Ocean Trailer has added MAC Trailers and its Beall Manufacturing tanker subsidiary to its product line. The dealer will carry MAC’s flatdeck, end dump, transfer, and pneumatic trailer lines but not liquid tank trailers. Beall produces tanker and pneumatic trailers. “We are fortunate to bring Ocean Trailer into our national dealer network and looking forward […]
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The economy may be slowing, but the war for talent is still intense. Businesses continue to find it difficult to attract the right employees and are having to resort to […] Source: Truck News
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Grote Industries promoted chief engineer Chuck O’Neal to executive director to lead and manage the U.S. engineering organization. “Grote Industries is fortunate to have an engineer and leader with the broad range of experience O’Neal has acquired over his 35 years working for Grote,” Dominic Grote, CEO and president of Grote Industries said in a
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The trucking capacity rebalancing that was taking place in the U.S. has been interrupted with the spread of the Omicron Covid variant, according to ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index in December. “The Driver Availability Index decreased 2.4 points in December, to 35.5 from November’s 37.9, reflecting the impact of the Omicron variant on both absenteeism
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The Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) will implement a simplified online services platform known as SAAQclic in early 2023 — but require a new layer of information in the process. And that could increase the cost of mechanical inspections performed by SAAQ-certified shops. “With the deployment of the new system, new instructions apply,
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A project led by the Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) will test a pair of platooning trucks on Alberta highways between November and April, in one of Canada’s latest semi-autonomous vehicle demonstrations. Bison Transport will operate the sensor-connected Peterbilt 579s – dubbed Daisy and Lilly – under the Cooperative Truck Platooning System project, which benefits
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Cummins is acquiring a share of Faurecia’s commercial vehicle exhaust aftertreatment business in Europe and the U.S. Under the 142-million-Euro deal ($213 million Cdn), Cummins acquires related manufacturing plants in […] Source: Truck News
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Drivers are not being paid enough and as older truckers hang up their keys, the new generation behind the wheel is looking for suitable schedules and companies must adapt. Fleet officials were divided on the practice of sign-on bonuses paid to attract new talent, during a panel session on recruiting and retention best practices at
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TruckRight has announced that Tiffany Koll has been promoted to sales manager. Koll joined TruckRight in September as an account executive. “Tiffany quickly showed us that she has a firm grasp on what we’re trying to accomplish as our growth accelerates, and how we want to go about things from a sales standpoint,” said Dirk
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Maersk and Kodiak Robotics have partnered to autonomously haul goods 24 hours a day, four days a week on an autonomous lane between Houston, Texas, and Oklahoma City. They claim […] Source: Truck News
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