By Ron Jessen, CHS Director of product management and business development, Refined Fuels
Creating a more fuel-efficient fleet should be measured in more than increased mi…
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Next potential use of 3D printing in trucking: Lightweighting
Ford says it’s testing large-scale 3D printing; parts can reduce weight, increase vehicle efficiency
Just when we thought we’d seen all that was going on with 3D printing …
Next potential use of 3D printing in trucking: Lightweighting
Ford says it’s testing large-scale 3D printing; parts can reduce weight, increase vehicle efficiency
Just when we thought we’d seen all that was going on with 3D printing …
US Oil Rebound Hits Roadblock, Lack of Truckers
Five years ago, the thought of $55-a-barrel oil would have given Piotr Galitzine heartburn. Now it’s keeping one of his steel-pipe shops in Houston open 24/7 and fueling a flurry of orders.
Will Phase 2 GHG rules be reconsidered?
With the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) poised to roll back ambitious corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards put in place by the Obama administration nearly six years ago – standards automakers claimed would’ve saddled them …
Will Phase 2 GHG rules be reconsidered?
With the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) poised to roll back ambitious corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards put in place by the Obama administration nearly six years ago – standards automakers claimed would’ve saddled them …
Roadrunner Secures Additional Working Capital, Forbearance Provision
Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. reached agreement with its lender group on an interim credit-facility amendment, which provides additional working capital loans and a forbearance provision, while working toward a previously announced long-term l…
Not your father’s shop
Everything’s changing. How about you?
Every March we put together an entire issue focused solely on the shop and have done so for the 32 years I’ve been at Fleet Owner. Reading through the feature stories in this issue, it suddenly struck me that everyone has been so focused on managing some truly massive changes in the trucking industry that we sometimes forget to appreciate just how pervasive and transformative those changes have been for your maintenance operations.
Not your father’s shop
Everything’s changing. How about you?
Every March we put together an entire issue focused solely on the shop and have done so for the 32 years I’ve been at Fleet Owner. Reading through the feature stories in this issue, it suddenly struck me that everyone has been so focused on managing some truly massive changes in the trucking industry that we sometimes forget to appreciate just how pervasive and transformative those changes have been for your maintenance operations.
Vocational Profile: Driving forward
The focus for Page Trucking is always on the ‘right way’
“We’re not discouraged by increasing regulatory compliance because it keeps bad actors out and allows us to secure more business,” says Dan Titus, president of Weedsport, NY-based Page Trucking. “Regulations drive change in our markets. New materials added to hazardous waste categories can lead to more stringent rules for their transportation on trucks, but it also means they are available to us as one of a very few completely qualified hazardous waste transporters in North America.”