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Railroads must install new signs at all crossings
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced new regulations requiring railroads to install signs at highway-rail grade and pathway crossings with telephone numbers the public can use to alert railroad companies to unsafe conditions. “The sooner railroads can be made aware of potentially unsafe conditions, the faster they can respond to ensure the safety of everyone […]
June 12, 2012
Business
Quality closes RM Resources acquisition
Quality Distribution Inc. on Tuesday, June 12, announced that it has completed its acquisition of the operating assets and rights of RM Resources. Together with the closing of the acquisition of certain operating assets of Wylie Bice Trucking on June 1, the aggregate purchase price for the combined businesses is about $81.5 million plus potential […]
June 12, 2012
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The new Volvo VNL’s features and trim levels are available to examine interactively. Volvo Trucks has developed a new state-of-the-art online configurator exclusively for VNL models. The configurator provides detailed information on the features and benefits of each trim level and cab option, as well as a 360-degree view of the truck inside and out.
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Kenworth to offer Bendix safety technologies as options
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, a developer and manufacturer of active safety and braking system technologies, announced that Kenworth Truck Co. plans to offer Bendix Wingman Advanced – A Collision Mitigation Technology, and the SmarTire Tire Pressure Monitoring System by Bendix CVS later this year as options on select Class 8 trucks. Bendix Wingman Advanced is […]
June 12, 2012
Business
Blue Sky Network launches cloud-based fleet management solution
Blue Sky Network announced the launch of New SkyRouter, a fleet management portal designed for land mobile, aviation, and marine applications. The company describes New SkyRouter as a feature-rich cloud-based solution designed to support connectivity with remotely dispersed mobile assets, including Blue Sky Network’s Dual-Mode GSM and Iridium tracking and communications services. Blue Sky Network […]
June 12, 2012
Business
DAT Truckload Rate Index adds regional, lane-specific benchmarking
TransCore DAT announced that it has added customizable benchmarking to its DAT Truckload Rate Index for shippers, freight brokers and for-hire carriers to compare their transportation pricing against current and historical rates offered in the same point-to-point freight lanes. TransCore DAT says two new tools enable this lane-based and load-based performance analysis. Rate Performance Reports […]
June 12, 2012
Business
Meritor’s Vehicle Dynamics mobile laboratory hits the road
Meritor Inc. announced that its Vehicle Dynamics mobile laboratory is traveling throughout North America. Various products and capabilities are tested on location, including: • Truck and Trailer: SmarTandem axle, tire inflation systems and drum and air disc brake development; • Specialty and Off-Highway: Adaptive damping systems for off-highway seats, as well as bus and fire […]
June 12, 2012
Business
Pegasus TransTech a semi-finalist for business award
Pegasus TransTech has been named a semi-finalist for the Small Business of the Year Award by the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. Pegasus TransTech, perhaps best known for its Transflo and Transflo Express document imaging and management services, is a provider of in-house and outsourced imaging systems designed to streamline billing, collections, payroll, accounts payable, […]
June 12, 2012
Business
FMCSA: No need for no-defect intermodal DVIRs
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Monday, June 11, issued its final rule that eliminates the requirement for drivers operating intermodal equipment to submit – and intermodal equipment providers to retain – driver-vehicle inspection reports when the driver has neither found nor been made aware of any defects in the IME. FMCSA’s action responds […]
June 11, 2012
Business
Mack expanding NG offerings to on-highway, construction markets
Mack Trucks on Monday, June 11, announced it’s expanding its natural gas-powered offerings and that it has taken what the company describes as “a key step forward” in its hybrid vehicle development process. Mack plans to offer natural gas-powered versions of the Pinnacle and Granite models in 2013. Both models will utilize the Cummins Westport […]
June 11, 2012
Business
U.S. diesel price lowest in eight months
The national average retail diesel price fell 6.5 cents to $3.781 a gallon during the week ended June 11. The average price is 17.3 cents below the same week last year.
June 11, 2012
Business
Allied Systems Holdings files for Chapter 11
Automotive transportation provider Allied Systems Holdings on Sunday, June 10, announced that the company has implemented a financial restructuring through Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code as part of its plan to eliminate debt and strengthen its balance sheet. The company said it will continue normal operations in the meantime. Allied said this final […]
June 11, 2012
Business
Iowa 80 Truckstop joins fight against human trafficking
Iowa 80 Truckstop has joined forces with Truckers Against Trafficking to raise awareness about human trafficking among professional drivers and expand its employee training program with regard to this issue. “The management of Iowa 80 Truckstop has taken a very studied approach to human trafficking and has concluded Iowa 80, as a prominent organization in […]
June 11, 2012
Business
Remanufacturing and Sustainability Conference set for Oct. 2
Registration is now open for the Remanufacturing and Sustainability Conference – co-hosted by the Motor & Equipment Remanufacturers Association and the Golisano Institute for Sustainability – on Oct. 2 at the MSU Management Education Center in Troy, Mich. The program is intended for senior executives from across remanufacturing industries, as well as policymakers and sustainability […]
June 11, 2012
Business
Video urges Congress to support EOBRs
The American Trucking Associations, along with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and AAA, have released a video urging members of Congress to support an electronic onboard recorder mandate for large trucks to improve driver and carrier compliance with hours-of-service rules. “This collaboration and coming together of the trucking industry, the law enforcement community and the […]
June 11, 2012
Business
Carrier Transicold going EcoForward
Carrier Transicold on Monday, June 11, announced EcoForward technologies, the new name behind the transport refrigeration units and generator sets designed to comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency diesel-emissions standards, which change in 2013. TRUs with EcoForward technologies will consume less fuel, operate quieter and deliver improved performance, all while running cleaner than the models […]
June 11, 2012
Business
Air precleaners suited for dusty environments
Parker Hannifin’s Racor Division designed its Composite Dynamic Air Precleaners for equipment operated in dusty environments to increase the air filter’s life, reduce overall intake system restriction, increase equipment productivity and reduce downtime by separating solid dust and debris from the airstream before they reach the main air cleaner.
June 11, 2012
Business
Networkfleet awarded NJPA contract
Networkfleet, a provider of wireless fleet management, announced it has been awarded a contract to provide GPS fleet tracking and engine diagnostic monitoring software to education and government agencies by the National Joint Powers Alliance. The Networkfleet solution now is available nationally to NJPA members under contract No. 113011-NWF. Networkfleet says NJPA’s board of directors […]
June 11, 2012
Business
Accuride opens Chicago sales office
Accuride Corp. announced that it has opened its new Midwest regional sales office in the Chicago suburb of Hinsdale, Ill. The new location is easily accessible to both of the area’s major airports and centrally located to Accuride’s principal customers in its Midwest sales region, the company says. “Accuride’s new Chicago office is the latest […]
June 11, 2012
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