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Greyhound Lines to deploy DriveCam
DriveCam, Inc., a global driver risk management company, announced that Greyhound Lines, the largest provider of intercity bus transportation, will deploy DriveCam’s driver risk management and fleet management system across its entire fleet for a five-year service contract term. Greyhound trialed the DriveCam program in its BoltBus fleet, and based on its success, the company […]
February 22, 2013
Business
Navman Wireless adds driver performance dashboard
Navman Wireless USA announced the addition of a Driver Behavior feature set to its OnlineAVL2 fleet tracking system, enabling fleet operators to identify drivers who are compromising safety and fuel efficiency by their behavior behind the wheel. The driver performance features include four new reports and two new dashboard KPIs. Users can quickly pinpoint trouble […]
February 22, 2013
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Rand McNally integrates mobile products with Bolt dispatch
Rand McNally today announced that Bolt dispatch software is the latest technology to be integrated with its TND 760 and TPC 7600 mobile fleet management systems. Bolt provides an internet-based dispatch and fleet management software system. With the integration, Bolt’s fleet customers will be able to use the Rand McNally systems to increase visibility for […]
February 22, 2013
Business
Espar debuts refrigerated containers
Espar’s Mobile Flex-Cool refrigerated containers are designed for the hygienic transportation of temperature-sensitive goods in the food and medical-pharmaceutical industries. The heavy-duty easy-to-clean containers are made by rotationally molded polyethylene, while the insulation is made by expanded polyurethane-foam CFC-free with thicknesses up to 5 inches. The line – available as cooling only, cool/heat and cool/freeze […]
February 21, 2013
Business
DTNA sets 2013 truck sales expectations, unveils Vision 15,000 export initiative
At a press conference in Los Cabos, Mexico, Daimler Trucks North America and Daimler Trucks Mexico executives announced truck sales projections for 2013 and reviewed 2012 performance. In the Class 6-8 NAFTA marketplace, truck sales totaled 344,277 units in 2012, up sharply from the roughly 214,000 trucks sold in 2010. U.S. sales eclipsed 281,000 for […]
February 21, 2013
Business
Bridgestone touts Smartway leadership
Bridgestone Commercial Solutions, says it has recently submitted four additional Bandag retread products to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for SmartWay verification. Upon approval, Bridgestone says, it will offer more SmartWay verified retreads than any other retread manufacturer for a total of seven products. “At Bridgestone Commercial Solutions, we are responding to evolving market needs […]
February 21, 2013
Business
Costco first to lease Kenworth T680 day cab tractors
Costco Wholesale Corp. became the first PacLease customer to lease the Kenworth T680. Costco officials say the company is realizing a significant improvement in fuel economy with the new T680, which Kenworth names as the company’s most aerodynamic truck in its history. “With the first T680, Costco saw a 7 percent improvement in fuel economy […]
February 21, 2013
Business
Daimler’s Renschler out as head of trucks division
Andreas Renschler will no longer head Daimler Trucks, parent company Daimler AG announced Thursday, Feb. 21. Renschler has headed the company’s trucks division since October 2004, and he’ll be moving to a production and purchasing role for Mercedez-Benz, another Daimler company. The change will go into effect April 1, and Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard will assume […]
February 21, 2013
Business
DAT Freight Index reports unusually strong January
Like the ATA Truck Tonnage Index reported on earlier this week, the DAT North American Freight Index — a measure of spot market freight availability on the DAT Network of loadboards in the U.S. and Canada — recorded a January record last month and saw a whopping 42 percent increase from January 2012. It also […]
February 21, 2013
Business
Agency grants authority to tenth Mexican carrier
A tenth Mexican carrier has been granted authority to operate in the U.S. as part of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s cross-border trucking pilot program, though FMCSA and its program are still caught up in a lawsuit with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and the Teamsters Union. Grupo Behr was given provisional authority Feb. […]
February 21, 2013
Business
Kenworth to offer extended T680 engine warranty
Kenworth Truck Company and PACCAR Financial have introduced an extended engine warranty program available to qualifying customers who purchase new Kenworth T680s equipped with PACCAR MX-13 engines and finance through PACCAR Financial. Under the program, Kenworth customers may receive a 3-year / 400,000-mile comprehensive and aftertreatment extended warranty for the PACCAR MX-13 when ordered with […]
February 20, 2013
Business
Carrier Transicold facility honored for safety milestone
Carrier Transicold recently celebrated a safety milestone at its Athens, Ga. plant, surpassing 5 million hours without a lost-time injury. The company has recorded zero lost-time injuries at the facility since October 2006, an achievement the company says demonstrates Carrier Transicold’s commitment and cultural focus on employee safety. “We are proud of this achievement, which […]
February 20, 2013
Business
Roush CleanTech to debut propane autogas Ford vans at Work Truck Show
Roush CleanTech says it will expand its alternative fuel technology product offerings with new propane autogas fuel systems for Ford F-59, F-53 and E-450 stripped chassis. Roush says its Ford F-59 commercial step van chassis and the Ford E-450 stripped chassis adapt to numerous fleet delivery applications, such as bakery, textile, multi-stop package delivery service, […]
February 20, 2013
Business
Truck Tonnage Index posts a January best
The For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, produced monthly by the American Trucking Associations, rose 2.9 percent in January, following a 2.4 percent climb in December, to its highest January reading ever and a 6.5 percent year-over-year increase. The seasonally adjusted index is up 9.1 percent since November and posted its highest January reading since 2008, ATA […]
February 20, 2013
Business
Ecco spotlights rearview camera systems
Ecco offers rearview camera systems with a choice of 5.6- or 7-inch LCD color monitors, both with proprietary housing, touchscreen menu control and a built-in controller with three camera inputs. Each monitor uses a camera featuring 11 IR LEDs, 10G vibration rating and audio capability. For more information go to www.eccolink.com.
February 20, 2013
Business
Diesel rises 5.3 cents to $4.157
The price of diesel has not been this high nationwide since mid-August 2008. The national average retail diesel price rose 5.3 cents to $4.157 a gallon during the week ended Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. Diesel prices, which are 19.7 cents higher than the same week last year, […]
February 19, 2013
Business
Kenworth names 2013 Service Council members
Kenworth Truck Company has named its 2013 Kenworth Service Council, which is comprised of leading Kenworth service managers in the United States and Canada. The council’s mission is to help promote service and product improvements to further enhance Kenworth’s World’s Best quality. Members of the 2013 Kenworth Service Council are: Chairman – Michael Donnelly, MHC […]
February 19, 2013
Business
Will EOBRs become free apps?
The use of consumer-style Android and Apple devices for fleet management has opened up new possibilities for driving down costs. Owner operators, and even company drivers, might be willing to subsidize, or pay outright for the phone and other in-cab hardware necessary to run electronic logbooks along with other safety, compliance and performance applications. After all, […]
February 19, 2013
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