ATA Truck Tonnage Falls 1.1% in April
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 1.1% in April after increasing 0.6% in March...
Superior Distributors Celebrates 50th Anniversary
To celebrate 50 years, Superior Distributors, joined by its entire staff and 50 of its vendor partners, hosted an anniversary celebration at the Sheraton Meadowlands Conference Center in East Rutherford, NJ...
Trailer Orders Up 12.3% in April
The trailer industry booked 22,017 net orders in April for a 12.3% month-over-month increase, although the gains were not universal across all trailer categories, according to the latest State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research Co...
Class 8 Backlog Drops in April: ACT
Softer orders and a continuation of strong build caused the Class 8 backlog to fall nearly 8,000 units to 106,407 units in April, according to the State of the Industry report by ACT Research Co...
Volvo Launches Remote Diagnostics Service
Volvo Trucks has launched its Remote Diagnostics aftermarket service for North America, which provides a seamless, dynamically connected system of vehicle management tools to help maximize vehicle uptime...
Finejas receives 100 new Kogel Cargo Platform Trailers
Lithuanian forwarding company Finėjas, one of the biggest in the Baltic area, will receive the first of the 100 ordered Kögel Cargo platform trailers via the long-term Kögel general importer for Lithuania – UAB Transuorė...
Great Dane Partners with Ice Bear Refrigerated Truck
Henan Bingxiong Refrigerated Truck Co. Ltd (Ice Bear) has raised a new round of financing led by Baird Capital Partners Asia, CCI, and CCI’s portfolio company, Great Dane Trailers, with the capital supporting the expansion of Ice Bear’s manufacturing facilities in Henan and Shanghai, China, as well as the company’s growing domestic customer base...
Contraction in ISA Economic Indicators Report
Activity among Industrial Supply Association manufacturer and distributor members decreased for the second month in a row but remains in positive territory, according to the latest ISA Economic Indicators Report ...
Parker Chelsea Introduces New Rear-Mount PTO
Parker Chelsea has released a new rear-mount PTO that it says eliminates clearance issues while providing high torque ratings...
Cat Unveils 777G Off-Highway Truck
Cat has introduced its 777G Off-Highway Truck, which achieves greater production with 7% more torque powering work than the 777F, plus new transmission controls that produce quick haul cycles with automotive quality shifting...
Fines Necessary to Keep Navistar in Business: EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), responding in a legal brief to a lawsuit filed against it by Volvo Group North America, Daimler AG and Cummins Inc. for allowing Navistar International to pay fines on its noncompliant engines, said that if it had not imposed the fines, Navistar "might be forced from the marketplace...
Utility Equipment Leasing Adds to Rental Fleet
To meet customer demand, Utility Equipment Leasing Corporation (UELC), a provider of utility truck rentals and leases to electrical transmission and distribution markets across the nation, has added over 60 new trucks to the fleet thus far in 2012, with more to come...
Isuzu Offers Ship-Thru for N-Series Gasoline Trucks
Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc. (ICTA) has unveiled a new process that will enable Isuzu dealers to more quickly convert or modify gasoline-powered NPR-HD (14,500-lb. GVWR) trucks for their customers...
Utility’s Utah Plant Receives Liberty Mutual Safety Award
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company has received the Liberty Mutual Insurance Safety Commendation Award presented to Utility’s Clearfield, Utah, manufacturing plant...
Former Timpte Owner Jim Lakin Dies
Jim Lakin, a former owner of Timpte and pioneer in the truck trailer industry, died at age 95...
Accuride Holds Global Supplier Summit
Accuride Corporation (NYSE: ACW) recently held its annual Global Supplier Summit in Newburgh, Ind., as part its renewed efforts to build a world-class, collaborative supply chain and increase performance expectations of its supplier partners in order to deliver more consistent, dependable performance for customers...
Freightliner Releases New Smartphone App
Freightliner Trucks has launched a new application designed for iPhone and Android users to commemorate the company’s 70th anniversary. The free app also offers a suite of functional tools for drivers...
WABCO, IVECO Sign ABS Deal for South America
WABCO Holdings Inc. (NYSE: WBC) has entered into a long-term agreement with IVECO to supply anti-lock braking technology for IVECO’s platforms of light- and medium-duty trucks produced in Brazil from 2013 onward...
ACT Maintains Outlook, Despite Class 8 Softening
The March and April softening in Class 8 truck orders to “below expectations” was insufficient to cause ACT Research to lower its build and sales forecasts...
Markel Ventures Obtains Majority Interest in Havco
Havco Wood Products LLC has announced a new partnership with Markel Ventures, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Markel Corporation, a diverse financial holding company serving a variety of niche markets...
FTR Shippers Conditions Index Stays Steady in March
FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for March did not show much change from the previous month...
Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 11.3% in March
March U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $495.97 million -- up 11.3% from February but down 1.4% when compared with the total of $502.89 million reported for March 2011, according to The Association For Manufacturing Technology...
Medium and Heavy Truck Sales Up 18% in April
By Rick Weber
Medium and heavy truck sales were up 18% in April over the same period a year ago and down 13% from last month, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications....
Bauer Truck Repair Honored by HDA Truck Pride
By Rick Weber
HDA Truck Pride has recognized Bauer Truck Repair in Shippenville, PA, as the 2011 Truck Service Expert of the Year. ...
Intermodal Record to Come Early: FTR
By Rick Weber
The United States will set a record for total intermodal loads later this year—at least three years earlier than the estimates coming out of the Great Recession, according to Jonathan Starks, director of transportation analysis for FTR Associates...
