ATA Truck Tonnage Index Falls 0.8% in August
Sep 26, 2007
The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.8 percent in August, after increasing 0.3 percent in July. The not seasonally adjusted index jumped 8.2 percent from July to 120.1. ...
PacLease Opens Four New Locations
Sep 25, 2007
PACCAR Leasing Company (PacLease) continues to expand its franchise network in North America with the addition of three locations in Texas and one location in Pennsylvania. ...
Hub to Buy Intermodal Trucking Company
Sep 25, 2007, From Fleet Owner
Comtrak Logistics, a subsidiary of the third party logistics company Hub Group, is buying DNJ Transportation for $12.1 million...
PACCAR begins Construction of Parts Distribution Center in Hungary
Sep 25, 2007
PACCAR held a ceremony today for the laying of the foundation stone of its new state-of-the-art Parts Distribution Center (PDC) near Budapest, Hungary. “PACCAR is pleased to locate its new Parts Distribution Center in this strategic economic region near Budapest,” commented Mark Pigott. ...
Volvo Truck Deliveries Down 4%
Sep 24, 2007
Total deliveries of trucks from the Volvo Group’s four truck companies through August this year amounted to 135,781, which is a decrease of 4%...
Dana Corporation Completes Sale of Coupled Products Business
Sep 24, 2007
Dana Corporation announced today that it has completed the sale of its North American coupled products business to Coupled Products LLC...
Cummins Announces Technology for 2010
Sep 24, 2007
Cummins Inc. today announced its technology approach for on-highway engines to meet the more stringent 2010 EPA emissions standards. The company will use an evolution of its 2007 solutions to maintain power and torque...
Law Enforcement, Shippers Back ATA Motion For Stay of HOS Changes
Sep 21, 2007
In five separate filings, law enforcement, shipping and trucking interests have come forward to support ATA’s request that the effect of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s hours-of-service ...
NTEA Honored by Association Peers with Three Diamond Awards
Sep 20, 2007
The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) won three prestigious Diamond Awards at the Michigan Society of Association Executives...
Volvo's Belgium Plant First in World with CO2-Free Production
Sep 20, 2007
The Volvo Group can now present the first vehicle plant in the world that is completely free from carbon dioxide (CO2): Volvo Trucks’ plant in Ghent, Belgium. ...
LA Eyeing Hydraulic Hybrid Refuse Trucks
Sep 19, 2007, By David Cullen, Fleet Owner executive editor
Rochester Hills, MI-based Bosch Rexroth has announced it is working with the Dept. of Public Works’ Bureau of Sanitation for the City of Los Angeles to study the benefits of hydraulic hybrid technology in their refuse truck fleet...
Collins Industries Closes Ohio Plant
Sep 19, 2007
Collins Industries, a leading manufacturer of specialty vehicles in the United States, announced today the closing of the Mid Bus, Inc. production facility in Bluffton, Ohio...
ATA Report Shows 11% Decline in Driver Turnover
Sep 19, 2007
The line-haul driver turnover rate among large for-hire truckload carriers (fleets with at least $30 million in annual revenue) experienced its first quarterly decrease in a year during the 2007 second quarter, the American Trucking Associations reported...
NAVC Signs Contracts on Six Fuel Cell Bus Projects
Sep 18, 2007
The Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium (NAVC) announced the start of six new projects with the signing of contracts with the Federal Transit Administration as part of the National Fuel Cell Bus Program...
Navistar Wins $71.5 Million Contract to Provide Parts
Sep 18, 2007
Navistar International Corporation announced that its military affiliate, International Military and Government, LLC, has won a contract from the U.S. Marine Corps ...
Volvo Trucks Invests in Umea Cab Factory
Sep 18, 2007
Volvo Trucks is investing in its cab factory in Umea, Sweden, with new production equipment as well as measures designed to increase capacity and flexibility in the production plant...
Hale Trailer Announces Atlantic Trailer Deal
Sep 18, 2007
Hale Trailer Brake & Wheel Inc. announced that it has acquired certain assets of Atlantic Trailer & Equipment Sales Inc. in Sewell, NJ...
Meyer Products Acquires Magnum Spreaders
Sep 17, 2007
Meyer Products LLC, a leading manufacturer of commercial snowplows, has acquired Magnum Spreaders, a subsidiary of Imperial Electric in Akron, Ohio. ...
U.S. Air Force to Display Mack Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Sep 17, 2007
The United States Air Force will display Mack Trucks, Inc.'s innovative and fuel-saving hybrid technology at the Hybrid Truck User Forum (HTUF), September 19-21 in Seattle...
Wabash Signs RoadRailer Agreement with India’s Kirloskar Pneumatic
Sep 14, 2007
Wabash National Corporation today announced that it signed a license agreement with Kirloskar Pneumatic Co. Ltd. (KPCL) for Wabash's RoadRailer intermodal system. Under the terms of the agreement, Wabash National has granted KPCL the rights to manufacture and sell RoadRailer intermodal products in India...
Kenworth To Showcase Four Conventional Hybrids At Conference
Sep 14, 2007
Kenworth will showcase four medium-duty diesel-electric hybrid trucks at the 7th annual Hybrid Truck Users Forum (HTUF) Sept. 20-21 in Seattle at the Qwest Field Event Center...
Medium And Heavy Truck Sales Down 28%
Sep 14, 2007
Medium and heavy truck sales picked up in August but still remained markedly behind last year’s totals, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
PacLease Announces Four New Locations
Sep 13, 2007
PACCAR Leasing Company (PacLease) continues to expand its franchise network in North America with the addition of four East Coast locations. ...
Construction Equipment Exports Up 22%
Sep 13, 2007
Exports of U.S.-made construction machinery totaled $8.2 billion for the first half of 2007, a 22 percent increase compared to January-June 2006...
Cummins Recognized as Sustainability Leader on Global, Regional Levels
Sep 12, 2007
The Dow Jones Sustainability Index has named Cummins Inc. to its World index for the third year in row, recognizing the company's continued commitment to economic, environmental and social ...
