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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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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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