Bridgestone brings on/off radial to U.S.
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC (BFNT) announced it is now offering the Bridgestone M775 on/off-highway drive radial...
Heil taps Tarte
Heil Environmental has appointed Tim Tarte to the newly created position of gm for its OEM and aftermarket parts business, Parts Central...
Wright purchase of Pacific Pride finalized
Wright Express Corp. has announced the completion of its acquisition of privately held Pacific Pride Services for $32 million...
Qualcomm goes the last mile with metro service
By Jim Mele, editor-in-chief
Qualcomm Enterprise Solutions has launched OmniVision Metro along with a set of software tools designed for managing local service fleet operation...
CzarLite pricing system updated
SMC3 has announced it will update the data within its CzarLite freight pricing system effective March 31...
Volvo and UAW reach tentative agreement
By Justin Carretta, online news editor, and Wendy Leavitt, director of editorial development
Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) and the United Auto Workers (UAW) have reached a tentative agreement on terms of a new three-year contract...
Denso taps Maruyama
Denso Corp. has named Haruya Maruyama president & CEO of Denso International America (DIAM), effective April 1st...
The facts on depreciation
Navistar Truck Group has set up a website to help customers learn more about the Federal Economic Stimulus Act of 2008...
Michelin debuts on-/off radial
Michelin Americas Truck Tires has released the X One XZY3, an on-/off-road all-position radial tire the company said offers weight and fuel savings...
Diesel prices continue skyward
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
Diesel prices averaged $3.82 for the week of March 10, up $0.16 from a week earlier...
Construction a mixed bag
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
Soaring diesel prices have made things difficult for many industries, but construction has been one of the hardest hit, as it is very reliant on diesel prices...
Con-way: 62 mph is it
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
Con-way Freight has announced it has turned back the speed governors on its trucks to run at a maximum of 62 miles per hour...
Hendrickson rolls out Softek
Hendrickson Truck System Group has launched production of its lighter weight Softek front steer suspension and axle system...
Heavy-duty battery disconnect
Smart Energy Solutions has released a battery disconnect system for heavy-duty applications...
The cleaning and greening of trucking
By Wendy Leavitt, director of editorial development
Dr. Walter G. Copan is executive vp, North American operations & CTO for Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc....
GM’s Gaydash outlines truck plans
By Wendy Leavitt, director of editorial development
In December 2007, Navistar announced that it had reached a tentative, non-binding agreement with General Motors to acquire its medium-duty truck business...
Sprint now offering Turnpike
Turnpike Global Technologies has been added to the Sprint bill, effective Monday, February 18, according to Turnpike. "Sprint is now selling Turnpike's services along with their cell phones...
Kenworth names 2008 service council
Kenworth Truck Co., a division of Paccar Inc., has named its 2008 Kenworth Service Council. According to the company, the council is comprised of leading Kenworth service managers in the U.S....
New Seko facilities open in Mexico
Supply chain solution provider Seko has opened new facilities in Mexico to provide freight forwarding services throughout North America, Europe and Asia. The main office is located ...
TCA announces fleets safety award winners
The Truckload Carriers Assn. (TCA) has announced the two grand prize winners of its National Fleet Safety Awards. Stagecoach Cartage & Distribution LP won for truckload companies with under...
Port of Long Beach passes green plan
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the Clean Trucks program aimed at modernizing the fleets that service the Port of Long Beach...
Volvo rolls carbon-neutral
By David Cullen, executive editor
Sweden’s Volvo Group here yesterday showed off a veritable fleet of trucks with “carbon-neutral” engines...
Learning from 2007, preparing for 2010
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Class 8 sales fell nearly 47% in 2007, dropping to 150,965 units from 284,008 in 2006 – a decline of 133,043 units...
Driver institute honors Haight
The industry organization dedicated to effective truck-driver training has awarded the 10th annual Lee J. Crittenden Memorial Award...
Diesel hits $3.66 a gallon
According to data compiled by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, average diesel prices rose 11 cents to $3.66 a gallon...
Stemco acquires V.W. Kaiser Engineering
Stemco has announced the acquisition of V.W. Kaiser Engineering, a privately-held company known for king pin and suspension kits...
New HQ for CTNA
Continental Tire North America (CTNA) will move its corporate headquarters in 2009 from Charlotte, NC, to Lancaster County, SC...
