Preliminary Class 8 Net Orders Up 22% in October
FTR Associates released preliminary data showing October Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs at 18,386 units, a 22% increase over the previous month. ...
Wabash Reports Positive EBITDA For First Time in Two Years
Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) generated positive operating Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) of $600,000 in the third quarter—the first time in two years it had done that in a quarter...
FMCSA’s ABS Final Rule Effective Nov. 22
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said that the effective date of the direct final rule, “Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation: Antilock Brake Systems,” will be November 22 ...
Thomas Built Buses Names Top Dealers For 2010
Thomas Built Buses president and CEO Kelley Platt presented the company’s 2010 Dealer of the Year award to Nelson’s Bus Service, Inc. at the annual Thomas dealers meeting...
Optronics International Sells Panelite
Optronics International has sold the Panelite custom stainless steel truck accessory brand and intellectual property to Dieter's Accessories of Waterloo, Ontario Canada, but will retain the Millennium Series lighting component of the well-known brand...
Hino Receives J.D. Powers’ Highest Ranking Among Conventional Medium-Duty Trucks
Hino Trucks ranks highest among conventional medium-duty trucks in the 2010 J.D. Power and Associates Medium-Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study, topping the rankings for the second time in the past three years in this segment....
Krone Managing Chairman Jürgen Föhrenbach Dies
Dr. Jürgen Föhrenbach, 69, the managing chairman of Krone’s board of directors, died last week in a car accident....
Truck Equipment Industry Helps Obtain Ground-Breaking Tornado Data
A truck equipped with some of the best accessories in the industry has helped to achieve a feat previously unattainable in the dangerous scientific field of tornado recording. The A.R.E. 2010 GMC SIERRA “Twistex Probe” Vehicle enabled Tim Samaras, featured on Discovery Channel’s Stormchasers television program, to record “historic” tornado measurements. ...
Hearings Set for Comments on Fuel-Economy Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)will hold public hearings on Nov. 15 and Nov. 18 for the joint proposed rules, “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles,” which will be published in the near future in the Federal Register. ...
Customer satisfaction drops when trucks not ready when promised
Overall service satisfaction among medium-duty truck owners declines considerably if their truck is not ready when promised, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 U.S. Medium-Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study...
Mack introduces natural gas-powered cabover
Mack Trucks, Inc. introduced a natural gas-powered version of its TerraPro™ cabover model for the refuse and construction applications...
Truck tonnage index rose 1.7% in September
The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.7 % in September after falling a revised 2.8 percent in August...
Horizon Lines orders 12,500 new containers
Horizon Lines, Inc, a major U S domestic ocean shipping and integrated logistics company, announced it will add approximately 12,500 new containers to its international and domestic shipping network...
Fuel efficiency regulations considered 'feasible'
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) expressed support for the first-ever national fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emission standards for heavy- and medium-duty trucks...
Trailer net orders up sharply in September
Commercial trailer net orders in September more than doubled their very weak September 2009 volume, according to ACT Research Company (ACT)...
AMT calls for revitalized manufacturing in U S
The Association For Manufacturing Technology is calling for a comprehensive national strategy to revitalize manufacturing in the U S through cooperation and innovation. ...
ATD supports fuel economy improvements, fears higher prices
The American Truck Dealers (ATD) gave mixed reviews to the recent announcement that the federal government will begin setting fuel economy standards for medium and heavy trucks...
Used Class 8 prices continue to rise
The average retail sales price of Class 8 used vehicles sold in September increased 3% month-over-month to $42,100 according to ACT Research Co. (ACT). ...
ATA Supports fuel economy standards
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) this week adopted a carbon emissions control policy supporting a national fuel economy standard for trucks, rather than government actions to increase fuel prices or alternative fuel mandates...
Aluminum association weighs in
In anticipation of the Obama Administration’s proposed commercial vehicle fuel economy and emissions regulations expected to be announced today, the following statement was issued by Randall Scheps, chairman of the Aluminum Association’s Aluminum Transportation Group...
Navistar working on fuel efficiency solutions
In response to the regulatory proposal to improve fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from medium and heavy-duty trucks and buses released today by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U S Department of Transportation (DOT), Navistar said it will work closely with the EPA and DOT to ensure this program expands the use of existing technologies to reduce CO2 emissions, improves overall fuel efficiency, and properly incentivizes the early introduction of advanced technologies...
Feds mandate fuel economy rules for medium- and heavy-duty trucks
The first federal fuel economy standard for medium- and heavy-duty trucks was announced Monday by U S Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson...
Increased demand expected for Class 8 trucks in 2011
The Annual Fleet Study just completed by CK Commercial Vehicle Research (www.ckcvr.com) shows a 47% increase in the number of fleets who plan new Class 8 and medium-duty power unit purchases in 2011...
Great Dane reactivating van trailer plant
Great Dane Trailers will reopen its Jonesboro, Arkansas, plant due to a boost in dry freight van demand...
Truck orders approach two-year high in September
Net orders of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles were 15,231, up 37% from September of 2009, the second highest monthly total for the past two years, according to ACT Research Co...
