Daimler Trucks Executive Gives Business Game Plan at TMC SuperTech
In a keynote address, “Driving from the Red Zone to the End Zone,” at the Technical & Maintenance Council Fall Meeting and National Skills Competition-TMC SuperTech 2009, Jack Conlan, senior vice president of parts and service for Daimler Trucks North America, outlined five key steps to developing and maintaining a winning game plan for 2010...
Schneider National Expands Regional Service to the Midwest, Southeast
Last year, Schneider National, Inc., premier provider of transportation, logistics and intermodal services, introduced its Regional service offering to Western and South-Central portions of the United States...
North American Commercial Vehicle Market Hints Improvement
Heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicle net orders inched up in August 2009 to their highest level since November of 2008...
Hino Expands Product Offering Through Fontaine Modification
Hino Trucks and Fontaine Modification Company announced today that Fontaine will open a dedicated modification center in Williamstown, WV, to support Hino’s West Virginia-based truck assembly plant...
NHTSA Issues NPRM on Rollaway Prevention
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to place a requirement in the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) that motor vehicles 10,000 lbs. gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) and below, excluding walk-in vans with an automatic transmission that includes a “park” position, manufactured for sale after Sept. 1, 2010 be equipped with a brake transmission shift interlock (BTSI)...
Hayes Lemmerz Realigns Global Operations
Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. announced today that it has realigned its global operational sites into three regions...
Bio-DME Trucks From Volvo In Unique Field Test
In 2010, Volvo Trucks will be the first truck manufacturer to start conducting comprehensive field tests involving Bio-DME, a biofuel that generates very low carbon dioxide emissions...
McLeod Software to Hold Users’ Conference
“Full Access: Knowledge You Can Use” is the theme for the McLeod Software Users’ Conference October 21-23 at the Sheraton Birmingham Convention Center in Birmingham, Alabama...
NTEA Prevails in NHTSA EWR Effort
After a multi-year effort, the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) has succeeded in convincing the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to provide the work truck industry with significant relief from the regulatory burdens associated with the Early Warning Reporting (EWR) rule...
Schneider National to Close Two Fueling and Maintenance Facilities
Schneider National, Inc., a premier provider of transportation, logistics and intermodal services, announced it will close Operating Centers (fuel, maintenance and operations facilities) in Seville, Ohio and Green Bay, Wis. on November 17...
Ridewell Expands 260 Series Suspension Line
Ridewell has released two new RAR‐240 trailer air ride suspensions specifically designed to accommodate the IMT/WABCO PAN series air disc brakes (ADB)...
Freightliner Custom Chassis Launches New Chassis for Commercial Bus Market
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) introduced its newest commercial bus chassis, the MB-65, at the BusCon 2009 trade show...
Volvo Truck Deliveries Down 52%
Total deliveries from the Volvo Group’s truck operations in August amounted to 7,109 vehicles—a decrease of 52% compared with the year-earlier period. In addition to continued low demand, deliveries for August were also affected by a prolonged vacation period ...
Pilot Begins Operating Nation’s First Fuel Island DEF Pump
Pilot Travel Centers, the nation's largest retail operator of travel centers with more than 350 owned or licensed retail interstate locations in 41 states, today began operating the nation’s first Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) fuel island pump in preparation for serving vehicles equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) to meet near-zero emissions requirements set by the Environmental Protection Agency to begin in January 2010...
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index Shows Minimal Improvement In August
The FTR Trucking Conditions Index ticked up slightly in August, but at a reading of -20.18 still remains well below a neutral reading of 0...
China Commercial Vehicle Market Continues Quick Rebound
The China heavy- and medium-duty commercial vehicle (CV) markets continue to recover from weak sales during the second half of 2008, according to a report published by ACT Research Co., LLC, and China's State Information Center...
Truck Sales Continue to Climb Out of Hole
sales in all eight classes were down by a smaller percentage in August than for the year to date, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
Slow Recovery For Transportation Industry, FTR Says
The worst is over for the freight economy, but recovery will be slow and uneven, according to speakers at the recent FTR Associates Freight Transportation conference in Indianapolis, IN...
Bendix Announces Channel Partner Rewards Program Honorees
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC is honoring achievement in its Premier Distributor Program, a channel partner program that rewards distributors. Thirty-seven companies have earned the program’s highest ranking of platinum...
AltWheels Fleet Day’s Technologies On Display
AltWheels Fleet Day, the largest display of alternative fleet vehicles on the East coast, will be held at Staples World Headquarters in Framingham, MA, on October 5...
Green Truck Summit Expanded at Work Truck Show
Two of the leading organizations driving the development and deployment of “green” technology for fleet vehicles are joining forces to produce an in-depth educational conference. ...
Volvo Trucks Shows Tomorrow’s Vehicles At ITS
Volvo Trucks is displaying several next-generation projects at ITS, the world congress for intelligent transport systems and transport services, in Stockholm September 21-25...
NHTSA Extends Comment Period On Lender Initiative
NHTSA has re-opened the comment period for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Dealer Floor Plan Pilot Initiative, which gives SBA the ability to offer 7(a) guaranties to participating lenders on floor plan lines of credit when structured under SBA requirements. Comments must now be received before Oct. 26...
Ford Unveils New Diesel
A new era in Ford diesel technology arrives with the Ford-engineered, Ford-tested and Ford-manufactured 6.7-liter Power Stroke V-8 turbocharged diesel engine...
Navistar, Cat finalize joint venture
Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) and Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) closed a joint venture transaction resulting in a new company, NC2 Global LLC, to serve the global commercial truck market....
