Recap of 2018 NTDC Competition
Recap video of 2018 National Trucking Driving Championships in Columbus, Ohio.
August 12, 2018French Firm Trigo Group Adds Two US Companies to Expand Quality Management Services
Trigo Group, a company based in France that provides inspection, quality training and consulting services to manufacturing firms throughout the world, has made two recent acquisitions in the United States.
August 10, 2018Chassis Company FlexiVan to Purchase Intermodal Tire Business From New Pride
FlexiVan is purchasing substantially all of the assets of New Pride Corp.’s intermodal tire division, the Kenilworth, N.J., intermodal chassis leasing company said Aug. 6.
August 10, 2018UPS Reaches Tentative Agreement With Airline Mechanics
Local union leaders with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters which represents UPS Inc. and UPS freight workers approved on Aug. 9 two separate five-year national contracts. This paves the way for the 250,000 workers, including drivers, loaders, package sorters, dockworkers and operations team members and 11,000 freight workers to vote on the contacts in September.
August 10, 2018Utility Selects New Curtain for Trailers
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. announced the Kin-Sider from Kinedyne will be the new standard curtain installed on Utility’s Tautliner curtain-sided trailers.
August 10, 2018Trailer Makers Seek Timeline for Review of Phase 2 GHG Rule
A trailer makers group is asking a federal appeals court to require that two federal agencies state when they plan to make a final decision on a 2016 Obama-era heavy-truck greenhouse gas rule. Whether revised or kept in place, the rule would regulate trailers for the first time.
August 10, 2018Former Chief Tesla Vehicle Engineer Doug Field Returns to Apple
Apple Inc. said it rehired Doug Field after the executive spent about five years at Tesla Inc. in charge of vehicle engineering.
August 10, 2018Loop’s Fuel Cell Range Extender to Be Evaluated in SoCal
Loop Energy announced its heavy-duty fuel cell range extender will power two zero-emissions, hybrid-electric Class 8 drayage trucks as part of a fuel cell truck project in Southern California.
August 10, 2018Ready for a Challenge? Take Our NTDC Quiz
With NTDC 2018 here, we challenge you to take a brief quiz and test your basic knowledge of driver rules!
August 10, 2018Elaine Chao Announces New Orleans-Area INFRA Grant
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao recently joined Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) to formally announce the award of a $45 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grant to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
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