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Arrow fuel delivery fleet features truck designed to honor those who perished on four flights on 9/11
, By Rick Weber

SCOTT Monto was sitting in his den one night a few years ago, watching The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction on The History Channel. Monto, general manager...

Comfortable tractors

Dennis D J Hutton has logged more than 2.75 million miles for Opies Transport Inc since he started driving for the Eldon, Missouri-based liquid bulk food...

Kenworth enhances medium-duty models

Kenworth Truck Company increased the performance, serviceability, driver comfort, and fuel efficiency awareness of its medium-duty models with the introduction...

Volvo recalls workers
to New River Valley

Volvo will recall about 270 people to its New River Valley assembly plant beginning the week of September 6 to meet increasing demand for orders. The recall, representing about 23% of the workforce...

China approves purchase
of Volvo’s joint venture share

Chinese authorities have approved an agreement in which Sinotruk (BVI) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Corporation (CNHTC), and CNHTC will purchase all of the Volvo Group’s equity interest in the Jinan Huawo Truck Corporation joint venture. ...

Teamsters launch new organizing assault on tank truck carriers

By a relatively slim margin, drivers and mechanics who work at KAG (Kenan Advantage Group) West at 17 terminals in Southern California have voted to join Teamsters Local 986 in South El Monte. The vote was 197-147 in favor of union representation...

FMCSA delays part of intermodal equipment rule

Truck drivers and container drayage carriers are being given more time to comply with some of the paperwork requirements that are part of the final rule issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration concerning the inspection, repair, and maintenance of intermodal equipment, especially container chassis. The rule took effect June 30...

Trusted Truck initiative
sets standards for WRIs

A multi-year research partnership sponsored by the National Transportation Research Center Inc—with Volvo Trucks North America, Volvo Technology North America, and the University of Tennessee as partners—reveals an effective model for implementing wireless roadside inspections (WRIs) to improve transport efficiency and increase highway safety and security...

ATA supports SETA legislation in Senate

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) strongly supports the Safe and Efficient Transportation ACT (SETA) of 2010, S 3705, introduced August 4 by US Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Herb Kohl (D-WI)...

CTP hails bipartisan bill
that gives states option
to raise interstate weight limits

The Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP), a group of more than 160 shippers and allied associations dedicated to responsibly increasing federal weight limits on interstate highways, applauded Sens Mike Crapo (R-ID), Herb Kohl (D-WI), and Susan Collins (R-ME)...

Truck dealers give Peterbilt 384 top honor

American Truck Dealers (ATD) named the Peterbilt Model 384 as the 2010 ATD Commercial Truck of the Year during its 2010 annual Convention and Exposition...

Mack names International Dealer of Year

Mack Trucks Inc recently honored Mack Centro of Valencia, Venezuela, as its 2009 International Dealer of the Year. Each year, Mack acknowledges the efforts...

NATSO urges support
for measure to extend
biodiesel tax credit

NATSO, the national association representing truckstops and travel plazas, along with industry partners, urged congressional leaders to support US Sen Charles Grassley's amendment to the Small Business Lending Act of 2010...

Heavy-duty vehicle demand
improvement continuing

A number of freight transportation and commercial vehicle market factors are aligning and setting the stage for continued improvement in demand for heavy-duty vehicles in the second half of 2010 and into 2011...

ATA applauds DOT efforts
toward safe truck parking

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) greatly appreciates the latest efforts by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and Secretary Ray LaHood to provide professional truck drivers with safe places to stop and rest along the National Highway System ...

Price of diesel fuel climbs
for first time in six weeks

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide rose for the first time in six weeks, gaining 3.3 cents to $2.961 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

VECV will produce
medium-duty engine

The Volvo Group's Indian joint venture company, VE Commercial Vehicles VECV, is to invest a total of SEK 480 M (INR 2.8 bn) in the production of the Volvo Group’s new global medium-duty engine in India...

Peterbilt delivers first
Paccar MX engine

Peterbilt Motors Company recently celebrated the delivery of the first 2010 EPA-certified Paccar MX engine. A Peterbilt Model 386 equipped with the first production MX engine was delivered to McClymonds Supply & Transit Company ...

Mack Trucks salutes 2009
International Dealer of Year

Mack Trucks Inc recently honored Mack Centro of Valencia, Venezuela, as its 2009 International Dealer of the Year...

Preliminary Class 8 truck
orders decrease in May

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing May 2010’s Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs at 12,903 units, a 9.8% decline from April.Although May orders slowed from the previous month, year-over-year comparisons show a 74.7% improvement over May 2009...

Market for hybrid
trucks, buses surging

Transit buses have long been an important platform for testing new drivetrains in the heavy-duty vehicle market, but within the past couple of years, manufacturers have increased development of hybrid electric and hydraulic hybrid drivetrains for the medium- and heavy-duty truck segments...

Diesel fuel’s price declines to its lowest in 10 weeks

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide fell for a fourth straight week, dropping 3.4 cents to $2.946 a gallon, its lowest price in 10 weeks, according to US Department of Energy information...

McLeod celebrates 25 years serving the trucking industry

McLeod Software announces its 25th year of providing software systems to the trucking industry. Over the past 25 years, McLeod Software has grown into one of the nation’s leading transportation management software...

Volvo Trucks backs Obama
fuel efficiency initiative

Denny Slagle, president and chief executive officer of Volvo Trucks North America, participated in an event at the White House during which President Obama signed a presidential memorandum aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions...

Mack Trucks supports
Obama fuel initiative

Denny Slagle, president and chief executive officer of Mack Trucks Inc, participated in an event at the White House during which President Obama signed a presidential memorandum aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions ...

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