Mixed bag for truck sales
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
NASHVILLE– Overall truck sales are down and are probably going to stay down well into 2008, according to W. Marvin Rush, chairman of Rush Enterprises...
CFI offers new team trucks
Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI) has announced new driver teams joining the truckload carrier after Dec. 21 will have the option of driving either a 2008 Kenworth T660 or ...
Forward Air acquires Black Hawk assets
Forward Air Corporation has announced its wholly owned subsidiary Forward Air has acquired certain assets of Black Hawk Freight Services, Inc....
Rotary offers free lift guide
Rotary Lift Consolidated has made available a free white paper, Heavy-Duty Vehicle Lifts: A Resource Guide, designed to help fleets, truck dealers...
Yokohama to raise prices
Yokohama Tire Corp., in response to continued record increases in raw materials in energy, has announced it plans on increasing the price of medium truck tires ...
Rodeo seeks to raise technician profile
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
NASHVILLE– The second annual technician skills Rush Truck Centers rodeo being held here is part of a multi-pronged effort by the nationwide chain of Peterbilt dealerships ...
Ethanol options grow at Enterprise
Enterprise Rent-A-Car recently helped open an E85/FlexFuel vehicle branch in St. Louis, part of its long-term environmental strategy to promote ethanol use...
IT's impact on sales
According to CargoWise edi, a provider of integrated supply chain management systems, IT enhancements can not only improve operational efficiencies for freight forwarders...
Navteq adds HazMat data
Digital map data provider Navteq has announced an expanded version of Navteq Transport with new hazardous materials information for North America...
Cadec talks up fleet management
Fleet management solutions provider Cadec Global has published a white paper entitled “Business Value Through Fleet Management Optimization” that discusses ...
Traveling the path to RFID
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
RFID—Radio Frequency Identification—is becoming part of trucking’s vocabulary. However, many in the industry don’t realize that there are actually two predominant standards for RFID...
UltraShift gets park pawl option
Eaton Corp. has announced that its automated UltraShift Highway Value medium-duty transmissions are now available with a park pawl option that securely locks ...
Goodyear preferred supplier for Wabash
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has announced it has signed a one-year agreement to be the preferred tire supplier for Wabash National Corporation semi trailers...
Project Hayride delivers for farmers
With a drought decimating two-thirds of their hay production, the agricultural community of Warren County, TN was aided through Project Hayride...
Driver/warehouse training series
Instructional Technologies, Inc. has added a new suite of thirteen lessons for training in OSHA and Workplace Safety practices to its Pro-TREAD and Pro-TREAD In-Cab offerings...
Navteq stockholders to vote on Nokia merger
Navteq Corp. has announced that a special meeting of stockholders will be held on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 to consider approval of the previously announced merger ...
PacLease adds three locations
PacLease has announced the addition of three full-service lease locations in Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina. Arscott PacLease will operate the facilities...
Another green indicator: Hybrid SUV’s
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
The roll out of two new hybrid sport utility vehicle (SUV) models from Chrysler alongside a “green car of the year” award won by Chevrolet’s hybrid Tahoe model show ...
America's Road Team delivers for troops
America’s Road Team, working with Operation Interdependence, a national non-profit that delivers goods to U.S. troops, sent a shipment for Veterans Day delivery to soldiers ...
Cargo radiation scanner ready for production
The second field test of VeriTainer Corp.’s nuclear radiation scanner for cargo containers recently wrapped up at the Port of Oakland, where the crane-mounted device handled ...
McLeod releases tax module
McLeod Software has announced the GPS Fuel Tax Module for its LoadMaster enterprise transportation management system. The module utilizes GPS position ...
Damron joins Vipar
Vipar Heavy Duty has named Gene Damron gm of Global Parts Network, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vipar Heavy Duty. He will be in charge of all day-to-day ...
Western Star releases 2008 calendar
Western Star has announced the release of its 2008 calendar, featuring several customer trucks pictured in full-color with a black and white background...
Arsenault announces tire management system
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
Wireless technology has advanced the science of tire tracking to the point that these expensive assets can literally be self-managed, according to Arsenault Associates...
Peterbilt, Chevrolet score high in J.D. Power rankings
For the second consecutive year, J.D. Power and Associates’ 2007 Medium-Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study ranks Peterbilt highest in conventional cab medium-duty ...
Champion taps Horn
Champion Laboratories, Inc. has named Stephen Horn vp of sales. Horn will be a member of the company’s executive staff and have responsibility for the sale of Champion filtration products ...
Kenworth unveils 2008 merchandise
Kenworth has announced its 2008 Merchandise Collection, featuring nearly 60 new items, is now online in time for the holidays...
Express carriers reveal rate increases
United Parcel Service and DHL Express plan to raise their rates for air and ground shipments, with the new prices going into effect Dec. 31 this year ...
Utility adds ThermAlert
Utility has announced that the Meritor Tire Inflation System (MTIS) by PSI with ThermALERT is now the standard option for its trailers spec’d for automatic tire ...
LED technology continues to flourish
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
As light emitting diode (LED) technology becomes more advanced, products deploying it are becoming more visible in the truck market...
Michelin, China Manufacturers Alliance settle
Michelin North America, Inc. has announced a settlement with China Manufacturers Alliance, LLC (CMA) resolving the infringement of intellectual property rights...
DHL adds capacity for holidays
Expecting brisk demand for package transportation this holiday season, DHL is adding capacity to both its air and ground networks in the U.S....
Diamond Transportation co-owner Richard Jenkins dies
Richard “Buck” Jenkins, co-owner of Diamond Transportation Systems, Inc., passed away at his residence in Racine, WI on November 24, 2007 following a lengthy fight with cancer...
Ah diesel! Ah France!
According to Invest in France, the country currently has a thriving automotive market, and diesel power is the preferred fuel of car buyers nationwide. “France’s thriving automotive market ...
Marrying a commodity with technology
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
There can be more to fueling vehicles onsite than just the fuel. That’s the contention of 4Refuel, a fuel management company based in Langley, BC, now expanding into the United States...
