Transportation
VHD Equipment Network to Merge into Power Heavy Duty
CRYSTAL LAKE, IL -- VIPAR Heavy Duty has announced its VHD Equipment Network of distributors will transition into the Power Heavy Duty LLC the first of 2016. The combination of the two groups into one will allow the organization to maximize efficiencies while focusing on growing business with members, supplier partners and their collective customers, according to VIPAR. The merger will also result in a network of hundreds of locations in Canada and the U.S.
Trucking Names Make Fastest Growing Companies List
TORONTO - Companies known to many people in trucking are among the many listed in the just published 2015 Profit 500 Ranking of Canada's Fastest Growing Companies. The 27th annual rundown by Profit magazine includes not just the overall rankings but also a special transportation and logistics section, featuring the 28 fastest growing firms in this sector of the economy.
Many Drivers Say No to Paying for Reserved Parking
ARLINGTON, VA - Nearly half of truck drivers say they would refuse to pay for reserved parking, according to just published results in a survey over truck parking. That's according to the American Transportation Research Institute, which has released the findings in its "Commercial Driver Perspectives on Trucking Parking" survey.