The Internet of Things, it seems, is coming to your local truck stop. Recently, Saia LTL Freight Inc. began employing Internet-enabled Intel Corp.technology on its fleet of more than 3,000 trucks. Sensors installed on Saia’s vehicles enabled the company to track maintenance needs, driver safety, fuel usage and several other…
XTRA Lease ordered approximately 9,000 new trailers for 2015. The company is adding a mix of dry vans, liftgated vans, reefers, flatbeds and chassis, according to its announcement. New trailers will arrive at each of the company’s 53 rental locations throughout the year. As with recent XTRA Lease purchases, all…
American Airlines is the 2015 Cargo Airline of the Year. The presentation was made to Jim Butler, president, American Airlines Cargo, at a sparkling Air Cargo News gala event in London. Butler was presented with the award by Mark Whitehead, chief executive of Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl),…
Ryder System, Inc. R, +1.66% a leader incommercial fleet management, dedicated transportation, and supply chain solutions, today announced that it was named the 2015 Trucking Company of the Year at the 3rd Annual Gulf Coast Oil & Gas awards gala ceremony in Houston, Texas. The 2015 Gulf Coast Oil &…
Werner Enterprises didn’t slow down for the “soft patch” the U.S. economy slipped into during the first quarter. The truckload carrier today said it increased revenue 1 percent year over year to $495.7 million in the quarter, and raised net profit 61 percent to $23.1 million. Despite slower growth in…
Echo Global Logistics, one of the largest transportation logistics firms in the area, is buying a Skokie-based competitor, continuing a string of acquisitions for the company. Chicago-based Echo Global has agreed to pay $420 million for Command Transportation, best known as a truckload broker, the two companies announced this morning.…
U.S.-NAFTA freight totaled $85.7 billion in February 2015 as two out of five transportation modes — air and truck — carried more U.S.-NAFTA freight than in February 2014, according to the TransBorder Freight Data released Wednesday by the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The $85.7 billion total…
In the course of our research, we have found that some human capital-intensive industries are more inherently receptive to social innovation than others. Accounting and consulting firms are often highly responsive to the social demands of their employees. For example, interns at PricewaterhouseCoopers championed a social audit practice. We also…
Carrier Transicold, headquartered in Athens, Ga., is celebrating a pair of anniversaries this year, including its 75th year of road transport refrigeration innovation and the 45th anniversary of the Carrier Transicold business. Carrier Transicold helps improve global transport and shipping of temperature-controlled cargoes with a complete line of equipment for…
Celadon Group Inc. announced several promotions within to its senior management team. The changes, which are effective immediately. Danny Williams has been promoted to chief operating officer for Celadon’s Quality Companies, from vice president of that unit. He joined Celadon in June 2006 as a financial analyst. Celadon also announced…
