Private Fleets More Willing to Add Capacity: Survey
Private fleets are currently adding capacity with additional units at a faster rate than for-hire fleets, according to results from the Q2 2013 Fleet Sentiment survey conducted by CK Commercial Vehicle Research ...
PACCAR Parts Celebrates 40th Anniversary
PACCAR Parts is celebrating its 40th anniversary, marking four decades in commercial vehicle parts and service...
National Truck Body Solutions Purchases Mason Dixon Trucks & Carriers
A group headed by former JLG executives, National Truck Body Solutions, Inc. (NTB), purchased the heavy-duty truck service and specialty vehicle reseller assets of Mason Dixon Trucks and Carriers located in Greencastle, Pennsylvania...
Full-Load Thefts Decline 40% for Schneider National in 2012
For the sixth straight year, Schneider National is reporting declines in cargo theft rates. The company reported a 40 percent decline in full-truckload thefts and a 50 percent reduction in total value per load stolen in 2012...
Navistar Starts Shipping MaxxForce 13L With SCR
Navistar Inc. has started shipping—ahead of schedule—its first International ProStar units powered by the company’s proprietary SCR-based MaxxForce 13 engine...
Yokohama Unveils Plans for Commercial Tire Plant in Mississippi
Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) signed an agreement to build a commercial truck tire plant in West Point, Mississippi, that is expected to produce one million tires starting in 2015...
Ridge Corporation Merges with Freight Wing
Freight Wing Inc. has joined forces with Ridge Corporation, the largest manufacturer of aerodynamic side skirts for trailers, integral walls for refrigerated trailers and glass reinforced interior liners for dry freight trailers...
Foxx Nominated for Transportation Secretary
President Barack Obama said he will nominate Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Anthony Foxx to be his next transportation secretary...
Advance Engineered Products Names New VP
Wayne Kimmet, formerly VP of Beall Corporation, will be taking on the new role of Vice President-Services for Advance Engineered Products Ltd...
New EPA Report Highlights Success of Diesel Emissions Reduction Program
More than 50,000 older diesel-powered engines were upgraded or replaced between 2008 and 2010 because of Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) funding, which resulted in major clean air benefits and fuel savings, according a new report, “Second Report to Congress: Highlights of the Diesel Emissions Reduction Program,” issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
OSHA’s Initiative Designed to Protect Temporary Workers
U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched an initiative to further protect temporary employees from workplace hazards...
Truckworx Kenworth Named Kenworth’s 2012 Parts and Service Dealer of Year
Truckworx Kenworth has been named Kenworth’s 2012 Parts and Service Dealer of the Year for the United States and Canada...
European CV Registrations Down 9.8%
European commercial vehicle registrations were down 9.8% in March, marking the 15th straight month of decline, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association ...
Supreme’s Gross Profit Up in 1Q
Despite lower net sales volume, Supreme Industries, Inc. (NYSE MKT: STS) reported that first-quarter gross profit rose to $11.4 million, up from $10.8 million, in the same period of 2012...
Used Truck Volumes Up for Second Straight Month: ACT
The used truck market enjoyed a second consecutive month of improved volumes in March, according to the latest release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks, published by ACT Research...
Burg Silvergreen Changes Name to CIMC Silvergreen
Trailer producer Burg Silvergreen has taken on the name of its Chinese parent company, CIMC, the world's largest trailer manufacturer, in the brand name and will be known in the future as CIMC Silvergreen...
Rihm Kenworth Named Kenworth’s Medium Duty Dealer of Year
Rihm Kenworth nearly doubled its medium-duty truck sales last year to help earn the 2012 Kenworth Medium Duty Dealer of the Year Award for the United States and Canada, repeating its 2011 winning performance...
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Up 0.9% in March
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0.9% in March after falling 0.7% in February...
Trailer Orders Down 6% in March: ACT
Net trailer orders for March were down 6% month-over-month and 12% year-over-year, according to the latest State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research Co...
Rush’s Net Income Down in 1Q
Rush Enterprises, Inc. announced that its first-quarter net income was $13.5 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, compared with net income of $15.9 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, in the quarter ended March 31, 2012...
Peterbilt Honors Allstate Peterbilt of Fargo as Dealer of Year
Allstate Peterbilt of Fargo, N.D., was named the 2012 North American Dealer of the Year by Peterbilt Motors Company...
Freightliner CCC Forms Partnership with ARBOC Specialty Vehicles
Freightliner Custom Chassis will expand into the growing paratransit market through an expanding partnership with ARBOC Specialty Vehicles on the co-development of a low-floor rear-engine custom chassis...
Reyco Granning Adds to Aftermarket Distribution Network
Reyco Granning has made The Universal Group, headquartered in Pennsauken, New Jersey, its newest authorized aftermarket distributor...
FTR Shippers Conditions Index Drops in February
FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) fell over two points in February following a similar decline in January...
Class 8 Orders Top 20,000 for Sixth Straight Month: ACT
Class 8 orders were above 20,000 units for the sixth consecutive month in March, but fell sequentially for the first time since November, according to the State of the Industry report released by ACT Research Co...
