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John G Smith
John G. Smith is the editorial director of Newcom Media's trucking and supply chain publications -- including Today's Trucking, trucknews.com, TruckTech, Transport Routier, and Road Today. The award-winning journalist has covered the trucking industry since 1995.
Keep your cool. Spec’ the right reefer.
Nothing spoils a day quicker than rotting cargo, but that's exactly what happens if reefer temperatures stray beyond an acceptable range. Arguments at a receiver's dock, insurance claims, and soured business relationships are bound to follow. The challenges can also take root long before temperatures are set or wheels begin to roll.
Titanium acquires Xpress Group
BOLTON, ON - Titanium Transportation Group has acquired Xpress Group, a van and flatbed carrier based near Windsor, Ontario. The deal is worth $3.1 million in cash, $420,000 in common shares, and the assumption of about $5.2 million in debt. "This is exactly the type of acquisition we have been waiting for," said Ted Daniel, Chief Executive Officer of Titanium. We expect to be able to achieve significant synergies between Titanium and Xpress. In addition, Xpress' customer base complements the cross-border, full truckload division that we have focused on growing."
Past has a role in Volvo’s vision
ATLANTA, GA - Keith Brandis, Volvo's director - product planning, says the road toward improved connectivity, electro-mobility, and automation also involves looking at the way trucks with older technology operate in developing nations - and exploring how trucks have become the major or only supplier of goods in eight out of 10 communities.
Bendix upgrading brakes and electronics
ATLANTA, GA - "Push them in, the wheels spin." It's one of the first things that many driver trainees memorize when learning how to use the yellow tractor protection control valve and red trailer supply valve. Now Bendix is preparing to release a new generation of the controls among a series of new product releases coming in 2018.
