ACT Research’s State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers reports a significant uptick in trailer cancellations for a second consecutive month While the sky still isn’t falling, there certainly are more ominous clouds on the horizon that bear watching closely moving forward, one being a significant uptick in trailer cancellations for a second consecutive month, according […]
“We look forward to reviewing this proposal from NHTSA and FMCSA and working with them as it is implemented.” The American Trucking Associations’ welcomed an announcement from the Department of Transportation that new heavy-duty trucks would be required to have automatic emergency braking technology. “ATA has long supported the use of AEB on all new […]
Carrier Assure is the first performance scoring software that anticipates how a carrier will transport goods for full truckload interstate Truckstop and Carrier Assure announced an exclusive partnership to bring an innovative approach to vetting carriers to the leading carrier compliance platform in the industry, RMIS. This partnership expands on RMIS’ long history of and […]
Nominations Now Open to Award America’s Top Rookie Military Veteran Serving as Commercial Truck Driver Kenworth, FASTPORT and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes initiative are again partnering in the search for America’s top rookie military veteran driver who made the successful transition to the trucking industry following military service. Under the […]
Murphy to test the battery-electric trucks in Minnesota with cold winter temperatures and H-E-B Grocery Company (HEB) in Texas to test during periods of intense summer heat Volvo Trucks North America is working with the University of Minnesota (UMN) to conduct extreme weather testing for its Class 8 VNR Electric model to analyze the impact […]
Loadsmith, founded by former Knight-Swift Executive Brett Suma, selected Kodiak to be the backbone for the company’s autonomous operations Kodiak Robotics, Inc., self-driving trucking company, announced that Loadsmith, a leading third-party Capacity-as-a-Service (CaaS) logistics platform for shippers and carriers, will equip 800 trucks with Kodiak’s self-driving technology, the Kodiak Driver. The Kodiak-equipped autonomous trucks will serve as […]
