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FleetOwner: BREAKING NEWS |
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Electrical reefer control
May 16, 2008 12:18 PM,
By Wendy Leavitt, director of editorial development
Shorepower Technologies has announced that the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded it a $446,000 cost-shared contract...
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NTEA issues annual report
May 16, 2008 12:12 PM
The National Truck Equipment Assn. (NTEA) has published its “2007 Annual Report: State of the Association,”...
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Karmak improves parts-ordering software
May 16, 2008 11:59 AM
Karmak is releasing a newly updated version of its ProfitMaster Internet Parts Sales, a web-based software package that allows heavy-duty dealers and distributors to receive parts orders over the Internet...
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Delco Remy breaks tradition with new alternator
May 16, 2008 11:55 AM
Times are changing, and Delco Remy is answering the call for change with the introduction of an alternator that’s been updated with a multitude of new advanced engineering features...
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Magtec and ATA talk security, safety
May 15, 2008 4:40 PM
Magtec Products (USA), Inc. (www.magtecproducts.com) has reported that company representatives met with senior executives of the American Trucking Assns. (ATA) last week, including ATA president & CEO Gov. Bill Graves, to present its technology solutions for addressing security, safety and fuel cost challenges in the transportation industry....
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RigMaster reveals new website
May 15, 2008 4:39 PM
Truck-mounted auxiliary power unit (APU) maker RigMaster Power Corp. has launched a new Web site (www.rigmasterpower.com) that the company said boasts an updated look and feel including new content and tools for both drivers and fleets. ...
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Trincon to offer costing webinar
May 15, 2008 4:36 PM
In association with TMW Systems, trucking consulting firm Trincon will host a webinar on costing methods that can help improve profits in the trucking industry....
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Teletrac adding traffic alerts
May 15, 2008 4:34 PM
Fleet Director, a GPS-based tracking and fleet management system from Teletrac Inc., will begin offering users real-time traffic information delivered to drivers as a voice alert starting in September....
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Fight brewing over LCV study
May 15, 2008 4:27 PM,
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is weighing in against efforts by trucking interests to re-examine the raising of size and weight limits for commercial trucks....
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Big Brown looking green
May 14, 2008 1:17 PM
UPS is buying 200 hybrid diesel-electric delivery vans from Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC), as well as 300 walk-in vans powered by compressed natural gas (CNG)...
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Dollars & Sense |
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Wake-up call
Apr 18, 2007 4:41 PM,
by Timothy D. Brady
DOT, trucking, logistics industry members and truckers need to wake up. They need to realize the purported driver shortage, driver pay, working conditions, and safety are all interconnected. To solve the safety problems, it’s necessary to address and resolve them all....
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Banking on your success
Mar 14, 2007 4:49 PM,
by Timothy D. Brady
Trucking is a risky business. The one who knows this better than anyone else is the owner of a small trucking company. Equipment is expensive to acquire and maintain, revenue is elusive, (here one day; gone to a cheaper hauler the next), and the liability risk is astronomical with one’s drivers constantly one vehicle away from a lawsuit eleven hours a day. Add to this, anyone with a CDL and a few thousand dollars can be trucking in just a few weeks, regardless of their knowledge of the business of trucking. So what separates the men from the boys, the women from the girls, when it comes to succeeding in trucking? The answer is another question: What is your strategy for becoming “Self-Capitalized?” In short, does your banker believe in you and your plan for success? Are you bankable? ...
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Security— What security?
Feb 12, 2007 11:58 AM,
by Timothy D. Brady
How safe are you really, when you’re out on the road? We hear on the news about how an individual registers at a trucking school, misses the first two days of class and shows up on the third day attired in dress slacks, dress shirt, loafers with no socks, ready to learn how to drive an eighteen-wheeler. And he isn’t interested in learning how to back the tractor-trailer rig. But he does want to know all about Haz-Mat hauling and background checks. Now that’s a red flag; and yes, Homeland Security was called and the individual is in custody while the investigation continues....
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