09 Jan Weston LaBar Named CEO of Harbor Trucking Association The Harbor Trucking Association has promoted Executive Director Weston LaBar to CEO, offering him a five-year contract to run the trade group that represents the port trucking industry in Southern California. Read more...
09 Jan Truck Makers May Test Radically Different Aero Cab Designs With SuperTruck II Today’s tractors are more efficient due in large part to the aerodynamic concepts and ideas that truck makers were able to test under the Department of Energy’s 21st Century Truck Partnership, also known as SuperTruck. Read more...
09 Jan FleetPride Expands Into Kansas Aftermarket parts distributor FleetPride Inc. acquired Truck Parts & Equipment Inc. from the TP&E Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Read more...
09 Jan Royal Trucking Installs EpicVue TV Package Royal Trucking is installing in its 250 tractors the EpicVue in-cab satellite TV package designed for commercial fleets. Read more...
09 Jan DTNA Adds Features to Repair-Focused Mobile App Daimler Trucks North America announced enhancements to its Express WriteUp app, which allows service advisers at Freightliner and Western Star dealerships to create repair orders with a mobile device. Read more...
09 Jan FedEx Express Opens Mammoth Shanghai Hub, Touts Improved Asia Linkage FedEx on Jan. 8 announced the official opening of a new, 1.4 million square foot Shanghai hub that bolsters access to one of the world’s fastest-growing markets. Read more...
09 Jan Pilot Program of DrayQ App at Washington Ports Scrapped A pilot program of an app called DrayQ at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., was unsuccessful and the Northwest Seaport Alliance will scrap the experiment. Read more...
09 Jan Ryder Adds Logistics Center to Serve Eastern Canada Ryder System Inc. announced the opening of Logistics Operating Center in London, Ontario, which will primarily serve the Eastern Canada region. Read more...
09 Jan Tractor Aerodynamics Continue to Improve Comparatively speaking, today’s over-the-road tractors are slick machines.Improved aerodynamics enables them to slide through the air better than any earlier generation while offering the potential for double-digit improvements in fuel efficiency. Read more...
09 Jan Ag Industry, Ports Adjusting to Fast-Changing Landscape WASHINGTON — The agricultural industry and the ports that serve it are simultaneously working to respond to an evolving business landscape that includes everything from making room at East Coast ports for Neopanamax containerships to serving overseas demand for fresh fish, industry experts said here. Read more...