Great Dane has now built more than 100,000 trailers at its van plant in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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Drivers are key to the success of any trucking operation, so it only makes sense to invest in how they are hired, retained and managed to be successful on the job. Implement a good driver-performance management program based on solid data and you could start to see results “almost immediately,” speakers Don Osterberg, senior vice president of safety, security & driver training for Schneider National, Inc. and Al LaCombe, director of safety, training & security for Dupre’ Logistics, LLC told representatives of 240 companies who recently attended a live webcast sponsored by GreenRoad and presented jointly by Fleet Owner and the Truckload Carriers’ Assn. (TCA). Continue Reading

Transportation is one area that is ripe for delivering savings to businesses looking for ways to contain costs in the new year, according to Thermo King Corp. Continue Reading

“Our usual customers are companies in the freight hauling sector—both private carriers and for-hire operators. Once we leave the various transportation applications, we see a lot of activity in agriculture and construction, in addition to service operations, for example landscapers, that come to us for equipment,” said John Diez, senior vice president of Asset Management at Ryder Systems. He’s the man responsible for moving his company’s equipment into secondary applications—the used truck market.
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LAS VEGAS. The U.S. has entered a period of sustained but slow economic growth that bodes well for trucking, according to economists at the 2012 Heavy Duty Dialogue. Representing a consensus opinion among the speakers at this one-day conference for truck manufacturers and suppliers, Dr. Jeff Rosensweig of Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, said the country will “most likely” experience GDP growth of 2 to 2.5% this year, although the potential remains that it could reach 3 to 4%. While a double dip recession still remains a possibility, he put the likelihood of a return to negative growth at just 25%. Continue Reading

Cox Transportation Services, a Virginia-based truckload carrier, has upgraded its trailer fleet with Solus split skirt technology. Continue Reading

Faced with an ever-growing shortage of truck drivers, fleets are engaging in a variety of efforts to find and keep willing hands to hold a big rig’s steering wheel for a career. Not only are fleets starting up their own driver training schools, but recruiting efforts in have intensified, even within their own companies. Continue Reading

During a webinar hosted by GE Capital Fleet Services (GECFS) yesterday, several experts debunked a set of six hoary yet still-persistent myths about truck fleet decision-making. At the outset, moderator Greg Wilson, truck product leader for GECFS, said these myths, by and large, result in lost productivity and lost revenue as well as negatively impacting driver/employee retention. What’s more, he added they can cause vehicle acquisition and operating costs to rise unnecessarily and can severely ding vehicle resale values. Continue Reading

Driver safety, eco-driving, and reducing insurance claims are just some of the things that are important when it comes to a company’s route vehicles. But how can companies maintain and monitor every single driver and truck? Implementing the latest technology advances in telematics can help improve a driver’s safety, boost sustainable operations, and reduce insurance claims too. Continue Reading

The for-hire trucking industry added 5,100 new payroll employees in December — the most in one month since March, according to preliminary numbers released Friday, Jan. 6, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The gain comes on top of small upward adjustments for October and November. Continue Reading