Articles Tagged with ''trucking industry''

Study: Shippers to move more freight in 2018

The survey consisted of a series of questions aimed at gauging the supply chain challenges that shippers experienced in 2017.
January 25, 2018
Averitt Express, Cookeville, Tenn., released the results from its third annual State of The North American Supply Chain Survey.
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Study: Driverless trucks are the future

Automated road freight will save costs, reduce emissions and make roads safer, but the impact on driver jobs requires a managed transition, the study says.
June 16, 2017
Governments must consider ways to manage the transition to driverless trucks to avoid potential social disruption from job losses, says a new report published by the International Transport Forum (ITF), France.
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Partner Logistics invests in new trailers for frozen food shipment

The new Schmitz Cargobull S.KO COOL semitrailers will be used to move frozen food products between the Partner Logistics deep-freeze warehouse and the production facilities of Lamb Weston and Pinguin UK.
February 3, 2017
Partner Logistics, UK, invested in two new trailers for its shuttle operations at its near 80,000-pallet capacity cold storage center in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
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Comdata helps trucking fleets stay compliant with KeepTruckin partnership

Through the Comdata MyFleet Program, small trucking businesses can buy, pay for and integrate KeepTruckin’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)-compliant ELD systems into their operations.
February 2, 2017
Comdata Inc., a provider of fleet management and B2B payment solutions based in Brentwood, Tenn., announced a partnership with electronic logging device (ELD) provider KeepTruckin to further address the compliance needs of the North American trucking industry.
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KJM Capital acquires two refrigerated carriers

The combined fleets increased to 450 tractors and 700 refrigerated units, providing transportation needs to blue chip shippers nationwide.
January 24, 2017
KJM Capital, LLC, an Orlando, Fla.-based private equity firm, announced that, in separate transactions, it acquired Interide Transport, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Blue Sky Logistics, Smithfield, Utah.
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Spartan Motors to acquire fire apparatus maker Smeal

The addition of Smeal product portfolio accelerates Spartan Motors' emergency response business.
December 13, 2016
Spartan Motors, Inc., Charlotte, Mich., announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, Spartan Motors USA, Inc., entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Smeal Fire Apparatus Co., an innovator and manufacturer of fire apparatus based in Snyder, Neb., and its subsidiaries for $36.3 million.
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