DDC FPO launches iCapture to automate freight billing process October 4, 2014 SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Freight billing company DDC FPO is launching a new iCapture service, which automates most of the freight billing process. The system will allow transport companies to…
Magellan boosts fleet capabilities of GPS units preview image Magellan boosts fleet capabilities of GPS units October 4, 2014 SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Magellan this week has rolled out new fleet features for its line of Android GPS navigation device and app, and Magellan Fleet Manager. It has also…
Business Management ATA delegates to take part in Healthy Trucker Challenge October 4, 2014 SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Healthy Trucker Challenge has headed south, and this weekend will pit trucking company executives attending the American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition against drivers…
Business Management Train Trailer president expands duties October 3, 2014 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Train Trailer has given Rick Kloepfer more responsibility. The company’s president has added the duties of chief operating officer to his title. Kloepfer works out of…
Business Management Class 8 truck demand remains high through September October 2, 2014 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Class 8 truck net orders in September were higher than any other September since 2005 and 27% stronger than a year ago, according to the latest data…
Business Management MACK OFFERING HARDWARE-FREE FLEET MANAGEMENT TOOLS September 30, 2014 I spent a little time yesterday on a call with Mack Trucks execs, who were launching a new service with Telogis that provides a full suite of fleet management tools…
Business Management DAIMLER GIVES A MARKET UPDATE September 30, 2014 While in Hannover for IAA, our small delegation of North American truck journalists had the chance to sit down with various Daimler execs, including the affable Martin Daum, head of…
Business Management THOUGHTS ON THE KRISKA-MULLEN MARRIAGE September 30, 2014 A 3:30 a.m. wake-up call in Hannover, Germany for a 6 a.m. flight to Amsterdam and after a two-hour layover, the eight-hour trek from there back to Toronto. I arrived…
Business Management Mullen Group on Mill Creek, Kriska, and the Western Canadian trucking industry September 28, 2014 Mullen Group senior VP Richard J. Maloney talks about the new partnership, industry consolidation and the driver shortage.
Behind the Kriska-Mullen deal preview image Business Management Behind the Kriska-Mullen deal September 25, 2014 Kriska COO Jonathan Wahba gives an in-depth explanation of the deal between Kriska and Mullen and how it will affect Mill Creek, existing customers and Canadian trucking industry.
Business Management No single solution to the drayage problem in Vancouver: consultant September 25, 2014 MISSISSAUGA, Ont.–Scott Galloway, a transportation consultant and the West Coast representative for the Freight Management Association of Canada, gave a speech at the CILTNA GTA region chapter’s Mini Outlook Transportation…
Business Management The economy in 2015: What trends will impact your business? September 24, 2014 TORONTO, Ont. — How will the countervailing economic forces play out over the next 12 months and how should that shape your business decisions heading into 2015? At the next…
Business Management Daimler leaders discuss global, North American truck markets September 24, 2014 HANNOVER, Germany — Meeting with the truck press in recent years has been easy for Martin Daum, CEO of Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA). He has guided the truck manufacturer…
Business Management Tonnage index hits new high: ATA September 23, 2014 ARLINGTON, Va. – American truck tonnage figures were exceptionally strong last month. The American Trucking Associations said its seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 1.6% in August, coming in…
Daimler offers first complete look at its autonomously-driven Future Truck preview image Business Management Daimler offers first complete look at its autonomously-driven Future Truck September 22, 2014 Hidden headlights, camera-based rearview mirrors among the design highlights
