to provide additional torque in high-load situations such as going up hills. To… Read More »Walmart Tests New Truck Prototypes to Increase Efficiency
4/24/2012 6:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Transportation and third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide reported a first-quarter profit of $106.5 million, or 65 cents a share, up 9.8%… Read More »C.H. Robinson Reports Higher 1Q Profit