Category: Shop Stuff

RTA Drives Fleet Innovation and Surpasses $240 Million in Client Savings Since 2017

RTA Drives Fleet Innovation and Surpasses $240 Million in Client Savings Since 2017

| January 7, 2025

RTA’s fleet management information system and consulting services deliver big savings for fleets across industries, saving an average of 2.5 years of working hours per client RTA: The Fleet Success Company – an industry leader in fleet maintenance and management systems, announces a major milestone in its mission to help fleets succeed. Since Josh Turley, grandson […]

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Continental Releases New Fuel-Efficient Retread

Continental Releases New Fuel-Efficient Retread

| January 6, 2025

Fleets can expect up to 20 percent improved rolling resistance, translating to lower fuel consumption and reduced operational costs Continental, one of the largest tire suppliers in the world, has released a new fuel-efficient trailer retread, ContiTread HT, to the United States market. The ContiTread HT features an enhanced shoulder design that significantly increases the tread’s durability, particularly […]

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Women In Trucking Association Announces its January 2025 Member of the Month

Women In Trucking Association Announces its January 2025 Member of the Month

| January 2, 2025

 Alyssa Briggs as its January 2025 Member of the Month. At only 24 years old, Briggs has been a trailer mechanic at XPO, Inc. for nearly four years The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has announced Alyssa Briggs as its January 2025 Member of the Month. At only 24 years old, Briggs has been a […]

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Dragonfly Energy and Stevens Transport, Inc. Champion Fleet Hybridization with Battle Born® All-Electric APU Deal

Dragonfly Energy and Stevens Transport, Inc. Champion Fleet Hybridization with Battle Born® All-Electric APU Deal

| December 19, 2024

Stevens Transport  has committed to transitioning its entire fleet of 2,500 trucks to Dragonfly Energy’s lithium power solutions Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. energy storage and battery technology, has secured a large purchase order for delivery of the Company’s Battle Born® All-Electric APUs from Stevens Transport, Inc., (“Stevens Transport”) one of the largest temperature-controlled freight carriers […]

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AtoB Partners with Maverik to Offer Discounts to Fuel Card Customers at Over 840 Locations

AtoB Partners with Maverik to Offer Discounts to Fuel Card Customers at Over 840 Locations

| December 19, 2024

New partnership expands fuel card network, delivering significant fleet and over-the-road discounts to customers across 20 states AtoB, the fintech payments platform modernizing the trucking industry’s financial systems, announced a new partnership with Maverik—Adventure’s First Stop. The collaboration expands AtoB’s comprehensive fuel card network, giving customers even more discounts at 840+ Maverik and Kum & […]

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Trucking’s Annual Congestion Costs Rise to $108.8 Billion

Trucking’s Annual Congestion Costs Rise to $108.8 Billion

| December 18, 2024

ATRI’s analysis also found that the trucking industry wasted over 6.4 billion gallons of diesel fuel in 2022 due to congestion, resulting in additional fuel costs of $32.1 billion Traffic congestion on U.S. highways added $108.8 billion in costs to the trucking industry in 2022 according to the latest Cost of Congestion study published by the American Transportation Research Institute […]

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