Category: Management

Daimler Truck North America and Daimler Truck Financial Services Collaborate with Salem Carriers and Electrada for a New Logistics Electrification Solution

Daimler Truck North America and Daimler Truck Financial Services Collaborate with Salem Carriers and Electrada for a New Logistics Electrification Solution

| July 7, 2024

DTFS serves as the catalyst by reducing entry barriers with the new CaaS solution; integrating the vehicle lease, electric service program, insurance, and other key components into a unified, predictable cost structure for Salem Daimler Truck North America LLC (DTNA) and Salem Carriers, Inc., a dedicated contract logistics company, today announced their collaboration to electrify […]

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dm-drogerie markt, DSV, IVECO, and Plus to Commence Automated Trucking Pilot in Germany

dm-drogerie markt, DSV, IVECO, and Plus to Commence Automated Trucking Pilot in Germany

| July 7, 2024

The new vehicle designed for series production will deliver dm-drogerie market’s goods for DSV to demonstrate improved safety and efficiency on the road IVECO, the commercial vehicle brand of Iveco Group, and Plus announced with dm-drogerie markt, Europe’s largest home and personal care retail company, and DSV, one of the world’s leading transport and logistics […]

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Samsara Announces 2024 Connected Operations Award Winners

Samsara Announces 2024 Connected Operations Award Winners

| June 18, 2024

Awards honor organizations that have demonstrated significant accomplishments across safety, efficiency, sustainability, performance, and innovation initiatives Samsara Inc. Connected Operations™ Cloud, announced the winners of its 2024 Connected Operations Awards. This year’s honorees represent the people and organizations that power our world — from transportation and the public sector, to construction and manufacturing. These organizations use data-driven […]

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ATRI Research Identifies Strategies for Mitigating Women Truck Driver Challenges

ATRI Research Identifies Strategies for Mitigating Women Truck Driver Challenges

| June 18, 2024

Challenges identified in ATRI’s research were industry image and perception, training school completion, truck parking shortages and restroom access, and gender harassment and discrimination The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released new research identifying approaches to increase the number of women truck drivers entering and staying in the industry. After quantifying six key challenge areas […]

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ATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumped 3.6% in May

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumped 3.6% in May

| June 18, 2024

Index Rose 1.5% from May 2023 American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 3.6% in May after decreasing 1% in April. In May, the index equaled 115.9 (2015=100) compared with 111.9 in April. “May was the first month since February 2023 that tonnage increased both sequentially and from a year earlier,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob […]

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FMCSA issues final rule regarding CDL standards

FMCSA issues final rule regarding CDL standards

| June 17, 2024

FMCSRs to incorporate by reference the latest version of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, Inc.’s The safety of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operators is a critical component of FMCSA’s mission. Today, the Agency published a Final Rule titled Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Standards; Incorporation by Reference of a New State Procedures Manual (SPM). […]

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