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Love’s to expand CNG fueling options along I-40 in New Mexico, Arizona

Love’s Travel Stops announced it will add compressed natural gas fueling capabilities for heavy-duty trucks in Albuquerque, N.M., and Williams, Ariz. The locations will be the first public-access travel stops along the 960-mile stretch of I-40 between Amarillo, Texas, and Barstow, Calif., to offer CNG. Love’s and Kansas-based Seaboard Foods — the anchor customer for […]

May 1, 2014

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Video log: Checking out the Volvo VNX heavy hauler

CCJ Executive Editor Jack Roberts is in Asheville, N.C., this week to test drive the Volvo VNX. While there, he grabbed Volvo’s Jason Spence to do a few walk-around videos of the truck and to talk about some of its features.

May 1, 2014

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Proposed driver coercion prevention rule clears OMB, awaits publication

FMCSA’s so-called Prohibition of Coercion rule has cleared the next hurdle in the rulemaking process, as the White House’s Office of Management and Budget has given the regulation its stamp of approval.

May 1, 2014

Work on raising insurance minimums for carriers to begin with public meeting this month

An FMCSA committee will meet this month to begin work on the agency’s plan to raise the minimum amount of liability insurance required by carriers.

May 1, 2014

Traffic congestion cost trucking $9.2 billion in 2013, ATRI says

Trucking lost $9.209 billion to traffic congestion in 2013, according to a recent report from the American Transportation Research Institute, who says the industry in aggregate was delayed 141 million hours in the year.

May 1, 2014

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Earnings report roundup: Paccar, Volvo, Daimler see higher sales and profits

The parent companies of six of the major U.S. truck makers saw year over year increases in sales, revenue and profits, according to earnings reports released last week.

April 30, 2014

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Driver detention time compensation requirement included in DOT highway bill

Though Interstate tolling drew the most attention in the Obama administration’s highway bill, the legislation would take on other trucking-related issues, too, arguably chief among them a requirement that carriers pay drivers for on-duty time not driving, such as time spent detained at shippers and receivers.

April 30, 2014

Freightliner adds Allison Output Retarder as M2 112 Refuse Truck option

Freightliner Trucks today announced that the Allison Transmissions output retarder is now available as an option for M2 112 Natural Gas refuse trucks spec’d with Allison 3000 and 4000 series RDS transmissions. A selection of Freightliner refuse trucks are on display at WasteExpo 2014 (booth #1022). Integrated with the Cummins Westport ISL G natural gas […]

April 30, 2014

Public CSA scores, crash weighting report, Safety Fitness top points at FMCSA meeting

FMCSA reps at the agency’s subcommittee on CSA said its Safety Fitness Determination rule, a proposal for which is expected in September, will replace the agency’s current safety rating system. The agency also said the long-awaited crash weighting in CSA report is expected by June.

April 30, 2014

Obama, Foxx send 4-year, $302B highway bill to Congress; trucking blasts tolling option

The Obama administration’s transportation funding plan has officially made its way to Congress, but trucking interests are not impressed, taking particular issue with its giving states the authority to toll existing Interstates and with the expanded share of funding for transit and rail programs.

April 29, 2014

Carrier ordered to pay $123k to driver deemed wrongfully fired

The Department of Labor has ordered an Iowa-based carrier to pay a driver $123,203 in back wages and reinstate him after the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found the carrier to have violated federal retaliation laws.

April 29, 2014

Mack donates Granite to environmental research group

Mack Trucks donated a new Mack GraniteAxle Forward model to the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) live auction taking place April 30 at WasteExpo 2014. Proceeds from the live auction will fund EREF’s research and education initiatives to help achieve sustainable waste management practices. “We’re proud to again donate a Mack model to the EREF […]

April 29, 2014

Mack debuts new LR Refuse trucks

Mack Trucks today previewed the new MackLR series of low-entry cabover refuse trucks designed with the driver, customer and demands of the rigorous job in mind. Initially available in three-axle 6×4 configurations and powered either by diesel or natural gas, the Mack LR series will be available in 2015. Mack captured customer input during […]

April 29, 2014

NTSB releases timeline report of FedEx, bus crash that killed 10

Federal officials have released more timeline information on the California crash between a FedEx truck and bus of high school students that left 10 dead.

April 29, 2014

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American Power Group announces follow-through order for 14 dual fuel glider kits

American Power Group Corporation announced that its subsidiary, American Power Group, Inc. (“APG”) has been notified by one of its WheelTime Dealers, Clarke Power Services, of a follow-on order for fourteen additional APG Dual Fuel Conversion systems from an existing early adopter customer who had evaluated an initial unit for approximately 90 days. The conversion order, […]

April 28, 2014

Fontaine says new fifth wheel camera system will modernize coupling process

Fontaine Fifth Wheel is developing a new patent-pending camera system that will make it easier for truck drivers to properly couple and uncouple trailers. The Dual Assist Camera System features two video cameras that work together to give the driver a clear picture of both the fifth wheel and approaching trailer. “Many truck elements, from […]

April 28, 2014

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Diesel price edges up to $3.975

The national average price for a gallon of on-highway diesel rose again in the week ended April 28, climbing four-tenths of a cent to $3.975.

April 28, 2014

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Kraft cutting its fleet, to outsource trucking needs

Kraft announced last week it is cutting its 200-tractor and 700-trailer Kraft Fleet, and its transition to using for-hire carriers will be completed by the end of September.

April 28, 2014

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Groups press states to leverage public funds to lower electric truck prices

Clean energy advocates are urging regulators in California, New York, and Washington to mandate ZEV truck price disclosure as a condition for state incentives.

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