CCJ sister site Equipment World's editors are on hand at the ConExpo/ConAgg construction show this week in Las Vegas, and EW's Wayne Grayson has posted a 47-photo slideshow of some of the trucks on display at the show. Above is a sampling of some of his photos — Click ...

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. As part of a new naming structure, Meritor drum brakes that had been branded QPlus are now Q+; and air ...

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. June 23. The Summer Symposium will be held at the Hyatt Regency ...

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, which, coupled with continuous, peer-based driver training and coaching, will enhance overall safety performance and operating ...

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 across its entire fleet. During a three-month pilot using FleetRisk’s model, Schneider achieved a significant reduction in crash rates per ...

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. The TCI rose 2.8 points to a reading of 8.82 in January from December, pointing to improvement in ...

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 ...

Here's a roundup of some of the top news so far coming out of the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, Ind., and the ConExpo convention in Las Vegas, both of which are taking place this week: Mack launches rebranding effort, new logo: The truck and ...

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. Rep. Bill Shuster's (R-Pa.) Home Heating Emergency Assistance Through Transportation Act passed the lower chamber on ...

Freightliner Trucks today announced several new value-added option packages specifically geared toward its M2 106 medium duty trucks, featuring Allison’s new FuelSense product paired with the Cummins ISB6.7. “When packaged together, our new options results in a smart business solution that contributes to fuel efficiency, as ...

Freightliner Trucks is highlighting a selection of its vocational solutions at the 2014 NTEA Work Truck show. The Freightliner Trucks booth (#4659) will feature a variety of Freightliner medium duty (M2) and severe duty (SD) models, including: • The Class 6/7 market-leading M2 106, featuring a ...

Prior to the Technology Maintenance Council’s annual Meeting, CCJ talked to Lilo Hurtado, applications engineer, ExxonMobil Fuels and Lubricants, about natural gas engine oil and the upcoming introduction of the low viscosity oil category. CCJ: Tell us about the new engine oil for natural gas engines ...

In a roughly $70 million investment, UPS (No. 1 in the CCJ Top 250) announced it is buying 1,000 propane-powered package delivery trucks and installing 50 fueling stations at UPS locations nationwide. The trucks will replace gasoline- and diesel-powered trucks used mostly in Louisiana and Oklahoma, ...

Mitsubishi's Fuso brand unveiled March 5 the new canter FE130 work truck in Indianapolis at the NTEA Work Truck Show. The Class 3 truck got a boost in GVWR by 700 pounds to 13,200, which will allow the truck more versatility among owners, said Fuso President ...

Natural gas company Clean Energy Fuels has opened two new America's Natural Gas Highway stations for Raven Transport and Epes Transport System to provide the fleets with liquified natural gas. The Raven station is in London, Ohio, and the Epes station is in Valdosta, Ga., and ...