"Conveniently located between the Cleveland and Toledo transportation corridor, this new location provides our customers and prospects a convenient place for service while on the road," explained, Mike Pritchard, senior vice president for Penske's North Central region. "We are looking forward to serving existing Penske customers from our new facility and also welcoming new customers."
Just south of the Turnpike/Interstate 80 in Norwalk and right off the Route 250 exit, the new facility is 6,500-square-feet and sits on 1.4 acres. It is equipped with two drive-through truck service bays and one preventive maintenance service bay that is also a wash bay.
Penske's facility is also outfitted with the company's proprietary fully digital and voice-directed truck fleet preventive maintenance process and connected fleet solutions, a value-added resource to help customers address issues and options related to onboard technology systems (ELDs, telematics, onboard cameras, etc.).
FMCSA will also be renaming the Cargo-Related BASIC to the Hazardous Materials (HM) BASIC, which will better identify HM-related safety problems and change how HAZMAT carriers are classified to allow for increased intervention scrutiny. Now HAZMAT violations will be placed in the HAZMAT BASIC, which will better identify HAZMAT-related safety problems and change how HAZMAT carriers are classified to allow for increased intervention scrutiny. The HAZMAT BASIC will include items such as placarding and paperwork violations.