The Convoy company today steps into load-board territory with a new “Convoy for Brokers” program — offering freight brokers other than Convoy’s own brokerage direct access to the network of owner-operators and small carriers who use its current platform. That’s not a small number of trucking companies — the company says it represents more than 300,000 […]
Mack’s MD Series is a rebirth of sorts for a company whose mantra is “Born Ready.” Mack exited the medium-duty segment almost 20 years ago with the retirement of the Freedom, which was mostly a rebadged Americanized Renault. The Freedom concluded Mack’s 20-plus year run with its medium-duty Mid-Liner. The MD entered production just 13 months ago at […]
Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka would like to see more truckers taking on an unprecedented freight surge at the nation’s busiest port. The problem however is that the port is calling for increasingly tough zero-emission truck policies which, according to a major port player, are already hampering drayage capacity even though these […]
Ryder System and the world-renowned researchers in transportation and mobility at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech are set to produce the industry’s first data-driven study on the impact of autonomous trucking. The groups sought to understand how to approach autonomy and the potential return on investment and the end result, they believe, is […]
President Joe Biden on Tuesday laid out how the recently passed infrastructure bill will help the current supply chain crisis through port improvements, along with freight system improvements, including a truck parking assessment. In a fact sheet published Tuesday by the White House, the Biden administration announced some immediate actions it is taking, along with some near-term […]
Following a run of just six years, Western Star is shelving its model 5700XE the company confirmed Wednesday. “DTNA has elected to discontinue production of the Western Star 5700 XE effective with the end of the 2021 calendar year,” the company said via emailed statement. “Since 2015, the 5700XE successfully answered the market need for the previously […]
A week after ramming through a stopgap measure that extended highway funding past Thanksgiving, the House of Representatives Friday night passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that provides $110 billion for roads, highways and bridges, along with money for the buildout of an electric vehicle infrastructure, water projects, the expansion of high-speed internet service, environmental cleanup and public transit. It […]
Cellular service providers will begin shutting down legacy 3G cell networks in 2022 and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is warning fleets and owner-operators to make sure their electronic logging devices are running on 4G or newer technology to remain compliant with the ELD mandate. Mobile carriers, beginning in February 2022 with AT&T, will […]
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