Ryder System Inc. on Wednesday officially rolled out a retail mobile maintenance service through which technicians will provide routine, scheduled and federally mandated vehicle maintenance at a customer’s site. The service, called Torque by Ryder, is available in seven states in the South and Southeast, with Miami and Orlando, Florida, the most recent locations to…
Jennifer Rumsey will lead Cummins’ board of directors, succeeding Tom Linebarger who is retiring as executive chairman and chairman of the board effective July 31. Rumsey has been on the […]
In a freight market where the seemingly permanent prevailing question is, “Are we at the bottom, and if not, when is the bottom?,” Cass Freight Index data continued to report weak numbers but with some suggestion that a bottom may be near. The headline on this month’s report is “Bouncing Along the Bottom.” “The volume…
The Digital LTL Council, a division of the National Motor Freight Traffic Association Inc. (NMFTA), said Wednesday that it is developing an end-to-end application programming interface road map to cover the full shipment data stream from freight “quote to cash.” When complete, the APIs will enable shippers, carriers and 3PLs to digitally transact every function…
FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here. Every week, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago. This article comes from the September 1975 issue of American Shipper and shows…