PHH Sets Safety Modeling Service
PHH FirstFleet Tuesday said it launched a new predictive modeling service for driver safety analysis and training for private fleets.
May 30, 2007Knight Raises Quarterly Dividend
Truckload carrier Knight Transportation said Tuesday its board raised the company’s quarterly cash dividend, declaring a dividend of 3 cents per share, an increase of 50%.
May 29, 2007ATA Encourages EPA to ‘Harmonize’ Federal, California OBD Requirements
American Trucking Associations has urged the Environmental Protection Agency to harmonize pending federal and California onboard diagnostics rules.
May 29, 2007Union Fund Exit Would Cost UPS Up to $4 Billion
UPS Inc. would have to pay about up to $4 billion to cover its share of a Teamsters pension fund’s obligations, industry sources said.
May 28, 2007STB Asked to Delay New Limits On Freight Rate-Setting Bureaus
The National Motor Freight Traffic Association has asked the Surface Transportation Board to delay a decision to end antitrust immunity for trucking rate bureaus.
May 28, 2007Technology Speeds Load-Planning Tasks
Eight years ago, a busy day for load planner Rick Demitruk of Express-1 Expedited Solutions Inc. meant dispatching 20 to 30 loads and shepherding them through to delivery.
May 28, 2007Rail, Intermodal Fall for Week
Rail carload and intermodal freight fell last week compared with a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.
May 25, 2007Covenant Renames Holding Company
Covenant Transport said Wednesday its stockholders approved a name change to the truckload carrier’s corporation to Covenant Transportation Group Inc.
May 23, 2007Calif. Seeks Stricter Greenhouse-Gas Rules
California has asked U.S. regulators for permission to set its own environmental rules for reducing global warming emissions from passenger vehicles, Bloomberg reported.
May 23, 2007FMCSA Moves to Protect Fleets From ID Theft
Brent Jones first got word March 27 that his trucking company’s name was being used as part of a freight load board fraud scheme.
May 22, 2007