DHL expands online import service
Express delivery firm DHL has broadened its import express online service to include 95 countries worldwide, including the top 30 U.S. trade lanes...
Telargo adds HOS option
Fleet management system provider Telargo has added a new hours of service (HOS) module, which it said provides real-time driver status management...
Cummins OKs CI-4 for most ’07 engines
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Based on customer feedback and its own research findings, diesel engine maker Cummins is now allowing customers to use the older API CI-4 grade motor oil ...
UAW Settles Strike
United Auto Workers have ended their nationwide strike against General Motors Corp....
Tech award program announced
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, Dayton Parts, Haldex, Odyssey Battery and SKF are now accepting applications for their 2007 Technician of the Year Award...
Kenworth adds aluminum hubs
Kenworth Truck Co. has introduced a new line of aluminum hubs for front and rear axles on its Class 8 trucks and tractors equipped with Bendix ADB22X air disc brakes...
Donlen offers “green fleet” program
In partnership with the Sierra Club, vehicle management firm Donlen Corp. is offering a program to commercial and municipal vehicle fleets that helps monitor and reduce their carbon emissions...
YRC and Deutsche Post deny rumor
A rumor that trucking company YRC Worldwide would be taken over by Deutsche Post appears very unlikely, market insiders say...
Slow going for trucking
By Sean Killcarr, Senior Editor
Freight volume continues to be sluggish going into the fourth quarter of 2007 -- and demand is not expected to improve anytime soon...
More fuel taxes for less congestion
Several groups are calling for higher fuel taxes to generate funds for repairing and expanding U.S. roadways to help alleviate rising levels of traffic congestion...
UAW strikes General Motors
For the first time in 30 years, United Auto Workers have walked off the job in a nationwide strike against General Motors Corp....
RFID tags mandated for California ports
Beginning December 1st, commercial truckers must equip their rigs with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags from PierPASS to gain access to the marine container ...
The automatic answer
By David Cullen, executive editor
Fleet owners have more options than ever for spec’ing transmissions—manuals, automatics, and automated manuals. But constant-torque automatics ...
YRC hires Lovetro
Beginning October 1st, Keith Lovetro will be the new senior VP and COO of YRC Regional Transportation, a subsidiary of Overland Park, KS-based YRC Worldwide Inc...
Hub to buy intermodal trucking company
Comtrak Logistics, a subsidiary of the third party logistics company Hub Group, is buying DNJ Transportation for $12.1 million...
Groups unite to push for HOS stay
Several interest groups and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) are joining forces to seek a 12-month stay in changes to current hours of service...
PACCAR adds four new franchise locations
Further expanding their franchise network, PACCAR Leasing Company (PacLease) has added four new locations in the United States. ...
Cummins: No SCR for 2010 heavy-duty engines
By David Cullen, executive editor
NASHVILLE. Cummins Inc. announced that the engine maker will not use selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology—which requires the use of urea—to meet the EPA 2010 emissions regulations ...
Fleet finds nitrogen beats air
A nine-month double-blind study conducted by a large private fleet saved 110,000 gallons of diesel with a nitrogen tire inflation program, according to a paper prepared for the annual Clemson University Tire Industry Conference...
Holland adds OEM sales manager
SAF-Holland USA Sales has announced the addition of Kevin Motz to the Powered Vehicle Systems Sales and Marketing team as an OEM Account Manager...
Fleet Owner adds online news editor
As part of our expanding focus on electronic media, Justin Carretta has joined Fleet Owner this week as online news editor...
Penske builds in Augusta
Penske Truck Leasing is opening a new 17,000-square-foot facility in Augusta, GA, offering truck rental and leasing for both commercial and consumer trucks...
Hindsight for Sprinter
A commercial-grade backup camera system has been developed specifically for the redesigned 2007 Dodge Sprinter van by Rostra Precision Control Inc...
Peterbilt joins hybrid show Peterbilt Motors Co. has rolled out four new hybrid test vehicles for during the Hybrid Truck Users Forum (HTUF) being today and tomorrow at the Qwest Field Event Center in Seattle...
Middleton joins TCG board
Transportation Costing Group (TCG) has announced that Jack Middleton has been named to the company's Board of Directors...
Cadec connecting with TWMSuite
Due later this year, the next version of Cadec Global’s software for its onboard driver management system will include Web services APIs for easy integration with TMW’s ...
TMW certifies latest PC*Miler
Integration work for the newest versions of ALK Technologies’ routing, mapping and mileage software – PC*Miler 21 and PC*Miler/Tolls 21 ...
Volvo tackles carbon-free transportation
Wendy Leavitt
BRUSSELS. Global climate change "is the most pressing issue of our generation,” according to Volvo Group CEO, Leif Johansson. Addressing a standing-room only audience yesterday at the 2007 European Transport Forum...
PeopleNet reveals in-cab document scanning
PeopleNet has announced that in partnership with Microdea Inc. it is introducing In-Cab Scanning. The company said this new function allows documents to be scanned and transmitted directly ...
Hyster follows green route
Hyster Co. has announced that its lift trucks “well exceed” federal EPA emission standards...
Truck Blue Book salutes Arrow’s Nerman
Jerome Nerman, co-founder of Kansas City-based Arrow Truck Sales, Inc., received Truck Blue Book’s inaugural Industry Achievement Award ...
ATA resurrects IT council
Having shut down its information technology membership group in the 1990s, the American Truck Assns. (ATA) has decided that it needs a forum...
