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Bridgestone Firestone trucks filled with hay rolled into Warren County, Tenn., to help drought-stricken farmers just in time for Thanksgiving.
 
When Warren County farmers lost two-thirds of this year’s hay production to drought, they faced two options: Pay double for hay from elsewhere because of added freight costs, or sell their cattle. Project Hayride provided a […]

Now that Thanksgiving is past, and you’re all paying attention to your e-mail again, I finally have a chance to share some news from the CCJ Fall Symposium held in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Nov. 12-14. We had about 200 fleets attend, including several private fleets such as Wilsonart International, which manufactures and transports laminates such as […]

To follow up on my previous post, here is a full recap of a presentation I recently heard from Dr. Joseph Salvo at the GE Global Research Lab. I thought this presentation was one of the best I’ve ever heard about the future of transportation technology.
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, but it was not […]

Last week, I had the chance to visit the GE Global Research Lab in Albany, N.Y. Since many private fleets lease trailers from GE Equipment, and some use GE’s trailer tracking system, VeriWise, I wanted to provide a few snippets from an insightful speech on the future of technology by Dr. Joe Salvo, manager of the Pervasive […]

I returned this week from attending the American Trucking Associations annual meeting. Although I didn’t get a chance to attend the educational sessions due to meetings with various software suppliers, I was able to catch up on some interesting developments in the trucking industry. One thing that impressed me the most was the fast pace […]