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Quick recovery not in the cards
, By Rick Weber

Everybody wants a quick climb out of the hole into which the devastating recession has forced the industry a V-shaped recovery. ...

Commercial vehicle inventory levels reach a 41-month low

Class 5-7 retail sales were off 54% from May 2008, but continued low production output has reduced inventory levels to a 41-month low. ...

Price of diesel fuel drops
for first time in two months

The average price of diesel fuel nationwide dropped for the first time in eight weeks, decreasing 0.8 cents to $2.608 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

Mack Trucks plans to consolidate
entire production at Macungie PA

Mack Trucks Inc announced that the company will move forward with its previously announced plan to consolidate production of its entire product line at its assembly facility in Macungie PA....

ATA seeks action
to control energy
commodity speculation

In an effort to mitigate dramatic spikes in fuel prices similar to those in 2008, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) has called on Congress to increase the transparency of futures markets and impose reasonable aggregate position limits on energy commodities...

NACD concerned over changes
to chemical security program

In preparation for a June 18, 2009, full House Homeland Security Committee mark-up of HR 2868, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act, the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) sent a letter to the committee members outlining several concerns about the bill...

Commercial vehicle inventory
levels reach a 41-month low

Class 5-7 retail sales were off 54 percent from May 2008, but continued low production output has reduced inventory levels to a 41-month low...

Commercial vehicle
safety belt use
reaches 72% in ‘08

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced that safety belt use by drivers of medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles increased to 72% in 2008. That is up 7 percentage points from 65% the previous year...

Diesel fuel price rises
seven weeks in a row

The average price of diesel fuel nationwide climbed for the seventh consecutive week, advancing 4.4 cents to $2.616 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information. In the past seven weeks, diesel has risen 43.1 cents...

Mack demonstrates hybrid
technology on Capitol Hill

Mack Trucks Inc gave federal legislators and policymakers a first-hand look June 11 at its parallel diesel-electric hybrid technology for heavy-duty trucks...

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