Jack Roberts (CCJ)BusinessVolvo Trucks to ramp up production, recall 700 employeesVolvo Trucks North America on Wednesday, March 30, announced that in response to increased demand, the company will ramp up production at its plant in New River Valley, Va., and recall about 700 employees. The ramp-up – which includes adding a second shift – and associated recalls will take place in several stages between May […]March 30, 2011BusinessPeterbilt standardizes air disc brakes on entire Class 8 linePeterbilt will make front-axle air disc brakes standard across its entire Class 8 truck and tractor line. The announcement capped a highly upbeat press briefing Wednesday, March 30, in which Paccar vice president and Peterbilt general manager Bill Jackson noted that Peterbilt capital investments of more than $30 million are coming to fruition just as […]March 30, 2011TrucksYokohama gives the gift of tiresYokohama Tire Corporation is giving away 101ZL premium steer tires and iPads each day at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Kentucky, March 31-April 2. “All MATS attendees have to do is stop at our booth (14124) and register to win,” says Rick Phillips, Yokohama director of commercial sales. “It’s that easy and the […]March 28, 2011BusinessNavistar unveils MaxxForce 15, integrated mixer lineNavistar on Tuesday, March 22, showcased the company’s long-awaited 15-liter exhaust gas recirculation-based diesel engine at the ConExpo construction show in Las Vegas, Nev. “Many of our competitors said we’d never get to this day,” says Jim Hebe, Navistar’s senior vice president of North American sales operations. “But we are here with a 15-liter EGR-only […]March 22, 2011BusinessCaterpillar unveils CT660 vocational truckWhen Caterpillar announced in 2008 that it would be entering the on-highway truck market, there was great interest and speculation as to just how much of a Caterpillar truck the final product actually would be. After all, Cat was partnering with Navistar to produce the new truck. The two companies share a long history of […]March 20, 2011BusinessYokohama to increase light, medium truck tire prices 8%Yokohama Tire Corp. on Thursday, March 3, announced it will implement a price increase of an average of 8 percent on all of its light and medium commercial truck tires in the United States, effective April 1. There also will be in-line adjustments that will be announced at a later date. According to Rick Phillips, […]March 3, 2011BusinessNavistar announces OPOC engine technology agreementNavistar International announced that it is involved in an agreement with Eco Motors International supporting the development of the latter company’s OPOC—opposed piston, opposed cylinder—engine. The engine is constructed of perfectly balanced, two cylinder, opposed piston units that can be linked together with an electric clutch. When two or more units are incorporated into a […]February 22, 2011BusinessNissan showcases new commercial vanNissan finally unveiled its long-awaited NV Series commercial light van at a press event in Miami earlier this month. Until now, Nissan has declined to compete in the North American commercial truck market, even though the company maintains a huge presence in those markets globally. (According to Nissan, commercial vehicle sales, including heavy-duty trucks and […]February 16, 2011BusinessNoregon adds medium-duty platforms to JPRO diagnostic systemNoregon Systems has expanded upon its original JPRO Fleet Diagnostics software with the release of JPRO Fleet Diagnostics v5.0 – an upgraded program that now provides diagnostic capabilities for medium-duty trucks with the purchase of OEM specific software modules in addition to the current heavy-duty platform capabilities. The upgrade will begin this spring with Ford […]February 8, 2011BusinessMesilla reports saving 60,000 gallons of fuel using TrailerTail technologyMesilla Valley Transportation executive vice president Jimmy Ray says tractor-trailers in his fleet have logged over 8 million miles equipped with ATDynamics’ TrailerTail rear-drag aerodynamic panels and, as a result, have saved 60,000 gallons of fuel since August of 2010. To date, Ray says 650 trailers in the Mesilla Valley fleet have been outfitted with […]February 8, 2011Previous PagePage 130 of 151Next PageTop StoriesBusinessKnight-Swift backs rail mega mergerA proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern is gaining powerful trucking allies.CybersecurityNMFTA warns of Chinese components in trucking technologyBusinessKandel Transport acquired by Nagle CompaniesBusinessMarten Transport CEO stepping down, Randy Marten to returnFeatured SponsorCargo theft is on the rise. Learn strategies to protect your trucks, trailers and freight.
