2008 April

DOT proposes 25% increase in fuel efficiency standards over five years

Fuel efficiency standards for both passenger vehicles and light trucks would increase by 4.5 percent per year over the five-year period ending in 2015 - a 25 percent total improvement that exceeds the 3.3 percent baseline proposed by Congress last year - under a new ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 30, 2008

DOT proposes 25% increase in fuel efficiency standards over five years

By CCJ Staff Published April 30, 2008

Panasonic upgrades Toughbook 19

Panasonic Computer Solutions Co., manufacturer of durable, reliable Panasonic Toughbook mobile computers, recently introduced upgrades to its Panasonic Toughbook 19 rugged convertible tablet computer. The next-generation Toughbook 19F convertible tablet PC joins Panasonic's flagship Toughbook 30F clamshell notebook with its incorporation of the Core 2 Duo ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 30, 2008

Check out DOT’s new blog

The Department of Transportation has launched its new Fast Lane blog. Accessible at http://fastlane.dot.gov, Fast Lane is designed to be an online community for all those interested in the nation's transportation system and its future. Fast Lane contributors will include Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, Deputy Secretary ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 30, 2008

P.A.M. Transportation reports 1Q net loss on higher revenue

P.A.M. Transportation Services on Tuesday, April 29, reported a net loss of $2,828,326 for the quarter ended March 31 compared to net income of $1,264,931 for the year-ago period. Operating revenues for the quarter were $105,820,696, a 7.1 percent increase compared to $98,808,456 during the ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 30, 2008

GE Trailer Fleet Services welcomes ATA’s Share The Road program

Lifesaving highway driving tips were presented Tuesday, April 29, in Fontana, Calif., as part of the American Trucking Associations' national Share the Road highway safety tour by top professional truck drivers. The Share the Road event served as the kickoff to GE's Trailer Sales Showroom grand ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 30, 2008

Chicago gets $153M in congestion reduction grants

Chicago has been selected to receive more than $153 million in federal funds under a new congestion initiative announced Tuesday, April 29, by the Department of Transportation. The proposal is intended to reduce traffic gridlock through the use of congestion pricing for street parking spaces ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 30, 2008

Great Dane Trailers chooses Haldex Gold Seal actuators

Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems announced that Great Dane Trailers has selected Haldex Gold Seal actuators as a standard product offering on its trailers. Haldex says its Gold Seal actuators assure lower operating cost and deliver long-lasting durability, performance and reliability for outstanding value, mile after ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 30, 2008

PPG announces 2008 training courses

PPG Refinish says more than 11,000 students participated in its training courses in 2007. The classes, ranging in subjects from technical training to business management and more, were held at PPG training centers throughout North America and in affiliate locations in more than 100 key ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 30, 2008

Mansfield Oil acquires TransMontaigne

Mansfield Oil Co. - a provider of fuel supply, distribution and logistics services - announced that it has acquired the commercial and industrial business unit of TransMontaigne Product Services Inc., responsible for the provision of supply chain management services for the physical delivery of gasoline ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 30, 2008