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Average diesel price rises 1.9 cents

The average retail price of a gallon of on-highway diesel rose for the eighth straight week during the week ended Monday, March 19, but the amount of the increase continues to decline, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The average price increased 1.9 cents to $4.142. The increase the week before […]

March 19, 2012

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TransCore DAT spot market freight up 24% in February

TransCore’s DAT North American Freight index was up 24 percent in February compared to January, but declined 5.2 percent compared to February 2011 when the spot market recorded unseasonably strong freight volumes. In seven of the last 10 years, February has seen month-over-month freight volume increases averaging 21 percent. TransCore’s monthly DAT North American Freight […]

March 19, 2012

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UPS to acquire TNT Express for $6.77B

United Parcel Service Inc. and TNT Express N.V. on Monday, March 19, jointly announced that they have reached agreement on a recommended all-cash public offer of EUR 9.50 per ordinary share by UPS for TNT Express. The offer values the issued and outstanding share capital of TNT Express at $6.77 billion. The companies say the […]

March 19, 2012

Port of Long Beach welcomes large container ship

The Port of Long Beach last week welcomed the largest container ship ever to call to North America, the MSC Fabiola. The vessel, measuring 1,200 feet in length and capable of carrying more than 12,000 container units, docked at Pier T on Terminal Island. “This is the largest container vessel now serving the U.S.-Asia trade, […]

March 19, 2012

Westrux to hold GHG reporting training

Westrux International of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., is hosting a training class on March 30 to help fleets learn more about the proper reporting requirement under California’s Truck and Bus Regulation. The regulation applies to privately and federally owned diesel trucks and buses that operate in California. Requirements for the regulation began in on Jan. […]

March 19, 2012

Brown NationaLease president Brown named TRALA chairman

Brown NationaLease President Tom Brown of Des Moines, Iowa, was chosen unanimously by the members of the Truck Renting and Leasing Association as their 2012-2013 chairman at the association’s 34nd Annual Meeting. “Over the coming year, I look forward to continuing to work with the TRALA leadership and staff to help keep this association running […]

March 19, 2012

King Engine Bearings names ‘Hit the Bull’s Eye’ winners

King Engine Bearings has announced the winners of its 50th anniversary “Hit the Bull’s Eye” promotion. The grand prize winner, Harold Garber of Potomac Valley Heritage in Petersburg, W.V., received a set of King Engine Bearings (one set of mains, one set of rods) and four tickets to a Grave Digger Monster Jam 2012 event. […]

March 19, 2012

Walden Haulers Group driver named TCA Highway Angel

The Truckload Carriers Association has named Jonathan W. Bennett, a professional truck driver for Walden Haulers Group Inc. of Harriman, Tenn., as its latest Highway Angel. In the late morning of Nov. 9, 2011, Bennett was traveling on Interstate 40 eastbound through the gorge between North Carolina and Tennessee. All the lanes were closed down […]

March 19, 2012

MFTA touts repair, maintenance parts program

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America Inc. has developed a new repair and maintenance parts program for its medium-duty commercial trucks. The Diamond Value Parts Program is intended to supply authorized dealers and service points with a line of parts that provides added quality while offering pricing that allows them to compete more effectively with aftermarket […]

March 19, 2012

Yokohama Tire launches Online Inflation Pressure Calculator

Yokohama Tire Corp. has launched an online-based resource tool designed to help fleet owners effectively manage the costs of tires through proper tire maintenance. The Yokohama Inflation Pressure Calculator recommends appropriate inflation levels, helping to prevent underinflation or overinflation that are often the culprit behind the most common tire wear and tire damage. “Tires are […]

March 19, 2012

GE Capital Fleet Services launches new toll management program

GE Capital Fleet Services announced the launch of a new toll management program for fleet managers that increases their visibility of and control over toll expenses, while reducing administrative tasks and cost burdens. As part of the program, enrolled vehicles use electronic tolling lanes, a faster and typically cheaper alternative to cash lanes. On the […]

March 19, 2012

FleetPride opens new location in Ogden (West Haven), Utah

FleetPride, Inc., an independent aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, announced that it has opened a new 8,000-square-foot location in Ogden, Utah, at 3200 S. Bouwhuis Drive, Suite 1, West Haven, Utah, which is 40 miles north of Salt Lake City at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains. “With the opening of the […]

March 19, 2012

Aerofficient designs sliding side fairing

Aerofficient designed its Slider side fairing for on-highway trailers to expand or contract automatically when the trailer’s axles are moved, filling the gap between the trailing edge of a standard fixed trailer side fairing and the trailer’s tires. The side fairing, which has been verified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay Transport Partnership, is […]

March 19, 2012

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Accellos offers cloud-based EDI , barcode data collection

Accellos Inc., a provider of supply chain execution software solutions, announced that it has made AccellosOne EDI for Microsoft Dynamics GP and AccellosOne Collect for Microsoft Dynamics GP available in Data Resolutions’ enterprise cloud to allow customers to run their ERP, EDI and barcoding solutions in a single cloud environment. According to the company, AccellosOne […]

March 19, 2012

DOT says report underscores need for transportation investment

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Friday, March 16, announced that a new report on the state of America’s transportation infrastructure, “2010 Status of the Nation’s Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance,” points to a sizeable gap between current spending and projected levels of investment needed to maintain the nation’s highway and transit systems. […]

March 16, 2012

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UPS continues acquisition talks with TNT Express

UPS on Friday, March 16, said it remains in constructive discussions with TNT Express N.V. regarding a potential transaction to acquire the entire issued share capital of TNT Express. UPS said that in line with regulatory requirements, it has expressed it still has the intention to submit a request for approval of its offer document […]

March 16, 2012

Internet Truckstop designates women-owned businesses

Internet Truckstop, with the help from the Women In Trucking Association, announced the launch of a program to designate woman-owned businesses on the truckstop.com load board, allowing users to identify women-owned businesses within the trucking industry in a more efficient way. Internet Truckstop says it introduced this service because more shippers and logistics companies have […]

March 16, 2012

NationaLease president Scoggins retiring

NationaLease, a North American full-service truck leasing organization, announced the retirement this month of its president, Gene Scoggins, after a 37-year transportation career. Scoggins’ career began as an employee of a NationaLease member, Interstate NationaLease, in Albany, Ga. He joined NationaLease in 1999 to build its national accounts program. The company has more than 600 […]

March 16, 2012

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