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EnRoute - April 5, 2018

TRALA IN THE NEWS - The 90-day exemption the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) granted the Truck Renting and Leasing Association (TRALA) on the use of ELDs for vehicles rented for 30 days or fewer expires on April 19th.  TRALA is now requesting an exemption through the end of this year.  FULL STORY





 


TOP STORIES

As of April 1, FMCSA's ELD mandate went into full effect, requiring most commercial vehicles to have a compliant ELD device in the cab to track the driver's hours of service. Any driver operating a commercial vehicle without a compliant ELD or Automatic Onboard Recording Device will be subject to the full weight of the law. FULL STORY

The Manitoba Trucking Association is concerned smaller carriers could struggle with the added costs of the province's new "made in Manitoba" carbon tax plan. FULL STORY


 



TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

Ryder System, Inc. has rolled out COOP by Ryder, an asset sharing platform. This new digital platform offers businesses the opportunity to list and rent underutilized commercial vehicles within a network of trusted peers. FULL STORY

Continental has launched its digital tire monitoring platform for commercial fleets, ContiConnect. FULL STORY

Geotab has announced the availability of the Geotab Garmin ELD Bundle which is part of the Geotab Cloud ELD Solution and offers a driver-friendly and durable solution for ELD compliance. FULL STORY



 

BRIEFLY

AMERIQUEST BUSINESS SERVICES is unifying its organization and suite of solutions via a single, company name, CORCENTRIC. . .PENSKE LOGISTICS is introducing the next generation of truck fleet safety technology through a video-based safety program in more than  2,800 of its heavy-duty trucks across North America operations. . .WHITEFORD KENWORTH has opened a newly renovated parts and service location in north Toledo, OH. . .MORGAN CORPORATION is opening a new medium-truck body manufacturing plant this year in Plainfield, CT. . .SCHILLI CORPORATION has adopted the SmartDrive Transportation Intelligence Platform with SR4 hardware and a video-based safety program. . .CUMMINS is repositioning itself in the heavy-duty marketplace with a new name for its expanding portfolio of motive technologies, Cummins Integrated Power. . .H.K. TRUCK CENTER celebrated the delivery of its 1,000th Hino truck to J. Cipas Container Service with a ceremony held at its facility in South Plainfield, NJ. . .ROUSH CLEANTECH is the first propane autogas fuel system manufacturer to receive the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) and California Air Resources Board's (CARB) heavy-duty on-board diagnostics certification for all its engines. 
    



 

PEOPLE 

DOUG CLARK is transitioning from the role as President and CEO of AmeriQuest to the role of Chairman and CEO.  MATT CLARK, formerly Chief Operating Officer, moves into the role of President and COO. . .TODD MOUW has been promoted to President of Roush CleanTech. He replaces JOE THOMPSON who has been promoted to Group President of Roush Performance Group. The company has also named BRIAN CARNEY as Director of Customer Success; CHELSEA JENKINS has moved to a new position as Executive Director of Governmental Affairs; and RYAN ZIC has been hired as Sales Director for School Bus Sales. . .JODIE TEUTON, vice president of Kenworth of Louisiana and Southland Truck Leasing, has been elected chairwoman of American Truck Dealers.  She is the first woman elected chair of ATD which was founded in 1970.  


 

TAKING STOCK

A look at truck transportation industry Fortune 500 public companies.

Company Symbol 04/05 Close  Performance
 

Allison Transmission Holdings

ALSN

$39.55

$0.24

+0.61%

Avis Budget Group Inc.

CAR

$49.50

$0.51

+1.04%

Cummins Inc.

CMI

$162.42

$1.47

+0.91%

Dana Incorporated

DAN

$26.73

$0.51

+1.95%

Eaton

ETN

$79.25

$0.67

+0.85%

Navistar International Corp.

NAV

$36.20

$1.59

+4.59%

PACCAR Inc.

PCAR

$68.34

1.01

+1.50%

Ryder System, Inc.

R

$72.78

$0.21

-0.29%


 

TRALA ANNOUNCEMENTS

TRALA's Industry Scholarship Program

TRALA members and their dependents are invited to apply for TRALA's Industry Scholarship. We're moving our industry forward by awarding up to four-$2,500 scholarships to qualified applicants. Applications can be submitted by June 1, 2018 for consideration.  Visit our website for details: www.trala.org/scholarship.  

Please contact TRALA's LaTisha Thomas at (703) 299-9120 or lthomas@trala.org with any questions regarding the scholarship program.