Category: General Update

Relay Payments Expands Its Fraud-Free Digital Network: Now Accepted at 2,200+ Truck Stops Nationwide

Relay Payments Expands Its Fraud-Free Digital Network: Now Accepted at 2,200+ Truck Stops Nationwide

| September 23, 2024

Love’s Travel Stops is the latest addition to Relay’s network, which now includes 400,000+ truck drivers and 100,000+ fleets Relay Payments, the fintech company modernizing payments for the trucking and logistics industries, is announcing its integration with Love’s Travel Stops, broadening its fraud-free digital payment network. Since launching its fuel payments solution in 2023, Relay is […]

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Final North American Class 8 net orders totaled 16,249 units in August, down 14% y/y

Final North American Class 8 net orders totaled 16,249 units in August, down 14% y/y

| September 22, 2024

ACT Research reports Class 8 Industry on the Path to Normalization Final North American Class 8 net orders totaled 16,249 units in August, down 14% y/y. The weakness was concentrated in vocational units, where interest rate-sensitive residential spending continues to underperform and strong construction trends wane, as published in ACT Research’s latest State of the […]

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Powerfleet Announces Strategic Acquisition of Fleet Complete

Powerfleet Announces Strategic Acquisition of Fleet Complete

| September 22, 2024

Creates Highly Effective Combined Global Entity with over 2.6 Million Combined Subscribers and 2,500 Employees with Dedicated Teams to Support Customers across 6 Continents Powerfleet, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIOT), a leading provider of AIoT SaaS solutions for the mobile asset industry, has entered into a definitive agreement providing for the strategic acquisition of Fleet Complete, a prominent […]

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Biden-Harris Administration Awards Millions to Improve State Commercial Driver’s License Programs

Biden-Harris Administration Awards Millions to Improve State Commercial Driver’s License Programs

| September 22, 2024

More than $140 Million in Grants Help Get More Qualified Drivers on the Roadand Bolster Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety  The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced more than $140 million in grants to states and educational institutions through the agency’s High Priority (HP) and Commercial Driver’s License Program Implementation (CDLPI) […]

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Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. Offers Lightweight Brake Drum Standard on All Models

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. Offers Lightweight Brake Drum Standard on All Models

| September 22, 2024

The Trident brake drums reduce weight by 24 pounds per wheel end, totaling 96 pounds for a dual axle trailer Utility Trailer Manufacturing announced that the Trident® composite steel shell brake drum from Accuride is now standard on all Utility trailer models. The Trident brake drums reduce weight by 24 pounds per wheel end, totaling 96 […]

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Truckload volumes and rates diverged in August

Truckload volumes and rates diverged in August

| September 22, 2024

“Linehaul rates were year-over-year positive for the first time since March 2022, a trend that should continue into the fall shipping season” Truckload freight volumes and rates continued on divergent paths in August, with shipments rising and prices falling for the third straight month, said DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the DAT One freight […]

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