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Walmart driver Charles White earns top honors at national trucking championships
During the competition, drivers had to take a written exam, perform a pre-trip inspection and compete in a skills-based driving course to demonstrate their knowledge of safety, equipment and the industry, along with their driving abilities.
August 16, 2016
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EPA, DOT release final Phase 2 emissions plan, will further tighten standards for tractor-trailers
By model year (MY) 2027 – when the Phase 2 standards are fully phased in – tractors in a tractor-trailer combination must achieve up to 25 percent lower CO2 emissions and fuel consumption than an equivalent tractor in 2018.
August 16, 2016
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Diesel prices fall less than a cent during last week
The U.S.’ average for a gallon of on-highway diesel is now $2.31 following the six-tenths of a cent decrease during the week.
August 16, 2016
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OOIDA continues pursuit to overturn ELD mandate in latest legal filing
OOIDA in the Aug. 12 filing again spells out its chief legal arguments against the U.S. DOT’s December 2017-effective electronic logging device mandate.
August 16, 2016
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McLeod Software prepping for Sept. 18-20 user conference in San Antonio
The event will feature a trade show with exhibits from 60 of McLeod’s industry partners and three separate educational tracks.
August 16, 2016
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The mobile network: using apps to stay connected with drivers
Recent developments in mobility give small transportation companies an economical way to deploy new functions quickly
August 15, 2016
PeopleNet’s Connected Driver app gives drivers a view of their current dispatch status.
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O&G Industries equips fleet with SmartDrive video program
As part of the rollout, 45 of O&G’s concrete mixers will be equipped with SmartDrive 360, a system that integrates with its vehicles’ existing back-up cameras.
August 15, 2016
SmartDrive transmits critical video and event data to the office for review by fleet managers in near real time.
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Speed limiter mandate clears final hurdle, set for publication
Little has been made public about the rule’s contents, however, such as what the regulated speed limit would be, when the rule would take effect and which trucks would be required to comply with the mandate. Those details will be made known once the rule proposal is published in the Federal Register.
August 15, 2016
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CCJ Market Movers panel to focus on e-commerce’s impact on trucking
E-commerce and its effects on the trucking industry will be the topic of discussion during the CCJ Market Movers town hall-style discussion at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas next month.
August 15, 2016
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Truckloads app reaches 100k downloads for freight matching
Trucker Path announced that its transportation marketplace app, Truckloads, has reached 100,000 downloads. The app was publicly released in April 2016.
August 15, 2016
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Business
Bendix announces no-cost fix for spring brake valve recall
Bendix announced Monday it is making available a no-cost permanent remedy kit for trailers affected by a recent recall campaign. Several trailer OEMs have recalled nearly 40,000 trailers equipped with the Bendix SR-5 spring brake valve, which is sold outright and also included in Bendix antilock braking (ABS) kits for trailers. In response to the recall, Bendix part […]
August 15, 2016
Bendix SR-5 Spring Brake Valve
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Kenworth beefs up options for T370
The T370 – already offered with heavy duty 16,000-lb, 18,000-lb. and 20,000-lb. front axles – can also be paired with 46,000-lb. rear axles for dump, fuel delivery, utility, crane, service trucks, or mixers operations.
August 15, 2016
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How Mobile-Based Driver Safety Can Optimize Your Fleet Operations
August 14, 2016
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Kenworth adding Advantage efficiency package to T680 daycab
In designing the daycab truck, Kurt Swihart, Kenworth marketing manager, says the company borrowed fuel-efficiency optimization specifications and aerodynamic treatments on its T680 Advantage 76-inch sleeper – the truck maker’s most fuel-efficient truck.
August 12, 2016
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Kenworth shuttering T660 production
Kenworth will send the truck out with a limited production run of 500 units.
August 12, 2016
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Mike Dozier takes mantle as Kenworth GM
Mike Dozier inherits a team at Kenworth that has helped its parent company Paccar achieve 77 consecutive years of net profit with $8.7 billion in revenue for the first half of this year.
August 12, 2016
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CCJ Innovators
CCJ Innovator Roadrunner Transportation knows the fast track to success – and the slower route to satisfying customers
“It’s literally the need for speed vs. dependability,” Crawford says. “When you lay out the math, the cost savings and everything else for the customers, they look across their offerings and see ways they can make it work.”
August 12, 2016
Roadrunner Transportation Systems’ Peter Armbruster, chief financial officer, left, and Mark DiBlasi, CEO, are firsthand witnesses to the company’s rapid growth.
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FMCSA begins campaign for better driving around trucks
Through the new campaign, dubbed “Our Roads, Our Responsibility,” FMCSA suggests several tips to motorists sharing the road with trucks.
August 12, 2016
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