Transervice Integrated Solutions (TIS) has launched a less-than-truckload (LTL) division to support shippers across North America. TIS was formed in 2015 through the acquisition of Logistadvise Inc., a logistics software company founded by Eric Spearin and Lionel Bao, and its new LTL division complements the existing full truckload service while rounding out the company’s freight […]
Robert Hallahan learned the hard way. He began his trucking career in 1990 at the age of 18 doing local delivery work for Coca-Cola before briefly going over-the-road, then returning to regional work hauling gasoline tankers around Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. From there, he got into hauling liquid petroleum, and his hauls found him farther […]
Flatbedder PGT Trucking (CCJ Top 250, No. 101) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to lease 100 Nikola Tre heavy-duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) following the satisfactory completion of a Nikola Tre FCEV demonstration program under terms to be agreed to between the parties. The lease order will include the Nikola Tre FCEV, scheduled […]
Diesel fuel prices across the U.S. have increased 18 cents in the last two weeks, with a 7.1-cent increase during the week ending Oct. 4 followed by a 10.9-cent increase during the week ending Oct. 11, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report. The U.S.’ average price for a gallon of on-highway diesel is […]
In the midst of an ongoing microchip shortage that continues to constrain vehicle production, one major truck maker says it’s time for the Biden administration to step up and recognize the vital role of commercial vehicles. Like other OEMs, Volvo Trucks North America has remained in step with White House goals to fight climate change […]
More than 28,000 commercial vehicles were pulled over during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Operation Safe Driver Week, which was held July 11-17 across North America. Law enforcement also stopped nearly 18,000 passenger vehicles during the blitz that aims to prevent dangerous driving behaviors. Speeding was the focus of this year’s event. In the […]
While auto manufacturers may be anxious to obtain more semiconductors, they’re not so eager to talk when it comes to the Biden administration’s push for their chip data. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo recently threatened to use the Defense Production Act to get automakers to hand over information regarding their chip inventories versus their actual production […]
Soza Trucking small fleet owner-operator C.G. Soza of Atwater, California, believes any owner-operator seeking to find a good home with a carrier or to build his/her own carrier business strives to locate or produce three central qualities. It should be a freight niche whose work you fundamentally enjoy doing, with: Nothing in the way of dishonest […]
Cheema Logistics, a subsidiary of asset-based carrier Cheema Freightlines, on Tuesday acquired the assets and operations of Missoula, Montana-based third-party logistics company Walker Logistics. Terms of this transaction were not disclosed. Cheema Freightlines and Cheema Logistics Founder and CEO Harman Cheema said he expects the acquisition to further bolster his company’s footprint in the logistics market. Walker Logistics, Cheema said, has […]
