Commercial trailer order
trend continues in April

April 2010 commercial trailer net orders moderated from relatively stronger levels in the past few months, dropping 13% from March, according to ACT Research Co. The April net orders were 3% above the prior year level, and year-to-date growth in net orders through April is 72%...

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...

Fleet hiring capability might
constrain driver supply: report

For fleets needing additional drivers, the constraint will be in their ability to hire and train prospects from the available labor pool, according to FTR Associates’ Driver Supply Update for May 2010...

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...

Chemtura Corp signs long-term
contract with Odyssey Logistics

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corp (OL&T) has entered into a new long-term contract with Chemtura Corp, a global specialty chemicals company based in Philadelphia PA...

NuStar acquires Asphalt Holdings from equity firm

NuStar Energy LP has reached an agreement with Denham Capital, an energy- and commodities-focused global private equity firm, to acquire Denham’s equity holdings in Asphalt Holdings Inc for $44.1 million...

Stena Bulk adds another
Suezmax tanker to its order

Stena Bulk, which recently confirmed an order at Samsung Shipyard for six in-house-designed Suezmax tankers for delivery in 2011-2012, has placed one more order of a Suezmax tanker...

Westway completes
Port Allen LA expansion

Westway Terminal Company LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Westway Group Inc, has successfully completed and commissioned the Phase 1 and 2 expansions of its terminaling facility at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge in Port Allen LA...

CVSA’s 2010 Roadcheck set for June 8-10

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) will help mobilize thousands of roadside inspectors who patrol North America’s highways June 8-10 for Roadcheck 2010. Approximately 14 trucks and buses will be inspected every minute during the intense three-day campaign, and typically 20% of vehicles will be placed out of service based on Roadchecks in previous years...

DriveCam study pinpoints
dangerous driving behaviors

DriveCam Inc continues its Insights Series by focusing on the long-haul trucking industry. Designed to provide insight for transportation executives and managers...

Clean Harbors updates
its participation in Gulf
oil rig spill response

Clean Harbors Inc has been contracted to provide a variety of environmental response services throughout the Gulf of Mexico region to protect the area’s natural resources from the effects of the ongoing oil rig spill...

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 ...

Class 8 net orders
climb 91% in April

Net orders for heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles increased 91% in April 2010 compared with the same month in 2009, according to ACT Research Co....

Paccar MX engine
earns EPA certification

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has certified the Paccar MX 12.9-liter diesel engine to the 2010 emission standards. The MX engine certification and compliance with EPA 2010 emission regulations allows this engine...

ArvinMeritor invests
in Brazilian operation

ArvinMeritor Inc will invest about $10 million to build a new axle manufacturing operation in Resende, Brazil, to support MAN’s production of trucks and buses in the region...

ATA supports Obama's
calls for fuel economy,
emissions standards

Leaders of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) joined President Obama at the White House for his signing of a presidential memorandum that directs the US Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency ...

Intermodal market share
sets record in Q1: analysis

Intermodal transport’s share of US long-haul truck traffic reached record highs in the first quarter of 2010, a recent analysis by FTR Associates shows...

Greatwide’s MTS sharpens
supply chain visibility

Greatwide Logistics Services announced the launch of a new service offering, Managed Transportation Services (MTS). MTS provides superior visibility from pick-up through delivery, along with centralized technologies to monitor and continuously improve operations across the supply chain...

Pump Solutions Group earns
award from Frost & Sullivan

The Pump Solutions Group (PSG), a member of the New York-based Dover Corporation’s Fluid Management market segment and part of its Fluid Solutions platform, was recently named recipient of the 2010 North American Positive Displacement Pumps Customer Value Enhancement of the Year Award by Frost & Sullivan...

TMW provides web service
for CSA 2010 management

TMW Systems announced that it would be making available a free service for its carrier customers designed to help them monitor and manage their critical Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) safety scores and data...

Pre-Employment Screening
Program applauded by ATA

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) applauds the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) implementation of a Pre-Employment Screening Program for professional truck drivers, which is one item on ATA’s 18-point safety agenda...

ATA criticizes climate
change bill in US Senate

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) cannot support the American Power Act, the climate change bill introduced May 12 by Sens John Kerry and Joe Lieberman, ATA President and Chief Executive Officer Bill Graves said...