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Talking Tesla Elon Musk
Bridge to Someday Top 10 of 2017 Waiting for a new U.S. crossing PG. 10 Products that topped our list PG. 36 The Business Magazine of Canada’s Trucking Industry EVERYONE’S TALKING TESLA W 5C4. Will it be the game changer? January 2018 www.todaystrucking.com plus Yard Dogs Tools to keep your trailers rolling Sleep Well Canadian Mail Sales Product Agreement #40063170. Return postage guaranteed. Newcom Media Inc., 451 Attwell Dr., Toronto, ON M9 Researchers fascinated by fatigue Contents January 2018 | VOLUME 32, NO.1 5 Letters 7 John G. Smith 10 16 9 Rolf Lockwood 31 Mike McCarron NEWS & NOTES Dispatches 13 MacKinnon Sold Ontario fleet sold to Contrans 22 Heard on the Street 32 36 23 Logbook 24 Truck Sales 25 Pulse Survey 26 Stat Pack 27 Trending 30 Truck of the Month In Gear 44 Yard Dogs Features Keep trailers moving in the yard with 10 Bridge to Someday specialized equipment Work on the Gordie Howe International 48 Southern Stars Bridge continues, but at a slow pace By Elizabeth Bate Cabovers gaining ground in Mexico 16 Talking Tesla 51 Product Watch Elon Musk (partially) unveils his electric truck. 52 Guess the location, Will it be the game changer he promises? By John G. Smith win a hat 32 Sleep Well Good health begins with proper sleep. Researchers want to know if drivers are getting what they need. By Elizabeth Bate 36 The Top 10 Here’s the tech that topped our editor’s list in 2017 By John G. Smith Cover Image: Courtesy of Tesla For more visit www.todaystrucking.com JANUARY 2018 3 BORN TO BE Designed with decades of experience BETTER. -
Refrigerated
REFRIGERATED What they Track Product Needs • Operating Ratio • Fuel efficiency / low rolling resistance • Revenue per Loaded Mile • Long, even tread wear About the Business • Asset Utilization (of expensive trailers) • Casing durability and retreadability • On-time deliveries (in right condition) • CARB/Smartway • Refrigerated “Reefer” carriers not only carry fresh food, but • At temperature (thermal efficiency) • Smooth, quiet ride also pharmaceuticals, tobacco products, fine art and • CSA Scores antiques, personal care products, and chemicals. • TCO (Fuel, Weight, and CPM) • Reefers drive hundreds of miles in the blazing sun while protecting cargo that must be maintained at a specific Vehicle Specs temperature from dock to dock. Service Needs • If a shipment spoils, it can cost thousands of dollars • Majority classes 6-8 in replacement and shipping fees, as well as the • Annual miles: 125,000+ • Preventative Maintenance potential loss of customers. • Primarily Line Haul applications • Help improve CSA scores • Fleets are willing to spend more on their equipment • Both straight and tractor-refrigerated trailer • Reduce the possibility of DOT interventions and ensure to help prevent spoilage. • Majority tire diameter: 22.5 compliance • This means they are also likely to spend • Breakdown solutions more on premium quality tires. Long-haul reeFers want light weight trailers that can carry • Mounted wheel programs • Fleets must deliver on time, so they are focused on higher payloads. They prefer aluminum structural members • Reduce operating costs and complexity through fuel keeping their fleet in top-notch shape to avoid mechanical and thinner walls, with fewer door openings. These trailers efficiency, uptime maximization, tire lifecycle program breakdowns and/or delays. -
1 in the United States District Court for the Northern
Case: 1:11-cv-01983 Document #: 1 Filed: 03/22/11 Page 1 of 22 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO DIVISION PJC LOGISTICS, LLC, : : Plaintiff : : v. : Civil Case No. 11-cv-1983 : A&R LOGISTICS, INC.; ACE HARDWARE : JURY TRIAL DEMANDED CORPORATION; ALLIED VAN LINES, INC.; : ATLAS VAN LINES, INC.; BEST WAY : EXPRESS, INC.; BULKMATIC TRANSPORT : COMPANY; CARDINAL TRANSPORT, INC.; : CARTER EXPRESS, INC.; CELADON GROUP, : INC.; CENTRAL TRANSPORT NORTH : AMERICA, INC.; CON-WAY FREIGHT, INC.; : CON-WAY, INC.; DAWES TRANSPORT, INC.; : deBOER TRANSPORTATION, INC.; DO IT : BEST CORP.; DOHRN TRANSFER COMPANY; : EARL L. HENDERSON TRUCKING COMPANY; : EQUITY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC.; : G & F TRUCKING LEASING, INC.; GULLY : TRANSPORTATION, INC.; H.O. WOLDING, : INC.; JBS LOGISTICS, INC.; JOHNSON : TRUCKING OF NEENAH, INC.; MARTEN : TRANSPORTS, LLC; THE MASON AND DIXON : LINES, INCORPORATED; NORTH AMERICAN : VAN LINES, INC.; ORMSBY TRUCKING, INC.; : POINT DEDICATED SERVICES, LLC; R&M : TRUCKING CO.; ROADRUNNER : TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.; ROEHL : TRANSPORT, INC.; RUSH TRUCKING : CORPORATION; SCHNEIDER NATIONAL : CARRIERS, INC.; STANDARD FORWARDING, : LLC; SUPER SERVICE, LLC; THOMASON : EXPRESS, LLC; TRANSPORTATION : SERVICES, INC. (TSI); UNIVERSAL : TRUCKLOAD SERVICES, INC.; USF : HOLLAND, INC.; and VENTURE LOGISTICS : SERVICES, INC. : : Defendants. : : 1 Case: 1:11-cv-01983 Document #: 1 Filed: 03/22/11 Page 2 of 22 PageID #:2 COMPLAINT Plaintiff PJC Logistics LLC (“PJC Logistics” or “Plaintiff), by way of Complaint against defendants A&R Logistics, Inc.; Ace Hardware Corporation; Allied Van Lines, Inc.; Atlas Van Lines, Inc.; Best Way Express, Inc.; Bulkmatic Transport Company; Cardinal Transport, Inc.; Carter Express, Inc.; Celadon Group, Inc.; Central Transport North America, Inc.; Con-Way Freight, Inc.; Con-Way, Inc.; Dawes Transport, Inc.; deBoer Transportation, Inc.; Do It Best Corp.; Dohrn Transfer Company; Earl L. -
Trucking Industry Update – January 2018
January 2018 Bridgepoint Insights Trucking Industry Update Industry Valuation Multiples At Historical Peak Executive Summary Key Takeaways . Trucking company valuation multiples are currently 10.4x, . Trucking company valuations and earnings are highly up 103.9% from the most recent cycle trough of 5.1x in cyclical due to the nature of the industry and general January 2016; current multiples are at their highest level macroeconomic factors as well as specific business in 8 years characteristics; cycle timing is critical to maximize transaction value . Given the public equities markets run, industry valuations remain low historically relative to the S&P 500, trading at . Understanding and appropriately communicating the 77.1% of the broad market, well below the historical Company’s unique business mix is critical to a successful median of 85.1%; however, this is up from the last cycle process and value maximization trough of 47.1% in July 2016 . Industry valuations maintaining upward trends above . The ATA tonnage index dropped 5.7% in December 2017 historical levels for the first time in nearly 3 years and there to 142.9 despite 2017 as a whole up 3.9% compared to are solid industry tailwinds; the near-term cycle window for 2016; the all-time high was 151.0 reached in November sellers is open 2017 . Bridgepoint Merchant Banking advises trucking company . WTI crude rose to $66.16 on January 24, 2018, an owners seeking liquidity that timing is attractive to consider increase from the most recent low of $42.53 reached in exploring monetization, financing and other strategic options June 2017 and well below highs of $100+ in 2014 Trucking Valuation Cycle 12.0x TEV / LTM EBITDA $2.0 Current 10.4x Historical Median 7.7x $1.8 10.0x Peak 10.4x Trough 5.1x $1.6 TEV ($ billions) ($ TEV $1.4 8.0x $1.2 6.0x $1.0 $0.8 TEV / LTM EBITDA 4.0x $0.6 $0.4 2.0x $0.2 0.0x $0.0 TEV TEV / LTM EBITDA Historical Median Note: Composite composed of selected public comparables as listed on page 3. -
The Salute to Women Behind the Wheel Celebrates 5 Years!
The Salute to Women Behind the Wheel celebrates 5 years! Five years ago the Women In Trucking Association kicked off the first annual “Salute to Women Behind the Wheel.” The goal then, which continues now, was to honor the women who travel the highways as a career. Whether she drives an 18-wheeler or a bus full of children (or tourists), the reason for the Salute is to honor the women who have professional licenses and earn a living while driving. On Saturday, March 29 at 11 am, the celebration will begin in rooms C201-204 (South Wing) at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville. Drivers and their families, as well as members of Women In Trucking Association, will have the opportunity to meet with event sponsors, be entertained by Terry Wooley, and enjoy a special birthday cake to celebrate our Salute’s 5th year. The event will also include WIT’s signature chocolate fountain! Attendees can register for the Salute at the WIT booth #40557 in the North Wing Lobby at the show on Thursday or Friday, or outside rooms C201-204 in the South Wing on Saturday. This year’s speaker is Rebecca Brewster, President and COO of the American Transportation Research Institute, who is also the 2013 recipient of the “Influential Woman in Trucking” award sponsored by Navistar. She will be riding to Louisville from Atlanta as a passenger in tractor-trailers driven by our members, Stephanie Klang of Con-way Truckload and Monica Abdul-Rashid of Schneider. She will stop at Nashville TA/Petro along the way and have lunch with her drivers before heading to the Mid- America Trucking Show. -
2020 Fall Meeting
TECHNOLOGY & MAINTENANCE COUNCIL’S 2020 FALL MEETING FALL MEETING PROGRAM September 14-17, 2020 TECHNOLOGY & MAINTENANCE COUNCIL 950 N. Glebe Road, Suite 210 • Arlington, VA 22203 (703) 838-1763 http://tmc.trucking.org TABLE OF CONTENTS AGENDAS Monday, September 14 ...............................................................................10 Tuesday, September 15 ...............................................................................10 Wednesday, September 16.........................................................................24 Thursday, September 17 .............................................................................28 Friday, September 18 ..................................................................................31 CONTENTS Associates Advisory Group .......................................................................39 Audio/Visual Equipment & Recordings ...................................................45 Board Nominating Committee ...................................................................38 Board of Directors .......................................................................................34 Schedule-at-a-Glance ..................................................................................4 Chairman’s Remarks .....................................................................................3 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ...........................................................6 Future TMC Meetings ................................................................Back Cover -
Wabash National Corporation 2020 Annual Report
Annual Report 2020 Letter from the President and Chief Executive Officer Dear Fellow Stockholders, The year 2020 will be remembered as an unprecedented period as the business world navigated through a global health crisis, softening markets, supply chain disruptions and global economic uncertainty. We learn the most about ourselves and our organizations from the challenges we encounter, and it is through these challenges that we prove what we are capable of doing. With that in mind, I couldn’t be prouder of how the Wabash National team responded to the challenges of 2020. In addition to overcoming obstacles brought about by the pandemic, we remained focused on our purpose of Changing How the World Reaches You™ by executing our first to final mile strategy and maintaining our resolve to structurally realign and reorganize our business as One Wabash. Together we are creating a new environment where we are: 1) prioritizing ease of doing business for our customers; 2) creating a growing portfolio of innovative engineered solutions that span from first to final mile; and 3) designing a culture that continually seeks to improve process via the Wabash Management System to create value for our customers, employees and stockholders. 2020 was a test of our human resiliency, and it was also a test of the strength of our product portfolio and the processes we’ve embedded within our business. Our process discipline enabled the company to absorb a notable reduction in volume while minimizing the impact to operating income, resulting in strength of financial performance never before accomplished during a significantly challenging environment in the history of Wabash National. -
2015-03-27 Idleair Press Release at MATS 2015
IdleAir 2567 Prime Way, Suite 101 Knoxville, TN 37918 (865) 232-1700 NEWS RELEASE For immediate release March 27, 2015 Contact: Jeff Maurer, (865) 232-1700 IdleAir Press Release at the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show LOUISVILLE, KY: Convoy Solutions, LLC celebrated its fifth anniversary operating as IdleAir since February 2010. Since resuscitating IdleAir from the ashes of a formerly terminated business, we have realized a number of milestones: IdleAir preserved a proprietary remotely managed “virtual motel” network with over 1,000 active rooms and more than 6,000 parking spaces of intact expansion capacity. The durable high voltage infrastructure we rescued had an original cost of more than $150mm and in many cases has significantly exceeded its design life with very few mechanical challenges. Since 2011 we have doubled our footprint of locations to more than 40 truckstops and fleet terminals. This month we opened the Latta, SC Flying J, which is our second solar-PV powered truckstop. We’ve also just completed construction of our first of several planned dedicated IdleAir terminals with Covenant Transport at their Headquarters and national training facility in Chattanooga, TN. IdleAir broke ground this week in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico with our first-ever operation outside of the USA with EGOBA Transportadora. We are proud to be exporting our home grown American fuel saving, carbon mitigating technology to customers anywhere in the world that IdleAir can be most impactful and profitable. We successfully launched discount pricing bundles this past year, like the now popular “40 hour Reset Special” and our 10-hour “ConvoyTV+Power™ Special”. -
Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2017 Remarks at a Meeting With
Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2017 Remarks at a Meeting With Members of the Trucking Industry on Health Care Reform March 23, 2017 The President. We've got some big truckers here. You guys are the biggest guys in the business, huh? I'm looking around. I read about you in all the magazines. Good. And you're the ones that make more money though, which is—[laughter]. Participant. It's supply and demand. [Laughter] The President. That's good. Great. [Laughter] It's great to be with you, and I don't know whose starting it off. Should I start it of? I'll start it off. Okay? First of all, I want to thank you for your support on health care. That's been great. I know you had a big problem with Obamacare, and everybody does, so welcome to the crowd. But I very much appreciate you being here, and I very much appreciate your support. I'm honored to welcome all of the many truckers and the trucking industry leaders to the White House. And I must say, really, you are the leaders. You are the big ones. I'm very impressed I was able to get you. I think it was the White House that was able to get you. [Laughter] No one knows America like truckers know America. You see it every day, and you see every hill, and you see every valley, and you see every pothole in our roads that have to be redone. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. Chief Executive Officer David S. -
2019 Sponsor / Exhibitor Prospectus
2019 SPONSOR / EXHIBITOR PROSPECTUS ™ SEP. 30-OCT. 2, 2019 | DALLAS,Women In Trucking TEXAS | 2019 Accelerate! Conference & Expo | 1 Join your transportation, logistics and supply chain peers at the fifth annual Accelerate! Conference & Expo, hosted by the Women In Trucking Association. Learn about critical transportation issues and trends, along with perspectives and the positive impact women have on the industry. Build business in this integrated conference and exhibition setting. Attach your company, brand, and reputation to our mission: To generate dialogue and action around the importance of gender diversity in transportation and logistics. Ellen Voie, President and CEO Women In Trucking SEP. 30 - OCT. 2, 2019 Women Make A POSITIVE SPONSOR & EXHIBITOR Impact On Transportation PROSPECTUS Exceptional 1,000+ Expected Table of Contents: Leaders to Attend Common strengths Leverage a diverse work- 3 About Women in Trucking include intuitive/logical force, develop leaders, thinking, team-building, strategize to engage 4 Membership Demographics communication. more female drivers. 5 Sponsorship & Booth Packages 8 Sponsorship & Booth Pricing 60+ Educational 100+ Brands As Sessions Part of Expo 9 Exhibition Floor Plan Tracks: Operations, Safety, Network with peers, top Compliance, HR/Talent executives, providers of 10 Sponsorships - Special Events Management, Leadership, transportation and logistics Sales & Marketing. services and products. 12 A La Carte Options 15 2019 Conference Venue Look for many New sponsor options this year! Women In Trucking -
Estimating Truck Fuel Consumption and Emissions in Maine: Page B -1 a Comparative Analysis for a 6-Axle, 100,000 Pound Vehicle Configuration
MaineCover.indd 1 10/2/2009 10:57:29 PM ATRI BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mr. Douglas G. Duncan Mr. Ludvik F. Koci Mr. Douglas W. Stotlar Chairman of the ATRI Board President President & CEO President & CEO Penske Transportation Con-way Inc. FedEx Freight Components San Mateo, CA Memphis, TN Bloomfield Hills, MI Mr. Steve Williams Mr. Michael S. Card Mr. Chris Lofgren Chairman & CEO President President & CEO Maverick USA, Inc. Combined Transport, Inc. Schneider National, Inc. Little Rock, AR Central Point, OR Green Bay, WI Ms. Rebecca M. Brewster Mr. Edward Crowell Mr. Gregory L. Owen President & COO President & CEO Head Coach & CEO American Transportation Georgia Motor Trucking Association Ability/ Tri-Modal Transportation Research Institute Smyrna, GA Services Atlanta, GA Carson, CA Mr. Hugh H. Fugleberg Honorable Bill Graves President & COO Mr. Tim Solso President & CEO Great West Casualty Company Chairman & CEO American Trucking Associations South Sioux City, NE Cummins Inc. Arlington, VA Indianapolis, IN 2009-2010 RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mr. Don Osterberg Mr. Stephen A. Keppler Dr. Laurence R. Rilett, PhD RAC Chairman Commercial Vehicle Safety University of Nebraska-Lincoln Schneider National, Inc. Alliance Mr. Wellington (Rocky) F. Mr. Paul Baute Mr. Dick Landis Roemer, III Grammer Industries, Inc. HELP, Inc. Wellington F. Roemer Insurance, Inc. Mr. Philip L. Byrd, Sr. Ms. Trina Martynowicz Bulldog Hiway Express U.S. Environmental Protection Mr. Jim Runk Agency-Clean Energy and Climate Pennsylvania Motor Truck Mr. Michael Conyngham Change Office Association International Brotherhood of Teamsters Mr. Jeffrey J. McCaig Mr. Tom Weakley Mr. John Culp President & CEO Owner-Operator Independent Maverick USA, Inc. -
Evaluate Potential Impacts, Benefits, Impediments, and Solutions of Automated Trucks and Truck Platooning on Texas Highway Infrastructure: Technical Report
TTI: 0-6984 Evaluate Potential Impacts, Benefits, Impediments, and Solutions of Automated Trucks and Truck Platooning on Texas Highway Infrastructure: Technical Report Technical Report 0-6984-R1 Cooperative Research Program TEXAS A&M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration and the Texas Department of Transportation http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-6984-R1.pdf Technical Report Documentation Page 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient's Catalog No. FHWA/TX-21/0-6984-R1 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date EVALUATE POTENTIAL IMPACTS, BENEFITS, IMPEDIMENTS, Published: October 2020 AND SOLUTIONS OF AUTOMATED TRUCKS AND TRUCK 6. Performing Organization Code PLATOONING ON TEXAS HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE: TECHNICAL REPORT 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No. Bjorn Birgisson, Curtis A. Morgan, Matthew Yarnold, Jeffery Warner, Report 0-6984-R1 Brianne Glover, Maxwell P. Steadman, Sunkari Srinivasa, Shengxin Cai, and Dahye Lee 9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) Texas A&M Transportation Institute The Texas A&M University System 11. Contract or Grant No. College Station, Texas 77843-3135 Project 0-6984 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Texas Department of Transportation Technical Report: Research and Technology Implementation Office September 2018–August 2020 125 E. 11th Street 14. Sponsoring Agency Code Austin, Texas 78701-2483 15. Supplementary Notes Project performed in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. Project Title: Evaluate Potential Impacts, Benefits, Impediments, and Solutions of Automated Trucks and Truck Platooning on Texas Highway Infrastructure URL: http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-6984-R1.pdf 16.