Continental increases prices up to 10%
Continental Tire North America (CTNA) has announced price increases up to 10% on all Continental, General, Semperit and Private Brand truck tires, effective October 1, 2008...
ATRI, FHWA win engineering award for travel time initiative
A research tool that monitors freight performance on North American highways using wireless truck position data has garnered the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) the 2008 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Management & Operations Award...
Down the road
DALLAS, TX – If anyone is supposed to have a crystal ball in the truck manufacturing business, it’s Tony McQuary, senior director of strategic business planning for Peterbilt Motors Co. It’s his job to look down the road one, three, five, even 10 years and figure out what customers are going to need from their trucks – even if customers themselves don’t know what they’ll need...
Freightliner’s collision system now available
A new collision avoidance system, now available on Freightliner Trucks, gives drivers another tool to improve safety...
Paccar Financial opens SC used truck center
Paccar Financial Corp has announced the opening of its second used truck center, located near Spartanburg, SC...
GM, Navistar deal appears dead
The tentative agreement in place under which Navistar would acquire General Motors’ medium-duty business has fallen through, Navistar announced today...
Experts talk about driver behavior and fuel economy
Don Osterberg, vp of safety and driver training for Schneider National, Inc. and Jim Booth, fuel economy consultant and owner & president of Fifth Wheels Plus, were the featured speakers for the second webcast in the free “Survivor’s Guide to the Fuel Crisis” series presented by Truckload Carriers Association and FleetOwner...
Con-way Freight names executive vp of operations
Con-way Freight has named W. Gregory Lehmkuhl executive vp of operations, responsible for the company’s operating network, process design, network configuration and production efficiency, Con-way said...
Great Dane revamps site
Great Dane Trailers has launched its redesigned website, which features expanded product information and in-depth location search capabilities, the company said...
Traffic fatalities down 4%, DOT says
According to a report released by the Department of Transportation, the number of fatalities on U.S. roadways fell 3.9% in 2007, reaching the lowest total in more than a decade and the lowest fatality rate on record...
Port of Tacoma trucker’s guide available
The Port of Tacoma has created a new foldout trucker’s guide brochure featuring information such as contact phone numbers for all port terminals, regional truck stops, service locations and highway permit locations...
Diesel fuel prices drop an additional 14 cents
The average diesel price in the U.S. decreased fourteen cents to $4.21 for the week of August 18, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). This marks the fourth consecutive week prices fell at least a dime, as the average price of a gallon of diesel dropped $0.51 during that time span...
YRC acquires Chinese provider Jiayu Logistics
YRC Worldwide has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, YRC Logistics, has successfully concluded its acquisition of Chinese truckload and LTL provider Shanghai Jiayu Logistics Co., Ltd....
Atlas awards college scholarships
Atlas World Group has awarded $12,000 in scholarships to three college students with ties to Atlas and its subsidiaries...
Eaton posts warranty repair guidelines
Eaton has announced that new pre-authorized warranty repair guidelines now posted on Roadranger.com will allow technicians, service managers and warranty administrators at all North American truck dealerships to administer 19 different repairs without outside intervention, making many telephone calls for Eaton repair authorizations no longer necessary...
ATDynamics names vp of sales
Fuel-efficiency provider ATDynamics, Inc. has named Greg D. Smith vp of sales. Smith comes to ATDynamics from truck body equipment manufacturer TBEI Inc....
ConocoPhillips unveils newest synthetic engine oil
ConocoPhillips has introduced a premium tier API CJ-4 diesel engine oil, the Kendall SHP Diesel 5W40 full synthetic, designed for lubrication of low emissions diesel engines with after-treatment devices as well as older engines...
LPI announces custom work platform
LPI Lift Systems has released a large custom work platform designed to increase the safety and efficiency of loading flatbed trailers, providing a fall prevention system and work area for staging packing materials...
New analysis highlights rear-end crash causes
Rear-end crashes are one of the most common claims for most fleet operations, whether comprised of light, medium, or heavy-duty vehicles, yet the cure for this issue remains relatively simple: increase the following distances between vehicles on the highway...
Dometic refrigerators available for Cascadia
Freightliner Trucks has announced that Dometic under bunk refrigerators are now available as an option for Freightliner Cascadia sleeper cabs...
FreightScan names vp of engineering
FreightScan, LLC has named Melih Sindel vp of engineering. Sindel will be responsible for all FreightScan engineering and product development...
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Fewer Class 8 owners expect to buy trucks
According to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Heavy-Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study, the percentage of Class 8 truck owners who say they will definitely buy or lease a new truck in the next 12 months has hit the lowest level since 2002...
Con-way names new senior vp & CFO
Con-way, Inc. has named Stephen L. Bruffett senior vp & CFO. A 16-year veteran of the freight transportation industry, Bruffett comes to Con-way from YRC Worldwide, where he was CFO...
GE adds driver functionality to website
GE Capital Solutions Fleet Services has enhanced its my.Drivers/my.Vehicles application with a new “add driver” function that will make it easier for fleet managers to add and manage drivers without having to assign them to a vehicle immediately...
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