Truckload carrier Landstar System said Thursday its third-quarter net income slipped from a year ago, though its per-share income rose.
October 18, 2007BusinessGovernmentSafetyTechnologyEquipment
Carriers鈥 Interest in APUs Is Growing
ORLANDO, Fla. 鈥 With idling restrictions increasing in states and localities around the country, carriers are increasingly interested in buying systems that will allow drivers to keep their truck cabs cool or heated and to operate electrical 鈥渉otel鈥 appliances such as televisions or computers.
November 5, 2007BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyLogistics
Ryder鈥檚 Third-Quarter Earnings Improve
Trucking and logistics firm Ryder System said Wednesday its third-quarter profit rose, as its supply chain unit showed improvement.
October 24, 2007BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyLogistics
Ryder鈥檚 Third-Quarter Earnings Improve
Trucking and logistics firm Ryder System said Wednesday its third-quarter profit rose, as its supply chain unit showed improvement.
October 24, 2007BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Iteris Reports Improved 2Q Earnings
Iteris Inc., which makes lane-departure warning systems for the trucking industry, said late Tuesday its second-quarter profit improved from a year ago.
October 23, 2007BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyLogistics
General Freight to Use TMWSuite
Third-party logistics firm General Freight Systems said it will begin using the TMWSuite software platform as part of a companywide technology upgrade.
October 22, 2007BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyGovernment
iTECH: There鈥檚 More to Return on Investment Than a Price Tag
Return on investment is a standard measurement of the dollar value of an information technology system. Small or medium-sized fleets likely focus their financials on cost per truck 鈥 鈥減er seat,鈥 in the IT lexicon.
October 19, 2007BusinessSafetyGovernmentTechnologyEquipment
Ryder Gets Boeing Transportation Contract
Ryder System said Friday that that aerospace firm Boeing Co. has chosen Ryder to provide global transportation management services.
October 19, 2007BusinessGovernmentLogisticsTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Ryder Completes Canadian Acquisition
Ryder System said Wednesday it completed its acquisition Pollock NationaLease, one of the largest privately owned commercial truck leasing and rental companies in Canada, as well as Pollock's logistics operations.
October 10, 2007BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Ryder Lowers Third-Quarter Outlook
Ryder System lowered its third-quarter and full-year earnings forecast Monday and said it would cut 300 jobs due to softness in the housing, construction and auto industries, the Associated Press reported.
October 9, 2007