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Utility Trailer celebrates 50,000th dry van milestone

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company says it has exceeded an important milestone by producing the 50,000th dry van trailer at its Glade Spring, Virginia manufacturing plant. Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. (Food City’s parent ...

Dillon Transport adds 25 ISX12 G-equipped Kenworths to fleet

Dillon Transport will add 25 Kenworth T800 short hood day cabs powered by the new Cummins Westport ISX12 G heavy duty natural gas engine to its 450+ truck fleet starting this summer. “We’re excited to ...

PepsiCo honors SAF-Holland

SAF-Holland was recently awarded with a Supplier of the Year award from PepsiCo North America Beverages for its introduction of a new air suspension product for use on PepsiCo’s North American beverage route delivery trailers. ...

PacLease, Kenworth and Blu LNG to offer LNG truck rental program

Fleets operating along the I-84 and I-15 corridors from Las Vegas, Nev., through Utah, Idaho, and eastern Oregon can now rent Kenworth trucks fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) through a new rental program available ...

Gunk touts appearance cleaners

Gunk’s Tough Series line of appearance cleaners is formulated to lift up and carry away caked-on dirt, mud, salt and clay from trucks and SUVs. The products include a concentrated Truck Wash, heavy-duty Tire & ...

Compliance, Safety, Accountability – Where do we go from here?

This panel, held at the Great West Fleet Executive Conference in Las Vegas, May 29-30, will cover the current state of CSA and possible future improvements. Panelists includes: Collin Mooney, Deputy executive director, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, Bryan Price, senior transportation specialist, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Scott Mugno, VP safety, FedEx. Registration is $245 and includes all sessions, meals and networking opportunities.

Mack debuts mRide for TerraPro at Waste Expo

Mack Trucks introduced the Mack mRide spring suspension for the MACK TerraPro refuse model during Waste Expo 2013. Mack says the mRIDE spring suspension, now available with proprietary MACK axles, delivers increased stability and a smoother ...

Bridgestone debuts heavy-duty urban-use tires

Bridgestone Commercial Solutions’ latest tires for heavy-duty urban use – the Greatec M845 Wide-Base Radial and M860A High-Scrub All-Position Radial – leverage technologies to meet the high demands of urban environments. The M860A – engineered for ...

Kenworth Renton plant receives environmental award

The Kenworth Truck Company assembly plant in Renton, Wash., recently received a 2012 Gold Award presented by the King County (Wash.) Industrial Waste Program. The award is for compliance with the plant’s industrial wastewater discharge ...

Thermo King hosts 75th anniversary celebration

In honor of Thermo King's 75 years of expertise, innovation, partnership and performance, the company says Thermo King sites around the world, including more than 500 employees at the manufacturing facility in Bloomington, Minn., are ...

Chevy unveils City Express compact cargo van

Chevrolet announced today that it will enter the small cargo van segment with the City Express to meet the demands of customers in an emerging commercial vehicle segment. The 2015 City Express, Chevrolet’s first ...

CSA'S Data Trail

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Risk & Reward, Part 1: How CSA’s data shows discrimination toward small carriers

CCJ takes an in-depth look at data from CSA in its first two years — Here's what it says.

Risk & Reward, Part 2: CSA data shows independents at risk

Crackdown: FMCSA’s putting extra muscle into shutting down truck fleets

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