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Love’s buys Speedco

The acquisition will add 52 trucking service and lube locations to the Love’s truck stop network.

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores has hammered out a deal to purchase Speedco, a national network of service locations that provides quick lube and inspection services to truckers, from tire maker Bridgestone Americas – a transaction subject to the usual regulatory approvals and certain other closing conditions, Love’s noted.

Financial data regarding the deal wasn’t disclosed.

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Love’s buys Speedco

The acquisition will add 52 trucking service and lube locations to the Love’s truck stop network.

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores has hammered out a deal to purchase Speedco, a national network of service locations that provides quick lube and inspection services to truckers, from tire maker Bridgestone Americas – a transaction subject to the usual regulatory approvals and certain other closing conditions, Love’s noted.

Financial data regarding the deal wasn’t disclosed.

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Trimble acquires 10-4 Systems

Acquisition to bring multimodal shipment visibility solutions and small-carrier TMS platform to Trimble.

Trimble announced it has acquired privately held 10-4 Systems, a provider of multimodal shipment visibility solutions and related technologies for shippers and transportation providers.

The acquisition expands Trimble’s portfolio of Transportation Management Systems (TMS) to include an established cloud-based solution for small carriers as well as a shipper RFP platform. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Trimble acquires 10-4 Systems

Acquisition to bring multimodal shipment visibility solutions and small-carrier TMS platform to Trimble.

Trimble announced it has acquired privately held 10-4 Systems, a provider of multimodal shipment visibility solutions and related technologies for shippers and transportation providers.

The acquisition expands Trimble’s portfolio of Transportation Management Systems (TMS) to include an established cloud-based solution for small carriers as well as a shipper RFP platform. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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FHWA Demonstrates 3-Truck Platoon in Virginia

CENTREVILLE, Va. — Lawmakers gave and listened to earnest speeches on vehicle automation last week, and the nation’s transportation secretary held forth on the subject at a university, but 28 miles west of Capitol Hill the engineers took over and showed what platooning technology for trucks can do today.

How Robin Hood Would Fund Our Infrastructure

Numerous studies by the Department of Transportation, the Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials, American Trucking Associations and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association have warned that the quality and quantity …

Opinion: How Robin Hood Would Fund Our Infrastructure

Numerous studies by the Department of Transportation, the Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials, American Trucking Associations and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association have warned that the quality and quantity …

Class 8 Sales Top 17,000, Second-Highest Month in 2017

U.S. retail sales of Class 8 trucks rose to the second-highest total of the year, eclipsing 17,000, as they begin to mimic the earlier strengthening of orders and production, and small- and medium-size fleets increasingly see new trucks as crucial to d…