Truck repossessions, liquidations fall in Q4 2009

Repossessions and liquidations of trucking equipment in the fourth quarter of 2009 declined significantly as compared to similar figures from 2008, according to Nassau Asset Management's NasTrac Quarterly Index (NQI). Nassau Asset Management is a leading asset management firm in the equipment leasing industry...

Volvo’s 2010 Driving Success
Tour shifts into gear in May

Starting in May 2010, Volvo Trucks North America takes its message of maximized efficiency and productivity on the road with the 2010 Driving Success Tour...

Qualcomm, GreenRoad offer
fleet management system

Qualcomm Inc and GreenRoad have signed an agreement to offer an integrated system that addresses mobile resource management (MRM), safety, and driving behavior...

Price of diesel fuel reaches
highest mark in 16 months

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide continued its climb toward $3 a gallon, rising 2.2 cents to $2.946, a 16-month high, according to US Department of Energy information...

Arrow Truck Sales celebrates
60 years as a vehicle retailer

Arrow Truck Sales Inc is celebrating its 60th year as a retailer of used, heavy-, and medium-duty trucks and trailers in North America...

Class 8 vehicle net orders
increase in February 2010

Net orders for heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles rose to 7,900 units in February 2010, up 20% from January 2010 and also from February 2009, according to ACT Research Co...

ATA to Congress: Highway
investment will aid freight
movement, global position

The federal government must provide leadership and resources to facilitate safe and efficient movement of goods on the US highway system, American Trucking Associations (ATA) Senior Vice-President Tim Lynch told Congress...

Wanted by the ATA: Nominees
for next America’s Road Team

The American Trucking Associations is seeking nominations for professional truck drivers to serve on the 2011-2012 America's Road Team...

Andrews Logistics wins top NTTC safety award

Andrews Logistics Inc, Irving TX, was named winner of the 2009 Outstanding Performance Trophy in the National Tank Truck Carriers annual safety contest...

FMCSA grants limited HOS waiver for ag anhydrous ammonia shipments

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced a 90-day waiver from the federal hours-of-service (HOS) rules for truck drivers handling shipments of anhydrous ammonia for agricultural applications...

Cautious optimism prevails
at annual AmeriQuest
transportation symposium

The mood was cautiously optimistic as nearly 200 transportation leaders from the private fleet, truckload carrier, rental and leasing, and supply communities discussed signs of economic improvement at the seventh annual AmeriQuest Transportation Industry Symposium recently in Orlando FL...

TMW’s strong 2009 sales
pace continues into 2010

TMW Systems announced that 140 customers signed new software contracts with TMW in 2009. The company credits its healthy sales performance to the strategy of many successful transportation firms to retool and boost productivity ahead of 2010’s anticipated freight recovery...

Mack ranks as 2009’s
top truck exporter

Mack Trucks Inc finished 2009 as the leading exporter of heavy-duty North American trucks. It had nearly one-third of total truck exports from the United States, Canada, and Mexico to countries outside North America, with a 30.8% market share...

Terra negotiates to acquire
oil terminal in Pennsylvania

Terra Energy Resources Ltd announced the final negotiations for the acquisition of an oil terminal in western Pennsylvania...

Special permit canceled for FRP
tanks built under SP-9166

Tank trailers constructed of fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) under SP-9166 are no longer allowed to transport hazardous materials, according to a Safety Advisory issued by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ...

KAG agrees to purchase
assets of Don E Keith

The Kenan Advantage Group Inc (KAG) has entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of Don E Keith Transportation LLC, a California-based bulk transporter of asphalt, fuel, crude oil, and lubricants...

Commercial vehicle
demand expected
to grow stronger

Improving trends in the economy and the onset of capacity tightening in the truckload sector continue to point to stronger demand for commercial vehicles late in 2010 and into 2011, according to ACT Research Co...

WGH selects RSSplus
as standard equipment

Walker Group Holdings (WGH) LLC, the maker of Brenner, Bulk, and Walker stainless tank trailers, has selected Meritor WABCO RSSplus roll stability support as standard equipment on all approved vehicle configuration applications...

Diesel fuel price advances
for fourth week in a row

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide rose for a fourth consecutive week, climbing 2 cents to $2.924 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

ATA hails Clean Trucks
Program of NY/NJ port

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) congratulated the leadership of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for developing a Clean Trucks Program that will improve air quality at the port. The NY/NJ plan focuses on reducing truck pollution through retirement of older diesel engines and not on unrelated and unnecessary requirements or banning owner-operator truck drivers from hauling freight at the port...

Stena, Sonanagol grow
with more tanker orders

Stena Bulk, which recently confirmed the order at Samsung Shipyard for two in-house designed Suezmax tankers for delivery in 2011, has now placed further orders together with partners and the Angolan oil company Sonanagol...

OL&T's involvement
with Grace expands
through Dubai project

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation (OL&T) has announced the expansion of its work for W R Grace & Co to include the management of the specialty chemical and materials company’s Dubai transportation program. This project will improve the efficiency of services for Grace and its customers...

SelecTrucks renews Down
Payment Match promotion

SelecTrucks has relaunched the Down Payment Match promotion to help customers move into a new, used vehicle. This incentive, available until June 30, 2010, will match 100%—up to $2,500—of a small fleet’s or owner-operator’s down payment...

Navistar debuts e-commerce
website offering vehicle parts

Navistar International Corporation says it will become the first heavy-duty truck and bus manufacturer to sell parts online to customers via an e-commerce website integrated into www.partsmartparts.com...

White House nominates Harding for TSA post

Major General Robert A Harding was nominated March 8 by the Obama Administration to become administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the arm of the Department of Homeland Security that oversees security for all transportation modes...