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Meritor announces product enhancements, renames brake products

Meritor says it's renaming and enhancing two braking products to help customers identify these products and improve their total cost of ownership, the company says. ...

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Expanding connectivity with drivers

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Electronic Logging Device rule poised to miss yet another projected publication date

Analysis: drivers must embrace Big Brother to increase pay

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Ben Stein set to give keynote at CCJ Summer Symposium

Actor, author, economist and pop culture icon Ben Stein will deliver the keynote address at the first annual CCJ Summer Symposium in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla, Calif., at 8 a.m.

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Trucking employment flat in February, economy adds 175k jobs

The for-hire trucking industry did not add or lose any payroll jobs in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the monthly employment report from the DOL, who also downwardly revised January's preliminary figure of 3,200 added jobs to 2,600 jobs added in the ...

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Con-way Freight deploys suite of advanced safety technology

Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc., announced the full deployment of Drive Safe Systems, a suite of advanced on-board “monitor, sense and alert” technologies

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Schneider to deploy FleetRisk Advisors’ safety, retention models

FleetRisk Advisors, a strategic business unit of Omnitracs, LLC, announced that multi-national trucking company Schneider will deploy FleetRisk Advisors’ Driver Safety and Driver Retention models

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Trucking conditions remain ‘very positive’ for fleets, FTR says

In its monthly Trucking Conditions Index, FTR says its data in January still shows conditions for trucking companies to be "in very positive territory," as capacity remains tight.

Nissan, FedEx to test fully electric cargo vans

Nissan will send one of its new fully-electric vans to FedEx Express (No. 2 in the CCJ Top 250) by month's end as the package delivery behemoth looks to further shrink its carbon footprint. Evan Fulton, Nissan Planner - Light Commercial Vehicle said at the Work ...

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ATDynamics to offer combination aerodynamic packages to meet new truck mpg regulations

ATDynamics announced that in response to President Obama’s recent orders for tighter fuel efficiency standards for heavy duty trucks, it will offer trucking fleets aerodynamic equipment combination packages that have been tested at the Auto Research Center (ARC) wind tunnel in Indianapolis, Indiana to deliver ...

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5 strategies to ‘consumerize’ technology for trucking

Any driver, fleet manager or executive with a smart phone or tablet device has an expectation for technology. They expect the things they can do in their personal life to be just as easy in their profession. At first glance, this expectation may seem impossible to ...

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Traffic congestion spikes in 2013 on heels of economic growth, report shows

Traffic congestion in the U.S. shot up in 2013 on the heels of economic expansion, according to a report this week released by traffic data firm Inrix. 2014 could be worse, according to the report.

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Navistar details vocational enhancements

Navistar announced it continues to invest in its severe service and medium-duty product lines by expanding vehicle enhancements and powertrain choices on International brand vocational truck models. In addition, the company will add selective catalytic reduction (SCR) emissions technology to its high horsepower mid-range engines ...

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Bill clears house that would exempt propane haulers of HOS until May 31

The U.S. House cleared a bill March 4 that would if passed give propane haulers and other home heating fuel transporters in 36 states an exemption to federal hours-of-service regulations.

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Cargo theft numbers high in 2013, threat level remains high, FreightWatch says

The number of cargo thefts recorded in 2013 tied 2012's all-time high of 951, according to an annual report released by FreightWatch International this week, who also said in the report that better organization and innovation by thieves continues to push the threat of cargo ...

Mack “relaunches” brand at ConExpo Show

Mack Trucks today unveiled a bold new brand identity during the 2014 ConExpo/ConAgg event in Las Vegas. The updated expression of the brand sends a strong message, Mack says, about the significant changes in the Mack Trucks organization, its products and customer support solutions. A central ...