Cat engines offered for glider kit trucks
A factory remanufactured Caterpillar engine allows those with older trucks the option of new truck engine warranty rather than limited overhaul warranty coverage... Kenworth offers dual LNG tanks on T800s
Kenworth Truck Company is expanding its line of green products by offering factory-installed, dual liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel tanks on T800s powered by the 15-liter Westport GX engine... 100 Mack Granite tank truck units ordered in US Army contract
Mack Trucks Inc announced that Mack Defense will supply West-Mark, a leading manufacturer of liquid transportation equipment, with 100 Granite models chassis to fulfill a delivery order under a contract with the US Army Contracting Command in Warren MI... Class 8 truck orders remain weak in July
The Class 8 truck market continued to experience weak orders and falling backlogs. Build rates exceeded the pace of incoming orders again in July. Classes 5-7 continued to be a model of consistency with orders in line with build and steady, if low, backlogs... New Detroit DT12 transmission can enhance fuel ffficiency, performance
Detroit Diesel Corporation took the wraps off the Detroit DT12 automated manual transmission. Part of the Detroit complete powertrain offering, the DT12 combines the operational ease of an automatic with the efficiency of a manual transmission, resulting in enhanced fuel economy, vehicle performance and safety... ATRI releases roll stability system analysis based on fleet crash data
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has released the industry's first major comparative analysis of roll stability systems (RSS) based on carrier operational data... Hoyer GmbH expands gas logistics operations
Hoyer GmbH has launched a massive expansion of its global gas logistics business and has ordered an additional 200 ultramodern gas tank containers. Its investment amounts to more than eight million euros... Navistar throws in towel, officially embraces SCR-based engine emission controls
Navistar International Corporation announced August 2 that it would add selective catalytic reduction-based controls to its previously announced next-generation ICT+ (In-Cylinder Technology Plus) heavy-duty diesel engines... Diesel engines should be HD powertrain of choice for decades to come
Clean diesel engines will continue to be the dominant power source for heavy-duty vehicles in the United States for decades to come because of their power and efficiency, according to a newly released study prepared for the US Department of Energy... NationaLease schedules annual meeting
NationaLease, one of the largest full-service truck leasing organizations in North America, will hold its 68th annual meeting September 16-17, 2012, in Baltimore MD at the newly opened Four Seasons Hotel... Peterbilt adds suspensions to Model 382
Peterbilt Motors Company announces the expanding availability of the proprietary Air Leaf, Low Air Leaf, and Air Trac drive axle suspensions to the Model 382... Bendix Spicer white paper reviews federal truck brake stopping distance mandate
As part of its continued efforts to help educate the industry about the federal reduced stopping distance mandate, Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC (BSFB) has released a white paper titled “The Federal Reduced Stopping Distance Mandate: Impact and Solutions... Peterbilt begins producing Model 579
Peterbilt is now producing the new Model 579 truck, launched during the recent Mid-America Trucking Show... Western Cascade distributing for Heil Trailer International
Western Cascade Truck, Tank & Equipment has joined the Heil Trailer International Co distribution network. Western Cascade will provide sales, service, and parts for the Heil petroleum, crude oil, and hot products lines for a 10-county region covering Washington, Oregon, and Idaho and Alaska... Dana bolsters field sales, service operation
Dana Holding Corporation announced numerous actions to strengthen its North American field sales and service organization... FMCSA drug, alcohol checks remove 287 unsafe bus and truck drivers from the road
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that 287 commercial bus and truck drivers were removed from the roads and more than 128 companies face enforcement actions as a result of the agency’s annual drug and alcohol strike force sweep that occurred from April 30 through May 11... Kenworth begins producing new T680
The new, aerodynamic Kenworth T680 has begun production at the Kenworth Truck Company assembly plant in Chillicothe OH. The Kenworth–Chillicothe plant recently hosted a special celebration for employees to mark the start of production... Mack salutes America’s fallen heroes
Mack Trucks employees honored America’s fallen or missing military heroes during the recent Memorial Day weekend Rolling Thunder–Ride for Freedom rally... Kenworth delivers 250,000th T800 truck
Kenworth Truck Company celebrated the production and delivery of its historic 250,000th T800 truck during a special ceremony at the Kenworth assembly... Blackmer adds STX2A transport pump
Blackmer announces the addition of the STX2A transport pump to its growing line of positive displacement sliding vane transport pumps. The STX2A is a 316 stainless-steel, two-inch pump designed for clean, non-abrasive, light-viscosity fluids and chemicals... Petroplex developing multi-modal liquid terminal in St James LA
Petroplex International LLC, a development company of bulk liquid storage tank terminals based in Baton Rouge LA, along with a consortium consisting of Macquarie Group, through its Macquarie Capital division, Quanta Services Inc and individual investor Harley Franco, CEO and founder of Harley Marine Services Inc, announced that it has raised capital to progress the development of a $600 million multi-modal bulk liquid terminal in St James Parish LA with a projected initial storage capacity of four to six million barrels. ... Meritor MTA suspensions spec’d on new tankers by Bynum Transport
Meritor Inc is pleased to announce that Bynum Transport of Auburndale FL is specifying Meritor’s MTA 23 air-ride suspension, Q Plus drum brakes, ABS with Meritor WABCO Roll Stability Support (RSS), and automatic slack adjusters on its latest Walker Stainless tank trailer order... FMCSA’s VanSteenburg calls for improved fleet safety effort, By Charles E Wilson Improvements have been made in truck safety, but 4,000 people still lost their lives last year in truck-involved crashes, according to Jack VanSteenburg, chief safety officer for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). “We can do better; we need to do better,” he told tank truck fleet managers at the National Tank Truck Carriers 64th Annual Conference May 8 in San Francisco CA.... Western Star rolls out new 4700 tractor, adds options for 6900
Western Star Truck Sales Inc added a new 4700 tractor to its product lineup. The wraps came off the new tractor during a special event on May 8 in Las Vegas NV. The 4700 tractor and additional product updates are now available to order... Tank fleets continue to outpace trucking industry in general, By Charles E Wilson Tank truck carriers continue to perform the rest of the trucking industry, and 2012 should be a another good year for tank fleets, according to the economic reports presented during the National Tank Truck Carriers 64th Annual Conference May 6-8 in San Francisco CA....
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