Cat, Navistar JV Set to Launch in Australia
NC2 Global LLC, the global joint venture between Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) and Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV), is set to launch Australian operations, with truck sales to begin mid-year...
Testing Under Way In GHG Protocol Projects
By Sean Kilcarr, Fleet Owner senior editor
Efforts are under way to pilot test the rough drafts of two new “protocols” designed to help all manner of companies calculate and reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across a product’s life cycle – with transportation playing a key role in this process...
Eaton Hybrid Systems Reach 30-Million-Mile Mark
It took ten years and plenty of hard work, but Eaton Corp. has announced its hybrid power systems have now surpassed 30 million miles of operation on commercial vehicles...
NATM Gearing Up Engineering Efforts
The National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) kicked off its 2010 convention in Reno, Nevada, not with a keynote speaker, but with a meeting geared to substantially increase its engineering services...
Old Dominion Opens Southeast Warehouse
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. announced the opening of a new, state-of-the-art warehouse facility that also will headquarter its OD-Warehousing and Distribution Services Division. The 160,000-square-foot facility is located at 100 Don Truell Lane, Thomasville, N.C...
VHD Equipment Network Continues To Grow
Beginning its third year, VHD Equipment Network, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of VIPAR Heavy Duty, continues to expand with the recent addition of three new distributor members. The new distributors include Nelson Truck Equipment Co. in Kent, Wash., Custom Truck & Equipment, LLC in Kansas City, Mo., and Truck Equipment, Inc. in Green Bay, Wis. VHD Equipment Network now has 17 distributor members operating 46 locations in the United States and Canada...
February Class 8 Order Activity Meets Expectations
FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing February Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs at 7,628 units, 19.7% higher than January -- when orders were the lowest since 2002...
Navistar Ends Australian Marketing Venture With Iveco
By Brian Straight, Fleet Owner managing editor
Navistar International Corp. and Iveco Trucks Australia Limited have reached agreement to end their joint marketing agreement, effective October 9, 2010...
FleetPride Opens New Location in Louisiana
FleetPride, Inc., the nation's largest independent aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, announced today that it has opened a new location in Bossier City, Louisiana...
Two Bridgestone P&D Tires Quality for SmartWay List
A pair of Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS) tires have been added to the list of EPA SmartWay verified technology...
Penske Purchases Texas-Based Bright
Penske Truck Leasing Co. has completed the acquisition of Bright Truck Leasing and Bright Distribution...
Rogers Designs Trailer to Haul Utility Mobile Substation
Rogers Brothers Corporation and E.W. Sleeper, Rogers’ dealer in New Hampshire, worked with Unitil Energy Systems to custom design and build a trailer that would provide the necessary strength and durability to haul a mobile substation while keeping the total weight under 99,000 pounds so that it could be moved quickly from place to place without the need for special “oversize load” permits...
Fontaine Unveils Magnitude 55MX
Fontaine Trailer has introduced Magnitude 55MX, a heavy-haul trailer that handles a wide variety of hauling jobs...
Industry Groups Criticize Non-Highway Earmarking
By Sean Kilcarr, Fleet Owner senior editor
Several industry groups are publicly condemning what they claim is the Obama administration’s effort to earmark an ever larger share of highway funds for non-highway projects...
Ford’s 2011 Super-Duty Makes Official Debut
Ford Motor Co. officially took the wraps off its 2011 F-Series Super Duty truck line this week, with an optional Ford-designed and built 6.7-liter Power Stroke V-8 turbocharged diesel engine generating 390 horsepower and 735 ft.-lbs of torque...
NHTSA Accepting Comments on Trailer Importation Petition
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is receiving comments on a petition for a decision that 2009 AL Spaw EMA Mobile Stage trailers that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) are eligible...
Commercial Trailer Net Orders Up 10%
January commercial trailer net orders were up 10% from January 2009 and relatively consistent with weak recent trends. However, performance within individual trailer segments varied widely from strong to weak, according to ACT Research Co...
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumps 3.1% In January
The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped 3.1 percent in January, following a revised 1.3 percent increase in December 2009...
Kinedyne Reorganizes Sales & Operations
Cargo control system maker Kinedyne is making several organizational changes to beef up its North American sales and operations teams. The firm has promoted Larry Harrison to vp-sales and marketing...
Navistar Parts Unveils Purchasing-Card Credit Program
Navistar Parts has introduced a “dealer-specific credit program” based around a new Fleet Charge One purchasing card that the company says offers payment flexibility to small fleet and owner-operator customers...
Volvo Truck Deliveries Down 8% in January
Total deliveries from the Volvo Group’s truck operations in January amounted to 9,423 vehicles, a decrease of 8% compared with the year-earlier period ...
DOE Under Secretary To Be Keynote Speaker At Green Truck Summit
The NTEA announced that Kristina Johnson, Ph.D., Under Secretary for Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, will serve as Keynote Speaker at the Green Truck Summit on March 9 at The Work Truck Show in St. Louis...
Trailer Production Levels Stabilizing, says FTR
The outlook for trailers is improving for 2010, with production levels stabilizing, according to FTR's February North American Commercial Truck and Trailer Outlook Report...
Hendrickson, AxleTech International Partner on Navistar’s MaxxPro Suspension
Hendrickson, a Boler Company, and AxleTech International, a General Dynamics company, announced they have received a production award from Navistar Defense, LLC for independent suspension systems on 1,050 new International MaxxPro Dash vehicles...
FleetPride Acquires Mandal Truck and Trailer
FleetPride, Inc., the nation's largest independent aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Mandal Truck and Trailer, Inc. in Lathrop, California...
