U.S. Heavy-Duty Fleet Expands at Fastest Rate Since Late 2009
The nation’s heavy-duty truck fleet grew in the first quarter for only the second time over the past 30 months, climbing 0.37% to 3.53 million vehicles registered on March 31.
May 28, 2012E&MU: Fleets’ Methods for Managing Truck Recalls
Some motor carrier executives have said the sometimes maddening process of addressing truck recalls is eased by ready access to notifications about potential problems and the ability of some fleets to handle the work in-house.
May 21, 2012Fleets Move College Football Gear for Pride’s Sake, Executives Say
Although transporting college football equipment from one venue to another can be an expensive undertaking, several trucking company executives said they are willing to write off the costs because they receive something much more valuable: a sense of company and family pride in performing what amounts to community service for higher-education institutions.
April 9, 2012Fleet Failures Remain Low
Trucking company failures reached the second-lowest level ever during 2011’s fourth quarter, reflecting the industry’s improving financial fortunes, according to a new report.
January 16, 2012Opinion: Greening Our Fleets
There was a day when the word “green” was used mostly to describe a paint color, money or grass. Today, it has new meanings relating to the quality of the environment, our fleets’ effect upon it and the challenges fleet managers face to meet local, state and federal regulations that target everything from pollution control to managing hazardous waste.
October 10, 2011Rebuilding the Fleet
Class 8 truck sales and orders have continued to outpace the expectations of analysts and company executives, creating a round of hiring at truck plants and a healthy backlog of orders that should keep the plants busy for months to come.
July 25, 2011The Top 100 For-Hire Fleets
This issue of Transport Topics includes our extremely popular Top 100 ranking of the largest for-hire motor carriers in the United States and Canada.
July 18, 2011Class 8 Truck Fleet Dips 1.2% as Firms Purge Older Models
U.S. truck owners registered more heavy-duty vehicles in the year’s first quarter than a year earlier, but also purged older trucks at an even faster rate, causing the nation’s Class 8 fleet size to drop for the fifth time in the past six quarters.
May 30, 2011Shippers Expanding In-House Fleets on Growing Demand, NPTC Says
The head of the National Private Truck Council said shippers are beginning to expand and upgrade their in-house fleets in response to improved business conditions and in anticipation of possible shortages of freight-hauling capacity and higher fuel costs in the year ahead.
April 11, 2011Obama Seeks More Funds for Clean-Fuel Fleets
President Barack Obama’s call last week for U.S. companies to add more alternative-fuel vehicles to their fleets did not provide more money for new trucks, but he is seeking funds to aid fleets’ purchases, Bloomberg reported Friday.
April 8, 2011