AmeriQuest taps Weeks
AmeriQuest Transportation Services has named Neal Weeks vp of financial services. He will be working with national banks and equipment financing institutions ...
International creates online fleet tools
A new web portal service from International Truck and Engine Corp. offers fleet customers a suite of online management tools as well as links to industry regulatory sites ...
Chevron Products introduces new engine oils
Chevron Products Co.’s new Chevron RPM LE SAE 15W-40 and Texaco Ursa Super Plus EC SAE 15W-40 heavy duty diesel engine oils meet both API CJ-4 and CI-4 Plus specifications...
Fontaine launches aftermarket operation
Fifth wheel manufacturer Fontaine International North American has launched a new aftermarket company, Fontaine Parts Connection, to supply parts, tools, and support ...
Marangoni promotes Connors
Marangoni Tread North America (MTNA) has named Marge Connors to the newly created position of manager of marketing & communications-North America...
Pacific adds five LNG trucks
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has announced the addition of five Class 8 liquid natural gas (LNG) trucks to its alternative fuel fleet...
Melton updates Horizon software
Melton Technologies has released an enhanced vehicle maintenance and tire tracking module update to its existing Horizon fleet management applications. According to the company, the update will integrate ...
Solar power for tonneau cover
Massilon-OH based A.R.E. is now offering solar-powered keyless entry to its line of fiberglass tonneau covers for pickup trucks. SolARay solar-powered keyless entry allows drivers ...
Trincon adds two veeps
Trincon Group has named two new vice presidents, Rick Sexton and John Jackson, to the firm. Sexton, who has over 30 years of experience in financial ...
Mack changing the guard
Paul L. Vikner, the president and CEO of Mack Trucks since 2001, will leave that post on April 1 and join the Mack board of directors as vice chairman...
Federal commission calls for upping fuel tax
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission today proposed an annual five to eight percent increase in the nation’s fuel tax for the next five years...
EnerSys releases two new batteries
EnerSys has announced it will offer Odyssey batteries in dual-purpose BCI sizes Group 25 and Group 35. The company said the Models 25-PC1400 and 35-PC1400...
Descartes buys Mobitrac
Logistics solutions provider Descartes Systems Group has announced the purchase of Mobitrac, a fleet management business, from privately held Fluensee, Inc. ...
GM backs new ethanol process
General Motors has teamed with Coskata to support its new breakthrough technology that supposedly can make ethanol from practically any renewable source – including garbage...
Navman Wireless releases new version of OnlineAVL
Navman Wireless North America, a subsidiary of Navman Wireless Holdings, has released OnlineAVL2, a successor to the company’s previous software, OnlineAVL1...
Allison warranty guides available
Allison Transmission has announced its 2008 Transmission Coverage Pricing Guides are now available...
NTEA releases vehicle certification guide
The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) has released its Vehicle Certification Guide, covering regulations announced in the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act...
Bridgestone Firestone inks tire deal with TA
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire (BFNT) and TravelCenters of America (TA) have agreed on a seven-year pact to sell Bridgestone and Firestone commercial tires ...
OPW taps Deshmukh
OPW Fueling Components has named Rahul Deshmukh vp & gm of its dispensing products division, responsible for strategic direction and product development ...
RearSight available for ’07 Tundra
Rostra Precision Controls’ RearSight back-up camera system is now available for the 2007 Toyota Tundra, the company has announced...
Bumpy road for companies looking to go private
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
This year is not starting out favorably for publicly traded fleets that want to convert to private ownership...
1-4 Reopens
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
Interstate 4 between Tampa and Orlando reopened last night after a 70-car pileup in Central Florida on Wednesday left four dead and dozens injured....
CFI changes name
Con-way Inc. has announced that its truckload operating unit, Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI) will change its name to Con-way Truckload. The name change follows the $750 million acquisition of the company by Con-way Inc. on August 23, 2007...
Kenworth extends Landstar rebate
Kenworth Truck Co. has announced it will extend its rebate program with Landstar through 2008, offering a $1,000 rebate to independent contractors who buy Kenworth sleeper truckers and provide Landstar with transportation capacity....
Radar may take lead in safety tech
A growing shift towards radar-based sensors for active safety systems seems to be taking place in the automotive industry, according to a study conducted by consulting firm ABI Research...
Tridako releases APU
Tridako Energy Systems has released the PowerCube Model HC6000 auxiliary power unit for class 8 trucks. The PowerCube is designed to provide ...
Mac Tools taps Murray
Mac Tools has named Michael Murray president, effective January 1. He joined the company in February 2007 as vp of operations and merchandising before becoming COO...
Arpin moves into Canada
Household goods forwarder Arpin International Group has opened an office in the Toronto area, expanding the company’s presence into Canada...
Biodiesel to benefit from New Delhi link
By Wendy Leavitt, director of editorial development
Benefuel, Inc., a Chicago-based biodiesel refining and distribution
firm, has unveiled an exclusive worldwide manufacturing agreement with catalyst manufacturer Sud-Chem...
Cummins names new emissions group chief
Cummins Inc. has announced that Srikanth Padmanabhan, managing Director of Cummins Generator Technologies, will head Cummins Emission Solutions ...
Mack hosts Vegas safety challenge
Mack Trucks will sponsor a driving skills safety challenge during the World of Concrete show, Jan. 22-24, from 10 am to 4 pm at the Las Vegas Convention Center...
Boosting safety with technology
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
A variety of technologies are being increasingly viewed as a curative for many of the trucking industry’s safety ills, especially in terms of reducing highway crashes...
Paccar opens Hayward, CA lease location
Paccar Leasing Company (PacLease) has announced the addition of a new lease location in Hayward, CA. The site will be operated by NorCal PacLease...
NTEA releases ‘08 market resource guide
The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) has released its 2008 Market Resource Guide, providing detailed information on over 1,750 NTEA member companies...
