04 Oct Cooper Introduces Steer Tire With Wider Footprint Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has added a tire to its commercial longhaul lineup, the Roadmaster RM832 EM steer tire. Read more...
04 Oct Kriska Transportation Acquires Trailwood Transport, Nexus Freight Kriska Transportation Group acquired Trailwood Transport Ltd. and Nexus Freight Ltd., both of Alliston, Ontario, according to an Oct. 1 news release. Read more...
04 Oct Pence Proposes House Democrats Focus on Infrastructure Democrats in control of the U.S. House of Representatives should look to advancing policies aimed at improving the country’s infrastructure apparatus and end their ongoing investigations of the Trump administration, Vice President Mike Pence told reporters Oct. 3. Read more...
04 Oct Sunset Transportation Opens Branch, Warehouse in Texas Sunset Transportation, a third-party logistics company headquartered in St. Louis, opened a branch office and warehouse space in Laredo, Texas. Read more...
04 Oct Payrolls, Wages Miss Estimates in New Sign of Downshift U.S. hiring missed projections in September and wage gains cooled, offering a warning that the record-long expansion is poised for further slowing even as the jobless rate fell to a half-century low. Read more...
04 Oct Trade Gap With China Narrows as Exports Hit Five-Month High The United States’ merchandise trade deficit with China narrowed in August as exports rose to a five-month high, a possible sign of goodwill from the Asian nation as the countries try to resolve their trade war. Read more...
04 Oct Omnitracs Announces Rollout of Unified Technology Platform Trucking technology supplier Omnitracs announced the launch of its Omnitracs One fleet-management platform, which unifies its various in-cab and back-office systems into a single offering. Read more...
03 Oct DTNA Announces Layoffs at North Carolina Truck Plants Daimler Trucks North America announced it is cutting about 900 jobs and lowering truck production at two truck assembly plants in North Carolina as the market “is now clearly returning to normal market levels.” Read more...
03 Oct Morgan Truck Body Makes Larger Version of Proscape Door-Ramp Morgan Truck Body, a manufacturer of light- and medium-duty truck bodies, announced the launch of a larger version of its Proscape Van door-ramp, according to an Oct. 2 news release. Read more...
03 Oct Equipment Financing Shoots Up 3% in August, Says ELFA Overall new business activity for 25 key American equipment financiers was up 3% to $9.2 billion in August, year over year, according to the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association. Read more...