The mass transit cure
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Mass transit systems – especially bus networks – are increasingly being viewed not only as the best method for reducing urban traffic congestion ...
Networkcar partners with Arsenault
Networkcar has announced a partnership with Arsenault Associates to integrate engine diagnostic data into Arsenault’s Dossier fleet maintenance software...
Panasonic awards Toughbooks
Panasonic Computer Solutions Co., manufacturer of Toughbook mobile computers, has awarded Toughbook 19s—the company’s convertible notebook computer...
Goodyear tires available on Internationals
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has announced its commercial tires are now available for specification on all International Truck and Engine vehicles. ...
Revenues up, profits down for J.B. Hunt
Truckload carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services said its net income dropped $7 million in the third quarter this year to $50.8 million despite a 4% gain in revenue to $892 million....
Forward Air lowers earnings projections
A further sign of continued weakness in the U.S. freight market, air cargo trucking company Forward Air Co. is lowering its third-quarter earnings projections...
The Cost of Clean Air
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
The 2007 EPA emission standards have set into motion a push and pull between fleet owners, who are trying to make sure new standards don’t economically damage their business ...
Shoptalk: Technology at Work
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
Technology is making waves everywhere these days, and the trucking industry has not shied away from advances designed to aid productivity and customer experience...
SkyBitz signs new customers
SkyBitz has announced that five additional customers are now using its satellite-based asset tracking and information management service...
A.R.E. adds two truck caps
Truck cap and tonneau cover manufacturer A.R.E. has added units for the 2008 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra to its Deluxe Commercial Unit (DCU) ...
Pacer promotes Bailey
Third-party logistics firm Pacer International has promoted Adriene Bailey to executive vp-strategy and organizational development...
VIS introduces automated rim polishing system
Vehicle Inspection Systems Inc. has introduced a new automated aluminum rim polishing machine, a fully automated system requiring no manual labor...
Light-duty glow plugs
BorgWarner Turbo & Emissions Systems, a North American aftermarket business, has introduced glow plugs for diesel-powered light duty vehicles...
Oui! French companies to exhibit at SAE
French companies specializing in diesel technologies will be exhibiting for the first time at a collective booth at the SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress & Exhibition ...
Ryder acquires Pollack NationaLease
Ryder System has completed its acquisition of Pollack NationaLease, a privately owned commercial truck and rental company located in Canada...
Transplace debuts On-Demand
Logistics technology and transportation management services provider Transplace has announced their new Pay On-Demand program for carriers...
Volvo sponsors Safe Driving Award
Volvo Trucks North America has announced its sponsorship of the Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Association’s (OOIDA) Safe Driving Award Program...
Michelin finalizes Oliver buy
Michelin North America has announced the acquisition of tread rubber and retreading equipment manufacturer Oliver Rubber Company from Cooper Tire & Rubber Company...
Scenic America blasts FHWA on electronic signs
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has issued a memorandum providing guidance on “off-premise changeable message signs” adjacent to routes ...
Utility trailer is hybrid-reefer prepped
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co is rolling out a new prep package for trailers that will be equipped with hybrid refrigeration units....
Volvo fields SCR-equipped trucks
The first five Volvo VN day cabs equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology were recently presented to Talon Logistics by Volvo Trucks North America ...
Wingfoot opens 21st truck center
Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems has opened a new Pilot Truck Care Center in Temple, GA, that will provide fleets with tires, retreads, preventive maintenance...
Truck speed issue builds in Illinois
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
For the second time in three years, the Illinois state legislature and governor are locked in a battle over whether to raise the highway speed limit for commercial trucks ...
UAW sets Chrysler deadline
The United Auto Workers has set a deadline of Wednesday, 11 AM to come to a new agreement with Chrysler or they will strike the automaker...
Freightliner LLC changes name
Freightliner LLC has changed its corporate name effective January 7, 2008 to Daimler Trucks North America LLC...
GeoLogic granted continuation patent
GeoLogic Solutions has announced it has been granted a continuation patent for its Proximity Alert product, released in 2002...
IMCC expresses opposition to CAAP
The Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference (IMCC), a part of the American Trucking Assns. (ATA), has expressed its opposition to the clean truck program ...
Yokohama reassigns executives
Yokohama Tire Corp. (YTC) has announced the reassignment of three executives and one promotion...
Teamsters win first contract at UPS Freight
Workers at UPS Freight’s Indianapolis terminal ratified their first contract negotiated between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and parent company United Parcel Service...
Cadec’s newest eases full integration
By Jim Mele, editor-in-chief
An all-new fleet management system from Cadec Global combines new onboard hardware with web services technology designed to make it easier to share data ...
Seeking tax credits for safety
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Washington D.C. - The Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association (HDMA) hopes to win a tax credit to encourage more fleets to install a variety of new and soon-to-be-available technologies...
UPS forms healthcare division
Bill Hook is stepping up to become vp of healthcare logistics for a new division at United Parcel Service focused exclusively on serving the global healthcare industry...
International, Johnson launch reefer system
International Truck and Engine Corp. and Johnson Refrigerated Truck Bodies have jointly introduced RouteMax, a new alternative to refrigerated transportation...
