| | | | | | | | A U.S. appeals court upheld the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s denial of Intellistop’s exemption request to allow all commercial motor vehicles to use its pulsating brake lamp device, citing in its July 7 decision concerns with module failure and driver confusion, and a need for more data on flashing existing lamps. |
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| | | What’s one thing fleet managers at G&D Trucking/Hoffman Transportation have not had to deal with in over a decade? Incredibly, it’s rear-end accidents. |
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| | | An accomplished Carbon Express driver soon will have his name immortalized at a TravelCenters of America location. |
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| | | Groendyke Transport recently awarded Piper Sorter the Jonathan Luevano Memorial Scholarship. |
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| | | The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts record-high natural gas consumption in the United States for electricity generation in July and August as another hot summer increases demand for air conditioning. |
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| | | Diesel reaches its 10th straight week of sub-$4-per-gallon prices but rises 3.9 cents above last week’s 18-month low. Gasoline also rose 1.9 cents for the week of July 10. |
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| | | Plenty of big names have been involved in mergers and acquisitions through the middle of this year, but current market dynamics—slumping spot rates, softer demand for freight haulage, excess truckload capacity, even an uncertain used commercial vehicle pricing—are making the environment for M&As more complex. |
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| | | The California Air Resources Board, Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association, and other manufacturers have entered into a Clean Truck Partnership to advance the development of zero-emission vehicles. |
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| | | The Cummins board of directors has unanimously elected Cummins President and CEO Jennifer Rumsey as chair of the board, effective Aug. 1, the engine manufacturer announced Wednesday. Rumsey succeeds Tom Linebarger, who is retiring from both his Cummins positions as executive chairman and chairman of the board, effective July 31. |
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| | | AI technology enables FreightFriend to help brokers and carriers receive intelligent matches, book freight digitally, promote loads and trucks, and manage and grow their networks. |
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