The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 6.3% in October to 119.9 from September's mark of 112.8. ...Read the rest of this story
HDT parent company Bobit Business Media has been acquired by Gemspring Capital, a middle-market private equity firm. Bobit, which bought HDT in 2012, was founded by Ed Bobit in 1961 with Automotive Fleet and today is a successful business-to-business media company in the fleet, transportation, beauty, and law enforcement industries. ...Read the rest of this story
Orders for Class 8 trucks moderated from the record-setting levels of this summer, but were still 21% better thana year ago, according to ACT Research, while used-truck sales improved over September. However, cancellations rose. ...Read the rest of this story
With an Automated Fuel Delivery system (AFD), you never have to monitor tank levels or order fuel again and you will have fuel in your tanks when you need it, at a good price. ...Read the rest of this story
There are several reasons why crisis management teams fail, including not being aware of reaction time, poor communication, micro-managing, decisions are left at low levels and allowing problems to compound. ...Read the rest of this story
FedEx Corp. is expanding its fleet to add 1,000 Chanje V8100 electric delivery vehicles, buying 100 from Chanje Energy and leasing 900 from Ryder System. ...Read the rest of this story
Volvo Trucks announced an agreement with Brønnøy Kalk of Norway to provide its first commercial autonomous solution transporting limestone from an open pit mine.
Volvo said six autonomous FH trucks will be used over a five-kilometer stretch, includin ...Read the rest of this story