WASHINGTON — Congress has given the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration a tight timeframe for removing from public view CSA information regarding carrier alerts or percentile rankings. Lawmakers ordered the scores and rankings to be removed from public view the day after the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act becomes…
The telematics business model in the trucking industry is evolving quickly to one where motor carriers may share a percentage of monies generated or saved via telematics with their systems providers – especially if those providers are truck OEMs. That’s the view of Sandeep Kar (seen at right), group VP…
SEATTLE, Dec. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Lynden International, a full-service freight forwarding and logistics company, announces the appointment of John Kaloper as President. Kaloper succeeds David Richardson who retired Nov. 30 after 35 years with Lynden. Kaloper began his career with Lynden International in 1984 as an account executive in…
The 2015 Pain in the (Supply) Chain survey recently conducted by UPScoincided this year with qualitative interviews of healthcare executives in North America to gain further insights into trends, challenges and opportunities having an impact on healthcare logistics. Among the findings was that healthcare companies have made significant strides in…
WASHINGTON — The House and Senate have reached agreement on a 5-year, $281 billion transportation bill that would increase spending to address the nation’s aging and congested highways and transit systems — a legislative feat that lawmakers and President Barack Obama have struggled throughout his entire administration to achieve. The…
The U.S. Department of Transportation published Nov. 30 a Final Rule that sets up new fines for carriers, brokers, shippers and others for pressuring truck drivers to operate outside of federal safety regulations. Such coercive acts generally come in the form of threatening truck drivers with fewer miles, fewer loads…
The trucking company is using analytics software to detect potential maintenance issues that could ground its trucks, says CIO Terry Kline. The new IT strategy comes as the company struggles to stem financial losses. Navistar is determined to use big data analytics to help its trucks run like well-oiled machines.…
I’ve been spending some time lately with Elias Demangos, founder and president of Fortigo Freight Systems, getting to know him for a profile that will appear in an upcoming issue of Truck News. Elias grew up in a trucking family and after studying business in university, knew he wanted to…
We got a call from Frannie, an HR Director who was beside herself with frustration. “I’m the HR Director in our company,” she said, “and I have to fight stupid battles with my CEO and CFO all the time. This time, they’ve decided that we need a bunch of pointless…
Transport Topics Editorial Director Neil Abt and Technology Editor Seth Clevenger host this video look at the role technology plays in the future of trucking, featuring prerecorded interviews with industry leaders.
