Posts Tagged ‘freight’

Trucking Transport Wheel-end Maintenance

Friday, November 5th, 2010

One of the most important maintenance jobs for heavy equipment transport drivers and firms is making sure the wheels, hubs and other gear that attach truck tires to transport vehicles are kept in prime condition and are given the attention they deserve. The wheel-end of a transport vehicle works as a single unit, which means the spindle, hub, bearings, fasteners and wheels on your transport vehicle need to work together in order to keep the wheels of your transport truck in line and tracking a straight path down the highway. If one of the parts of the wheel-end on your vehicle isn’t in proper working condition, this is going to change the operation of the other parts of the wheel-end, and the results will be felt in other parts of the wheel-end system of your cargo shipping vehicle.

Preventing this problem for transport firms and drivers can be as simple as making sure the components of the wheel-end system of a transport vehicle are all in proper working condition and order, according to many experienced transport professionals out on the roads and highways of the United States of America on a daily basis. Make sure all of the components of the wheel-end system of a freight transport vehicle aren’t loose, loose axle U-bolts, for example, will affect the other components of a wheel-end system by allowing axles to wiggle and shimmy as the vehicle travels down the road, is going to improve the driving characteristics of a vehicle. Any component that allows a tire and wheel assembly to wander off center or run any other direction than straight is possibly going to create problems down the road, and you certainly don’t need any problems to appear.

Trucking has a New Tool

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Companies in the freight shipping business have a new tool to them make sure customers’ cargo makes it to destination in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner in the second decade of the century of the environment. McLeod Software recently announced the release of LoadMaster LTL, a complete operations management solution for LTL trucking companies that takes this service beyond previous offerings of McLeod Software’s LoadMaster enterprise application, and into other service areas of the transportation industry of the United States of America. Sources indicate that McLeod Software recently acquired the assets of Enterprise Information Solutions Incorporated (ESI) and is at work integrating ESI’s application software product into the LoadMaster enterprise dispatch management system, which will allow heavy haul firms to support a truckload operations model, an LTL business model, or both operating models within the same framework.

McLeod Software has indicated they believe LoadMaster LTL is a very useful product for freight firms in under served segments of the transportation industry of the United States of America. They also believe LoadMaster LTL is going to have a long and profitable career helping transport firms make sure the goods are delivered on time and budget in the months and years ahead. It will be a little while before we know what the professionals using this new tool think about LoadMaster LTL, but if the previous history of this company and the products it creates for the transport industry are any indication, we can expect LoadMaster LTL to get the job done.

Help for Long Haul Drivers on the Horizon

Friday, October 8th, 2010

There appears to be some help on the horizon for trucking companies trying to reduce barriers to their firm acquiring the latest fuel-efficient trucks being manufactured around the world and America. Sources in the industry indicate that at present there’s a bill in the house that could make it easier for firms that want to put some of the newer and more fuel-efficient trucks with a reduced carbon wheel-print on the roads of the United States in the months ahead. This bill would apparently repeal the 12 percent federal excise tax on heavy duty transport trucks and trailers, and replace it with a 7.3-cents-per-gallon diesel tax increase.

What do international shipping professionals and firms doing business in the United States think of this idea? The American Trucking Association thinks that reducing barriers for firms that want to invest in trucks with the latest fuel-efficient technologies is a great idea. They also think this idea could help to stimulate even more research and development in new technologies the transport industry of America will need as we enter the second decade of the century of the environment. The price of new freight trucks has been increasing during the recent past and anything to help truckers invest in the future and reduce emissions is certainly going to be welcome. Hopefully, this bill makes it through the house, and truckers that want to invest in one of the newer trucks with the latest technology, will soon have a little more help in this desire.

Improving the Roads Shipping Services Uses

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Professionals trucking cargo on the roads and highways of the United States probably won`t be surprised by the fact that the number of applications for Tiger II grants for road construction and other transport infrastructure investment in the United States exceeded the amount available to be invested. Sources in the transport industry of America report that almost 1,000 construction applications were sent in, worth about $19 billion, before the recent August deadline to get applications in expired. The demand for money to be invested in improving the transport roads and infrastructure of America is hardly a surprise and it might even surprise some professionals that more applications weren`t received by the United States Department of Transportation.

The amount available for the applicants through the Tiger II process is only $600 million, which is far below the total amount asked for by the states that have applied, so there will be a few disappointed people, once all of the dust settles around this news. We can certainly expect the trend of more applications and money being requested for improving the freight transport bridges and roads of the United States of America in the years ahead to continue. In fact, with this news we could see some states starting to look at other sources of financing the work they need to do on their transport roads. Just what these new sources of investment could be will of course be the question that will be running through the minds of the professionals working at the trucking companies of the United States of America.

Handheld Computerized Help for Trucking

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Professionals in the business of shipping customers goods to destination in the United States looking for a little handheld computerized help in their daily operations should check out Panasonic Solutions Company’s latest member of its Toughbook U1 family, the U1 Ultra. According to Panasonic Solutions Company, this handheld toughbook combines the portability of traditional handheld devices, with the features and benefits of a full Windows operating system that will even run Windows 7. Tested to MIL-STD-810G and IP65 standards, the Toughbook U1 Ultra can survive a drop from a height of six feet, and is great for the mobile transportation worker delivering to destination, or working in the warehouse. Optional features, like a 29-key numeric keypad for quick data entry and easy navigation, GPS, barcode reader, camera and mobile broadband, are also available.

Panasonic Solutions Company indicates that the new Toughbook U1 Ultra comes with a TransflectivePlus display that makes viewing in direct sunlight easier for users conducting heavy equipment transport. A 64GB solid state hard drive is also included, along with 2GB of memory, and a Z530 1.6 Ghz Intel Atom processor. The optional 2 megapixel camera of the U1 Ultra comes with updated software that allows users to take advantage of faster auto-focus and improved features included with the Toughbook U1 Ultra. The optional bar reader also includes new software that allows users to better configure onboard data, a feature that can save you time and money down the road.

Professionals in the business of transporting freight that want to check out the new Toughbook U1 Ultra, should contact their local dealer of Panasonic Solutions Company’s products, or check out the company’s website for more information on where to find the Toughbook U1 Ultra.

Trucking Industry Still Hiring

Friday, September 10th, 2010

The women and men of America were on hand in Fort Lauderdale on August 2 for a job fair sponsored by National Career Fairs in Danie Beach, Florida and to sign up to become a long haul freight trucking professional taking roro and ltl freight to destination on the transport streets and highways of the United States of America in the years ahead in the century of the environment. Sources indicate that heavy haul freight shipping companies in the United States are still hiring workers, with about 5,900 new trucking jobs being created in July, which includes all new employees working in a truck-related job in the trucking industry of the United States of America. Sources also indicate that Americans showed up for the job fair in numbers and quite a few American women and men will be becoming a freight trucking professional taking freight to destination in the days ahead.

The news that America trucking companies are still hiring new workers is great news that the freight industry in the United States will be happy to hear about and it certainly indicates that the volumes of freight that needs to be transported in America is holding strong and could be increasing in the last part of 2010. Hopefully the number of Americans becoming a freight transport professional in the days ahead continues to increase, which will be a sign that the business of transporting freight to destination in America is starting to gather momentum and could be breaking new records in the months ahead.

If you have been thinking about becoming a freight shipping professional of the United States? This could be your chance to look into the possbility in your region or in regions around the United States and you just might find that your dream has been there all the time, just waiting for you to make the first move. Check out job fairs in your region and stop by and talk to the professionals on hand and you could soon be taking freight to destination somewhere in the United States of America.

Foreign Freight Shipping Trucks on the Way?

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Long haul professionals conducting heavy haul freight shipping services on the roads of the United States that have been looking at the recent offerings by foreign truck manufactuers like Tata Motors and Mahindra and wondering when you might get a chance to go down to a dealer and test one out might not have as long to wait as you first thought. There are research specialists in the freight trucking industry that believe the time could be right for low-cost truck manufacturers like Tata Motors and Mahindra to find a few in-roads to sellling more trucks in America in the years ahead in the century of the environment, which means you might get a chance to try one of these light and medium-duty transport trucks, sooner than first estimated. Sources also indicate that truck manufacturers in China are probably eyeing the American market at present and Foton of China could be seen more and more in the years in front of the freight industry of the United States of America and that UD Trucks is planning on marketing three new trucks in North America.

The low-cost trucks of companies like Tata Motors and Mahindra haven’t penetrated the freight industry of the United States much, as yet, but if the volume of freight that needs to be transported to destination in the years ahead continues to increase, as all expect, some freight industry professionals believe we might see more companies implementing these low-cost trucks in their trucking operations? We might also see more of these light and medium-duty low-cost trucks implemented in urban centers as firms decide to use more transport vehicles with smaller ranges in their operations, according to some transport professionals close to this affair.

Heavy Haul Volvo Engine Reaches Milestone

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Heavy haul freight trucking professionals that implement a long haul transport with a Volvo 500 horsepower D13 engine during freight shipping duties will be glad to hear that Volvo Group recently reached an engine manufacturing milestone. Volvo Group announced the production of its 300,000th 13-litre heavy duty 500 horsepower D13 engine, at the Volvo Powertrain plant in Hagerstown, Md. Volvo Group was having a bit of a party in Hagerstown to celebrate the milestone in heavy-duty engine manufacture for Volvo Group and freight shipping professionals were on hand to help celebrate the moment. This news is a true historic moment for Volvo Group, especially when combined with the recent news that Volvo Trucks North America also recently announced that Class 8 trucks equipped with EPA 2010 certified Volvo Group engines has passed the 10,000 unit mark, and hopefully in a few years time were talking about at new manufacturing milestone for Volvo Trucks North America.

Volvo Trucks North America has been executing their EPA 2010 project, lately, and it appears that they are having some success in this regard. Sources around the roro and ltl freight shipping industry indicates that drivers are providing positive feedback on the performance, reliability and fuel efficiency of Volvo D11, D13, and D16 engines, which are the engines Volvo Trucks North America uses in its Class 8 trucks. More great news for Volvo Trucks North America as it goes forward down the road to the future and hopefully just a sign of great things to come for Volvo Group and the business of freight shipping in the United States of America. Volvo Trucks North America will only be using this milestone as a milemarker on the road before them though and they certainly will be looking to use this news to create a good feeling around the office and try to vault them to greater truck manufacturing heights in the days ahead in the century of the environment in America.

Heavy Haul Pharmaceutical Loads Targeted?

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Heavy haul services carrying pharmaceutical freight has been the flavour in favor with thieves targeting long haul trucking in a recent string of a least 10 freight shipping thefts that has state police forces on alert for possible thieves. The theft of about $75 million in pharmaceutical freight occurred one Sunday morning in 2006 when thieves apparently rappelled from the ceiling of an Eli Lily warehouse in Enfield, Connecticut, disabled the security system in place to prevent thefts, and then took the time to fill a tractor trailer with pallets of antidepressants and other prescription drugs estimated to be worth at least $70 million, according to sources around the freight trucking industry of the United States of America. Sources also indicate that the thieves didn’t take the time to disable the video surveillance system, so police apparently have some video tape evidence that they can review to help them find the culprits.

The scope of the depth of planning that went into this caper in Enfield that this wasn’t a random crime and the culprits took the time to organize this well orchestrated crime. This speaks of individuals who are professional and determined and it might be difficult to retrieve the stolen pharmaceuticals, since the thieves managed to get away. The next time a patient sees these pharmaceuticals they might be in the hands of black marketeers or possible online pharmacies, since getting rid of pharmaceuticals through the tightly controlled and monitored American pharmaceutical distribution system is going to be difficult, according to sources in the police forces of the United States tasked with finding these stolen drugs. Hopefully, the thieves make somekind of mistake in the days ahead that leads police to them, otherwise it could be the stolen pharmeceuticals in question are gone and never to be seen again?

Reduce the Carbon Wheel-Print of Freight Trucking

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Long haul professionals, including the freight forwarder and the agent providing customers with a great freight quote, will be glad to hear that another page was turned in the freight trucking industries journey down the road to reducing the carbon wheel-print of the roro and ltl freight trucking industry in the century of the environment. The latest page deals with Detroit Diesel’s Engine Manufacturing Center in Redford, Michigan, which has been recently recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as one of the first manufacturing facilities in American to meet the ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry.

In fact, Detroit Diesel’s Engine Manufacturing Center was able to go beyond the expectations of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 10 percent reduction within five years or less, by decreasing the center’s energy use by 17 percent in one calendar year. At the same time, Detroit Diesel was being recognized for Outstanding Achievement during the DTE Energy and the Engineering Society of Detroit’s Energy Conference and Exhibit, for the Industrial Sustainability Energy Program of the Year award, which recognizes the Michigan-based industrial firm that has made the most contributions in the area of energy conservation.

This is great news for the freight shipping heavy haul industry of the United States and is definitely a road marker on the highway before the trucking industry that indicates the battle to reduce the carbon wheel-print of thefreight trucking industry is building momentum. All sectors of the freight transport industry of the United States and the world are beginning to weigh-in on the battle and things are really starting to get rolling in the carbon emissions reduction arena.