East appoints Western region manager
East Manufacturing has named Jim Edwards Western region manager. Edwards replaces Ron Downs, who is retiring...
CVSA: Mixed bag on brake safety
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) annual Operation Air Brake “Brake Safety Week” campaign conducted Sept. 11-17 this year revealed a mixed bag of results. Although the number of out-of-service (OOS) defects for both brake adjustment and brake components are down slightly, the overall OOS rate for brakes increased...
New standards for light vehicle fuel economy announced
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Dept. of Transportation (DOT) have formally rolled out the second stage of their joint rulemaking to set higher fuel economy and greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution standards for passenger cars and light trucks. EPA and DOT announced yesterday that their newest joint rule—for model year 2017-25 vehicles-- will save Americans over $1.7 trillion at the pump or nearly $8,000 per vehicle by 2025...
My Dat Trucker Services app now on iPhone
The My DAT Trucker Services app from TransCore is now available on the Apple iPhone...
Highway Hero nominations deadline is Nov. 30
Nov. 30 is the deadline for nominations for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s North America 2012 Highway Hero Program...
Pipeline deal will ease crude bottleneck
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Canadian firm Enbridge Inc. has agreed to buy 50% of a pipeline that currently moves oil from the U.S. Gulf Coast to Oklahoma. Enbridge plans to reverse the pipeline’s flow— a move that the newspaper said could ease a bottleneck of crude in the Midwest....
Trucker relief fund accepting scholarship applications
The St. Christopher Truckers Development & Relief Fund (SCF) announced it is now accepting scholarship applications for a $10,000 scholarship that will be awarded to a former professional truck driver whose medical problems led to being unable to drive a truck...
Arkansas jury awards $7M in fatal truck crash
A federal jury in Arkansas has awarded a $7 million judgment to the family of a Farmington, Mo., truck driver killed when his vehicle was struck by another semi-truck driven by a fatigued driver...
Western Star releases 2012 calendar
Western Star Truck Sales, Inc. has announced its 2012 calendar is now available to order...
TMD Friction appoints industry veteran engineering director
Former president of Vehicle Brake Systems Consulting Jim Clark has been named engineering director for North America for TMD Friction...
Newton to be New York made
Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. announced it will add a manufacturing plant to produce its all-electric medium-duty Newton in New York State, creating 100 jobs. ...
Postal service posts $5.1 billion loss
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) recorded a net loss of $5.1 billion for its fiscal 2011 year, which follows an $8.5 billion net loss for its fiscal 2010 year – red ink largely the result of Congressionally-mandated payments to pre-fund retiree benefits. ...
‘Mud flap girl’ obscene? Perhaps in Montana
She’s an icon in trucking folklore. That nude silhouette of a woman carved in chrome that graces the mud flaps of many a big rig became the subject of controversy in the state of Montana where one resident went to local officials charging that a similar image etched on the back window of an SUV is obscene...
Applications added to LED WhiteLight line
Grote Industries has added six new versions to its popular Trilliant LED WhiteLight work lamp line....
CRST, U.S. Xpress expand into reefer biz
Two leading truckload carriers, U.S. Xpress and CRST, have both announced recently that they will expand into the refrigerated trucking market. Both plan to use team drivers to expand their reefer fleet business...
Transplace gains U.S. Customs Broker’s license
Transplace, a provider of transportation management services and logistics technology, has announced that its Mexico division has become licensed as a U.S. Customs Broker...
First Choice Transport taps Blue Tree Systems
First Choice Transport is equipping its entire fleet of trailers with Blue Tree Systems’ new R:COM Dot trailer-tracking solution and will be outfitting its tractor fleet with the company’s R:COM fleet-management solution in the near future...
Contractors squeezed by construction-material prices
Nonresidential building contractors are being caught in a price squeeze. The amounts these contractors pay for a range of key construction materials dropped slightly (-0.6%) in October but have climbed 6.9% year-to-year, according to an analysis of producer price index figures just released by the Associated General Contractors of America...
Rogers redesigns gooseneck support
Rogers Trailers has introduced a redesigned gooseneck jack paddle that it said offers plenty of lift distance and requires little or no tractor modification. ...
Haney Truck Line names CEO
Jack Gross, a 30-year veteran of the transportation industry, has been named CEO of Haney Truck Line, a regional trucking company based in Yakima, WA. Gross comes to Haney from Schneider Logistics, where he served as senior vice president & general manager. ...
Truckers’ protest drives negative ad off the air
Speak up, sometimes your voice is heard. This was the message Friday when truckers expressed their ire about a negative radio commercial that depicted truck drivers as sleep-deprived and careless....
Updated industrial battery charger line
A new line of advanced high-frequency industrial battery chargers offer improved power conversion circuitry for efficiency, accuracy, and flexibility, Ametek Prestolite Power said....
Updated Defense Table of Official Distances released
ALK Technologies and the U.S. Dept. of Defense (DoD) have released version 25.1 of the Defense Table of Official Distances (DTOD), the official standard for calculating land distances for all DoD household goods, DoD freight, and travel reimbursements for military personnel....
Work management product enhancements, new offerings
Wireless Matrix Corp. has released three new products to help fleets with tracking and management capabilities, including real-time, on-the-go fleet management...
Railgate released for stake, van bodies
A new railgate for stake and van bodies is the first 3,000-lb. capacity model offered from Tommy Gate. ...
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