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Nissan Diesel Motor Co
becomes UD Trucks Corp
Feb 4, 2010

The Volvo Group’s Japanese truck company Nissan Diesel Motor Company Ltd is being renamed UD Trucks Corporation. In conjunction with the name change, the Nissan Diesel brand will also be changed to UD Trucks and a new logotype will be developed...

PTDI completes two decades of certifying driver courses
Feb 4, 2010

The Professional Truck Driver Institute (PTDI) recently reached a milestone: 20 years of certifying courses at entry-level truck driver training schools across the United States and Canada...

Price of diesel fuel sinks
to lowest so far in 2010
Feb 4, 2010

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide fell 5.2 cents to $2.781 a gallon, matching the biggest drop in six months, according to US Department of Energy information...

Paccar donates $250,000
to relief effort in Haiti
Feb 2, 2010

Paccar announced it was making a $250,000 donation to the American Red Cross to support Haitian relief efforts. In addition, the company was donating a Kenworth vehicle equipped with a dump body to assist in clean-up efforts in the aftermath of the earthquake...

Paccar launches MX engine
Feb 2, 2010

Paccar has introduced the Paccar MX engine to be installed in Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks in summer 2010. The PACCAR MX engine is designed to deliver industry leading performance, reliability, and fuel efficiency to Kenworth and Peterbilt customers worldwide...

FMCSA raises safety requirements for new truck, bus companies
Feb 1, 2010

Enforcement is now underway for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA's) New Entrant Safety Assurance Process rule, which requires...

ATA's Moskowitz says climate change and government's response will be one of the most critical issues facing industry
Feb 1, 2010, By Rick Weber

ONE of the most critical issues facing the trucking industry maybe not today, but over the next few years is climate change and what the federal government...

Class 8 commercial vehicle
net orders up in December
Jan 21, 2010

Net orders for heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles rose to 11,919 units in December 2009, up 37% from December 2008, according to ACT Research Co...

ATA releases American
Trucking Trends report
Jan 21, 2010

The American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) annual report ATA American Trucking Trends 2009-2010 is available to the public and members of the media...

Volvo Trucks Safety Awards
program continues in 2010
Jan 21, 2010

Volvo Trucks North America continues its recognition of the safest fleets in North America through the 2010 Volvo Trucks Safety Awards. Two fleets with the safest driving records and top safety programs will each receive $25,000 prizes to be used on their safety activities...

Price of diesel fuel drops
for first time in a month
Jan 21, 2010

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide fell for the first time in a month, dipping 0.9 cent to $2.87 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

ATA lawsuit seeks
HOS supporting
document regulation
Jan 19, 2010

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) filed a lawsuit with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit asking it to compel the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue an hours-of-service (HOS) supporting documents regulation...

Commercial vehicle orders
likely to slow in Q1 2009
Jan 19, 2010

Net orders for heavy-duty commercial vehicle markets closed 2009 slightly stronger than expected, but will likely slow dramatically in the first quarter of 2010 before recovering in the second half of the year, according to ACT Research Co...

DTNA gets $40 million
in federal funding
for truck technology
Jan 19, 2010

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has received nearly $40 million in funding through the US Department of Energy’s 21st Century Truck Technology Partnership...

Cummins to receive
$54 million in funds
for vehicle projects
Jan 14, 2010

US Secretary of Energy Dr Steven Chu announced that Cummins will receive nearly $54 million in funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for two projects aimed at improving fuel efficiency in heavy- and light-duty vehicles...

Price of diesel fuel climbs
for third consecutive week
Jan 12, 2010

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide climbed for a third straight week, rising 8.2 cents to $2.879 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

Navistar launches first trucks
for India with partner Mahindra
Jan 8, 2010

Navistar Inc recently celebrated the launch of its first commercial trucks for the Indian market...

Penske Truck Leasing
agrees to acquire
Bright operations
Jan 8, 2010

Penske Truck Leasing Company LP has entered into an agreement with the Bright family to acquire Bright Truck Leasing & Bright Distribution, providers of full-service truck leasing, truck rental, maintenance, and logistics operations...

ATA seeks summary
judgment in Port
of Los Angeles case
Jan 8, 2010

American Trucking Associations (ATA) filed its final response brief seeking summary judgment in certain aspects of its challenge to the Port of Los Angeles Concession Plan mechanism...

NRDC sues Long Beach CA
to overturn port settlement
Jan 6, 2010

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) announced it was filing suit against the City of Long Beach CA to overturn a settlement with the American Trucking Associations (ATA) that ended litigation over the Port of Long Beach truck concession plan. Long Beach settled the lawsuit after the US District Court of Appeals declared the concession plan illegal...

Fleet equipment purchase
plans stabilize: survey
Jan 6, 2010

Transport Capital Partners’ (TCP) fourth quarter Business Expectations Survey shows carriers are stabilizing on fleet replacement, with a pre-buy unlikely and more interest in buying and selling shown by carriers...

Price of diesel fuel surges
for second week in a row
Jan 6, 2010

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide rose by the most in more than two months, jumping 6.5 cents to $2.797 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

Commercial vehicle market
growth should surge in 2011
Dec 15, 2009

While the medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle markets are expected to grow modestly off weak 2009 production—the lowest level of production since 1991—the sector will see significant growth in 2011, according to ACT Research Co...

Price of diesel fuel down
for sixth week in a row
Dec 15, 2009

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide dropped for the sixth straight week, sinking 2.4 cents to $2.748 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

US economic recovery
expected to continue
in 2010, panel predicts
Dec 11, 2009

Economic growth in the United States will resume in 2010, say the nation’s purchasing and supply management executives in their December 2009 Semiannual Economic Forecast. Expectations for 2010 are for positive conditions experienced in the second half of 2009 to continue in manufacturing, while the non-manufacturing sector foresees marginal growth...

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