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News · Feb 14, 2019

FBI seeks public’s help in locating stolen Florida trailer

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking for the public’s help in locating a trailer that was stolen from Tampa, Florida, earlier this month. •Trailer identification number on the front of the trailer: LRG 5347•Florida license plate number: 2277CS A reward of up to $2,000 is being offered for information leading to the successful recovery of the trailer and/or cargo. If you have information to provide, please call the FBI Tampa field office at (813) 253-1000 or submit your tip to tips.fbi.g

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News · Feb 13, 2019

South Fla. Kenworth’s new facility

Kenworth of South Florida’s Riviera Beach location has a new, $2.7 million facility now housing its parts and service dealership. It features 12 service bays; two-hour truck diagnosis through the Kenworth PremierCare ExpressLane program; a 700-square-foot visual parts department supported by a large, fully stocked parts warehouse with ample inventory; a comfortable driver’s lounge; and 24-hour towing service availability. read More at : https://www.overdriveonline.com/south-fla-kenworths-new-fac

News · Feb 13, 2019

Visualizing warehouses: robots that can observe and manipulate work environments

Though specialized robots have proven to be a viable alternative to human workers across several sectors within manufacturing since the 1960s, their presence in the supply chain has largely been non-existent until recently. This is because robots excel at work that is repetitive, which makes them a viable option on an assembly line, but dismal (to date) on the warehouse or distribution center floor. Read more at : https://www.freightwaves.com/news/technology/visualizing-warehouses-robots-that-ca

News · Feb 13, 2019

After early morning in blizzard-like conditions Chicagoland area woke up to freezing but beautiful morning

Blowing wind and freezing snow have created some dangerous driving conditions Wednesday morning.The wind and snow caused some problems for drivers especially truck drivers. Later on conditions improved and turned from early morning dangerous weather conditions into beautiful sunny day Weather conditions are expected to stay cold but clear and nice for most of the day and rest of the week according to https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/chicago-il/60608/hourly-weather-forecast/348308?hour=10 Crossr

News · Feb 13, 2019

George Washington Bridge leads 10 most congested freight bottlenecks in U.S.

While Texas is home to the most congested freight corridors in the U.S., a New Jersey interchange is the worst bottleneck in the country, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s updated 2019 Top Truck Bottleneck List. The 2019 Top Truck Bottleneck List was compiled by ATRI using GPS data from nearly one million trucks at 300 congested locations across the country. The top 10 freight bottlenecks in the U.S. are: Fort Lee, New Jersey: I-95 at SR 4 Atlanta: I-285 at I-85 (Nort

News · Feb 13, 2019

Biodiesel tax credit could be saved by border wall deal

Lower diesel prices for truck stop owners and their trucking customers could hinge on the ability of Congress and President Donald Trump to hash out a deal by Friday’s deadline on a new spending bill. Last year Congress came close, but failed, to pass an extension to the U.S. Department of Energy’s $1/gallon biodiesel tax credit for 2018, which incentivizes diesel fuel retailers to blend biodiesel into their fuel supplies. Absent the government incentive, biodiesel fuel becomes more expensive to

News · Feb 12, 2019

Colin Young has a message for Colorado State Patrol: Enforce increasing problem of unsafe passing on mountain roads

Reader Colin Young was westbound in Colorado, “coming down Loveland Pass,” he says. As you can see in the video installment (above) from Overdrive‘s Dashcam Central series of reader-submitted videos, a pickup makes a pass on the two-lane with just a hair of space available between himself, oncoming traffic and the nose of Young’s rig. Young called the video “Lucky Driver,” but that doesn’t tell the whole story. Read more at : https://www.overdriveonline.com/colin-young-presents-luck-driver/ Arti

News · Feb 12, 2019

Truck stop owners feeling the high-tech heat

Bob Wollenman, managing partner of Deluxe Truck Stop in St. Joseph, Missouri, is a single-unit independent truck stop operator who has rolled with the changing needs of drivers and trucking companies since he opened his doors in 1980. “NATSO members are being challenged by ever-changing dynamics in the industry,” Wollenman said at the opening of the NATSO Connect conference in Orlando on February 11. “We know that transportation is struggling to keep and maintain drivers. The long-haul driver is

News · Feb 12, 2019

New England Motor Freight ( NEMF) declared shocking bankruptcy

Today New England Motor Freight Company shocked the trucking world by announcing that they are filling for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and they shutting down all operations immediately ! NEMF was 17th larges carrier i the U.S. with revenue over $400 million ! NEMF also had 10 subsidiary companies and they will be also shutting down. President of NEMF Thomas W. Connery wrote the letter to all employees to inform them about bankruptcy : February 11,2019 To The Workers of NEMF: It is with a heavy heart t

News · Feb 12, 2019

61 years trucking — and counting

“I was in the Army National Guard for Eight Years. I was too young for Korea, and too old for Vietnam. Never felt like I even served. I never got sent anywhere. “My grandad was a steamboat engineer. He worked on the Ohio and the Mississippi . At 80 he became a merchant marine so he could run the diesel engines. He loved it. He said, ‘We’ll be the first to go if there’s a war.’ You could just see the Indian in him. Chewed Red Man every day of his life. He worked until the day he died. He was 83 a

News · Feb 10, 2019

Nikola announces plans for electric truck

Still more than two months away from an event the company has dubbed Nikola World – where the now-Arizona-based hydrogen fuel cell truck startup plans to debut its flagship Class 8 tractor – Nikola Motor Company tweeted Friday that a battery-powered unit would also be showcased. Read more at : https://www.ccjdigital.com/nikola-announces-plans-for-electric-truck/ Article by :Jason Cannon| @By_Jason_Cannonhttps://twitter.com/nikolamotor/status/1093999128760147968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etwe

News · Feb 8, 2019

In the blockchain race, supply chains stand to gain the most

The idea of blockchain started out packaged as a use case that attempted to replace government-regulated fiat currency with cryptocurrency. However, it has expanded dramatically since then, with use cases being identified across a myriad of segments including finance, energy, supply chain and defense. In all likelihood, cryptocurrency could be called a precursor to the potential of blockchain, a use case that made people sit up and take notice about an underlying technology so promising that it