5/21/2009
Study Finds More GPS and Wireless Use Among Fleets
Fleet vehicles, trailers, construction equipment and mobile workers account for about 3.6 million GPS and wireless devices used in the U.S., according to a study by C.J. Driscoll & Associates.....
5/21/2009
TMC Announces Scholarship Program
The Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations has launched its scholarship program for the 2009-2010 academic year for students from WyoTech or the University of Northwestern Ohio.....
5/21/2009
Arkansas Trucking Honors CalArk's Toni Chandler
The Arkansas Trucking Association named Toni Chandler as its 2008 Driver of the Year on May 15. ....
5/21/2009
Truck-Lite Gains Diamond Supplier Status
Truck-Lite has been named Navistar's 2008 Diamond Supplier. To achieve Diamond Supplier status, suppliers must meet Navistar's standards for performance, quality, delivery, customer service and business practices.....
5/21/2009
Carrier Logistics Promotes Two to VP
Carrier Logistics has promoted Kevin Linardic and Ben Wiesen to vice president positions, giving them equity standing in the company.....
5/20/2009
Convoy To Re-enact 1919 Military Trek Across U.S.
By Tom Berg, Senior Editor
Truck enthusiasts this summer will re-enact a historic 1919 U.S. Army cross-country convoy that eventually led to establishment of the modern Interstate Highway system.....
5/20/2009
NHTSA Nominee Hurley Withdraws
By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor
President Obama's choice to head the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Charles Hurley, has withdrawn his name.....
5/20/2009
Long Beach Rolls Out New Funding For Clean Trucks
The Port of Long Beach has announced a new round of funding for subsidized leases and loans for new liquefied natural gas or diesel-fueled trucks and retrofit devices that reduce soot and oxides of nitrogen emissions.....
5/20/2009
Oregon Weighs 26,000 Trucks At Enforcement Event
The Oregon Department of Transportation Motor Carrier Division weighed more than 26,000 commercial trucks during an intensive size and weight enforcement effort along the Interstate 84 corridor last week.....
5/20/2009
Wal-Mart Names Con-way LTL Carrier of the Year
For the second year in a row, Con-way Freight has been named 2008 LTL Carrier of the Year by Wal-Mart Stores for its customer service, operational excellence and creative solutions.....
3/6/2009
Horton Launches Conversion Kit With Two-Speed Technology
5/21/2009 - Horton has debuted its DM Advantage and DriveMaster fan drive conversion kit with two-speed technology.....
Oil Eater Releases Parts Cleaner
5/21/2009 - Oil Eater introduces a 45-gallon water-based parts cleaner with a pre-set thermostat that can reach a temperature of 110 degrees. The cleaner is equipped with 1,000-watt heaters to shorten heat-up time and keep the solution clean.....
Xata Offers New Color Display Unit
5/21/2009 - Xata Corp. announced the availability of the TREQ-M4 in-cab color display unit, the newest in-cab touch-screen computer provided by QSI Corp.....
Arsenault's Dossier Upgrade Focuses on Fuel Management
5/20/2009 - Arsenault Associates, a provider of maintenance management software, has released a new version of its Dossier software, which includes a new fuel management system.....
Minimizer Announces Improvements to Full and Half Fenders
5/20/2009 - Minimizer has made design enhancements to both "The Brute" full fender and "The Brute Half" half fender, including stronger structural ribs that come down farther and a more rounded edge that follows the line of the truck better.....
McLeod Launches New Versions of LoadMaster and PowerBroker
5/20/2009 - McLeod Software released new versions of its LoadMaster IX and PowerBroker II software, which includes more than 100 new features focusing on making information more visible and useful to customers....
Conference Call About American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding Available for National Diesel Emissions Reduction Program
Funding for EPA's $300 million of ARRA funding (aka "the stimulus") will be made available very soon, and applications for this funding have extremely tight deadlines.....
3/6/2009
Transportation Industry Thought Leaders Convene at Upcoming AmeriQuest Symposium
Charles "Shorty" Whittington, Chairman of the American Trucking Association, Michael Sansolo, retail food industry consultant, and Dan North, chief economist with Euler Hermes ACI ....
3/6/2009
NPTC 2009 Annual Conference
The National Private Truck Council's 2009 Annual Education Management Conference and Exhibition, will be held May 3-5, 2009 in Nashville, Tenn.....
3/6/2009
Kenworth Receives Major Hybrid Tractor and Truck Order From Coca-Cola Enterprises
Kenworth Truck Company announced today its largest ever hybrid truck order.....
3/6/2009
EPA Grants Available of up to 25 Percent for Peterbilt's Complete Hybrid Lineup
Peterbilt today announced that their complete line of hybrid products are eligible for United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants of up to 25 percent of the total quoted vehicle cost.....
3/6/2009
Flying J Adds Two Locations to Fuel Network
Flying J is pleased to announce two locations to
its network in Red Deer, Alberta and Jarrell, Texas.....
3/6/2009
DriverTech Brings iPhone to Truck Drivers
DriverTech, designers of the DT4000 TruckPC announced an exclusive agreement with iCooper Inc. of Washougal, Washington.....
3/6/2009
VHD Equipment Network Continues Expansion
VHD Equipment Network, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of VIPAR Heavy Duty, has added four new distributors to its roster of members.....
3/6/2009
Ritchie Bros. to Open Auction Site in Houston
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers is holding a three-day unreserved industrial equipment auction from March 25 to 27, 2009 at its new permanent auction site in Houston, Texas.....
3/6/2009
American Honda Motor Co. Begins Use of Class 8 Hybrid Truck
American Honda Motor Co. introduced a Class 8 hybrid diesel electric truck into its truck fleet at its parts center in Alpharetta, Ga.....
3/6/2009
TruckPro Becomes CVSN Member
The Commercial Vehicle Solutions Network (CVSN) approved TruckPro as a new member at a recent Board of Directors meeting.....
3/6/2009
ACS Opens New Facility
Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), of Louisville, Ken., officially relocating to its new TripPak Services facility on Wednesday, March 18.....
3/6/2009
Kelley Fleet Services Hires VP of Maintenance
Kelley Fleet Services (KFS) of Mission Viejo, Calif., has appointed Mike Parks to vice president of maintenance.....