Business, Technology, Fuel

Love’s Mobile App Speeds Fuel Payment

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores added features to the Love’s Connect mobile app that allows professional drivers in the gas pump lane to select a payment account, choose a pump and activate it to start fueling.

March 26, 2018
Government, Technology

SmartDrive Launches New Platform, Sees Growth in Fleets Using Company's Technology

SmartDrive Systems, a provider of video systems and analysis for fleets and drivers, is launching a new risk-management platform that combines data from a variety of sources.

March 23, 2018
Business

Online Grocers to Need More Cold Storage Space

The rise in online grocery sales could bring a need for more industrial cold storage space by the food industry, according to CBRE Research, a commercial real estate services firm.

March 19, 2018
Business

Heartland Drops Accountant KPMG

Heartland Express dismissed its longtime accounting firm KPMG after KPMG’s year-end 2017 report for Heartland stated that the truckload carrier didn’t maintain internal controls over financial statements and access to its technology as it prepared to purchase Interstate Distributor Co. last July.

March 19, 2018
Business, Logistics

Montgomery Transport Gives Drivers a Raise

Flatbed operator Montgomery Transport rolled out a new pay package for its existing drivers while also sweetening an incentive program for new drivers.

March 19, 2018
Government, Business, Technology

California Highway Patrol Program Catches L.A. Cargo Crooks

The California Highway Patrol Cargo Theft Interdiction Program in February arrested 15 members of a suspected theft crew in Los Angeles County following a seven-month investigation of organized commercial burglary. The total value of the stolen cargo was more than $1 million.

March 12, 2018
Business

Wabco Hires Roberto Fioroni as Chief Financial Officer

Wabco Holdings Inc. appointed Roberto Fioroni as chief financial officer, effective June 6.

March 12, 2018
Business, Technology

Verizon Launches Fleet Telematics Division

The spread of fleet telematics through the trucking industry expanded with the official launch of Verizon Connect. Telecom giant Verizon Communications has put under a single brand its fleet and mobile workforce management software products.

March 12, 2018
Government, Logistics

Maritime Commission to Investigate Port Operator Charges on Demurrage, Delays

The Federal Maritime Commission has ordered a formal investigation on the detention, demurrage and per diem charges made by ocean carriers and marine terminal operators.

March 6, 2018
Business, Equipment

Trac Upgrades Equipment at Four Gulf Ports

Trac Intermodal, a provider of intermodal marine equipment, has expanded and updated its chassis fleet in the ports of Houston, Mobile, Ala., New Orleans and El Paso, Texas.

March 5, 2018