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FleetOwner: BREAKING NEWS |
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Navistar begins EGR campaign
Jan 6, 2009 2:01 PM
Navistar has launched the MaxxForce 2010 campaign, which it said is aimed at clarifying the issues surrounding the different approaches for meeting 2010 emissions regulations...
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Averitt gives 500K to St. Jude’s
Jan 6, 2009 1:57 PM
Averitt Express has donated $500,000 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the largest donation ever made to a charitable organization by the company’s associate-giving program, Averitt Cares for Kids...
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Ryder acquires Edart Leasing
Jan 6, 2009 12:17 PM
Ryder System, Inc. has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire the full-service truck leasing, commercial truck rental and contract maintenance businesses of Edart Leasing Co. LLC...
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Isuzu to use SCR for 2010
Jan 5, 2009 3:55 PM
Isuzu Commercial Truck of America has announced it will use selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology requiring diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) to meet 2010 EPA standards for diesel engine NOx emissions...
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ATA does snow and ice accumulation study
Jan 5, 2009 11:35 AM
The research arm of the American Trucking Assns. (ATA), has completed a study on the effects of snow and ice accumulation on the top of vehicles...
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DEF alliance for Terra, Brenntag
Jan 5, 2009 11:30 AM
Terra Environmental Technologies Inc. and Brenntag North America have announced a mutually exclusive, multi-year alliance to sell TerraCair diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) in the U.S. and Canada...
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NationaLease taps Scoggins
Jan 5, 2009 11:26 AM
NationaLease has named Gene Scoggins president. Scoggins, most recently vp of sales, has been...
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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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