FMCSA slates public meeting
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Advisory Committee has announced that it will hold its first planning and organizational meeting May 22-23 ...
Diesel slides 1.9 cents
The national average price for a gallon of diesel slid 1.9 cents to $2.792 for the week ending May 6, according to the Energy Information Administration....
Industry weathers ’07 truck sales downturn
Heavy-duty truck sales have plummeted in North America since most trucking companies are avoiding the more complex and expensive EPA ’07 diesel emissions compliant model...
Moyes chooses exec vp for Swift
Jerry Moyes, founder and former chairman & CEO of Swift Transportation Co., announced that Ramino Peru will be the new executive vp & CFO at Swift...
Cummins APU savings calculator
Cummins is offering a payback calculator to help businesses figure out what kind of cost savings they could garner through use of the company’s ComfortGuard auxiliary power units...
Qualcomm finds way with Maptuit
By Jim Mele, editor-in-chief
A real-time in-cab navigation system will be one of the first third-party applications offered for Qualcomm’s new OmniVision onboard computing and communications system...
Corning secures DDC emissions agreement
Corning Inc. has entered into an agreement with Detroit Diesel Corp. (DDC) to supply diesel emission control products to help the engine maker meet EPA ’07 emission standards...
Con-way Freight driver selected for CDL committee
Con-Way Freight, the LTL arm of Con-way, announced that driver David May has been selected to serve on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Commercial Driver’s License Advisory Committee...
Intermodal buoys trucking earnings
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Trucking benefited from continued growth in intermodal business in the first quarter this year, despite the overall spotty freight environment brought about by lackluster economic growth...
Peterbilt to offer working test drive
Peterbilt has launched an initiative that will allow existing and prospective customers to test a new 2008 model year Peterbilt in the customers’ operation...
Volvo recognizes best techs
Volvo Trucks North America has recognized the best service and parts personnel in its dealer network via the Volvo Vista competition...
YRC makes regional promotions
YRC Regional Transportation, the regional LTL subsidiary of YRC Worldwide, put two new presidents in place atop its USF Holland and USF Glen Moore carriers....
International names strategy vp
Ramin Younessi has joined International Truck & Engine Corp. as vp of truck group strategy and business operations. ...
Kentucky Trailers returns to family management
Gary Smith Sr. is the new president & CEO of specialty trailer maker Kentucky Trailer. William T. Tway II, great-grandson of company founder R.C. Tway, will take over as senior vp—sales....
DHL opens Louisville terminal
Express carrier DHL is opening a new $2.7 million 64,000 sq.-ft. service center at the Louisville International Airport in Kentucky ...
PeopleNet goes portable
PeopleNet has introduced a handheld platform equipped with PeopleNet’s g3 mobile computing and communication system to enable drivers to gather and display information wirelessly...
DriveCam taps IT exec
DriveCam Inc. has announced that Tom Fisher has joined the company as vp & CIO, responsible for external customer information systems and internal business and engineering systems ...
PeopleNet reports positive EOBR case study
By David Cullen, executive editor
While the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has yet to issue a final rule on electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) for tracking hours-of-service (HOS) compliance, at least one fleet says it is benefiting from its voluntarily use of EOBRs...
House committee puts strings on Mexican trucks
By Terrence Nguyen, web editor
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure yesterday voted unanimously to approve a bill that would limit the Mexican truck program run by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...
Freightliner unveils “revolutionary” Cascadia
By Jim Mele and Terrence Nguyen
Freightliner Trucks launched the Cascadia, a Class 8 truck built that is not only engineered to accommodate EPA ’07 and ’10 engines, but boasts a 3% boost in fuel economy ...
Arvinmeritor logs 2Q loss
ArvinMeritor posted a second quarter loss for fiscal-year 2007 of $13 million, compared to earnings of $32 million for the same period last year...
Peterbilt selects Allison automatics
Peterbilt Motors Co. is making Allison Transmission its exclusive supplier of automatic transmissions for its medium-duty line of trucks, as well as several heavy-duty models....
Diesel down four cents
The national average price for a gallon of diesel fuel fell four cents to $2.811 for the week ending April 29, according to the Energy Information Administration. ...
FMCSA’s Hill stands firm on EOBRs
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administrator John Hill told the Senate subcommittee on transportation yesterday that the agency is currently reviewing comments to its proposed rule on electronic onboard recorders (EOBRs)...
VAG launches online safety training for commercial drivers
Vertical Alliance Group Inc. (VAG) has announced its latest niche market website, VAGSafetyTraining.com--an online training resource for commercial trucking companies and their drivers...
DOT announces changes to NAFTA demonstration project
By Terrence Nguyen, web editor
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today launched a two-tiered response that deflects both Congressional and legal efforts to delay or derail the implementation of its Mexican truck program. ...
Volvo buys IR equipment division
Volvo has wrapped up a $1.34-billion deal to buy the road development equipment division of Ingersoll Rand (IR), which builds soil and asphalt compactors, asphalt pavers and milling machines ...
Total, Exel settle lawsuit
Third-party logistics companies Total Transportation Services (TTS) and Exel Transportation Services (ETS) have settled their 13-month-old federal lawsuit...
TIA offers 3PL guarantee program
Transportation Intermediaries Assn. (TIA) is introducing a new payment guarantee bond program for third-party logistics companies. ...
GE rolls out trio of trailer offerings
By David Cullen, executive editor
GE announced yesterday at the National Private Truck Councils’ annual conference and exhibition that is now offering an integrated refrigerated trailer leasing program...
Penske scores $47-million police-fleet agreement
Penske Truck Leasing announced today it has been awarded a three-year fleet management and maintenance services contract valued at approximately $47 million to support the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept...
Fuel truck explosion collapses double-decker highways
At around 3:45 a.m. today a gasoline tanker crash ignited the vehicle’s 8,600-gallon payload at a freeway overpass in Oakland, CA. Flames flew well over 200-ft., melting the highway above until it collapsed ...
Racor rolls out five products
Racor Division, the filtration arm of Hannifin Corp., has announced several product releases. ...
Goodyear posts 1Q loss
Recovering from a three-month long United Steelworkers strike that ended Jan. 2, 2007, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reported a first-quarter loss of $110 million...
Accuride posts 1Q loss
Wheel component manufacturer Accuride Corp. today blamed the downturn in heavy-duty truck sales resulting from EPA’s ’07 emissions regulations for its first-quarter loss of $1.9 million...
