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ATA tonnage index posts largest annual gain in 13 years
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped 6.8 percent in December after rising 0.3 percent in November. The latest gain put the adjusted index at 124.5 in December, up from the November level of 116.6. For all of 2011, tonnage rose 5.9 percent over the previous year – the largest […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Marten posts record net income in 4Q
Marten Transport on Tuesday, Jan. 24, reported net income of $7.7 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, a 47.1 percent increase from $5.2 million a year earlier and the highest net income for any quarter in the company’s history. It was the Mondovi, Wis.-based company’s seventh consecutive year-over-year increase in quarterly profitability. For […]
January 24, 2012
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Graves: Still room for capacity growth
Bill Graves, president and chief executive officer of the American Trucking Associations, was the featured speaker during the opening session of HDAW 2012 at The Mirage in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Jan 24. Graves detailed the slow growth the U.S. economy is showing since the recession of the last decade and the positive effect that […]
January 24, 2012
Business
CARB warns Navistar via Executive Order
The California Air Resources Board has informed Navistar that its pollution credits allowing it to sell heavy-duty engines that don’t comply with 2010 environmental standards will expire next month. “This Executive Order is conditional upon completion of manufacturer’s compliance with the averaging, banking and trading provisions of 40 CFR Part 86,” reads CARB’s Executive Order […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Mack premieres Medium Heavy Duty Mixer in Las Vegas
The Mack Granite model’s new sibling, the Mack Granite Medium Heavy Duty (MHD), makes its World of Concrete debut this week. Fit for the show with an eight yard volumetric concrete mixer body, Mack says the MHD offers a lower cost, lighter weight option, without sacrificing Mack’s legendary durability and reliability. “We understand the decisions […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Meritor makes headlines at HDAW
Meritor Inc. on Tuesday, Jan. 24, announced the immediate availability of Reduced Stopping Distance friction materials at the company’s parts distribution centers in Florence, Ky., and Brampton, Ontario, to support North American truck operators who want to standardize their RSD brake friction materials. The announcement was made at the 2012 Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week. Meritor […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Truck Parts & Service’s 2011 Distributor of the Year named
Independent distributors Carolina Rim & Wheel of Charlotte, N.C., and Fleet Brake of Calgary, Alberta, have been named co-winners of Truck Parts & Service’s 2011 Distributor of the Year award, sponsored by Minimizer. The award was given out during the opening session of HDAW 2012 at The Mirage in Las Vegas. This is the third […]
January 24, 2012
Business
FedEx expands SenseAware tracking service
FedEx Corp. announced it is expanding the availability of its SenseAware powered by FedEx service designed to provide customers with near real-time tracking and increased visibility into their shipments. First announced in November 2009, the next-generation information service initially was available to customers in the healthcare and life sciences industries. Now it is available to […]
January 24, 2012
Business
BAE, Cat to develop hybrid-drive highway truck
BAE Systems and Caterpillar have signed a long-term supply agreement to collaborate on an energy efficient parallel hybrid propulsion system for heavy-duty trucks. Under the 20-year agreement, BAE Systems will integrate the Cat CX family of transmissions into its HybriDrive parallel propulsion system, and will establish an aftermarket field services model leveraging Caterpillar’s vast global […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Accuride investing $75M in North American business
Accuride Corp. has announced plans to make an investment of about $75 million to its North American business in 2012 to strengthen product availability, quality and reliability; upgrade its manufacturing processes; and improve customer service. Accuride will invest $55 million to its steel wheel production capacity and $20 million into its aluminum wheel production capacity. […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Pana-Pacific to distribute Maxwell’s engine start module
Maxwell Technologies announced it has entered into a one-year agreement with Pana-Pacific, an integrator and engineering partner in the commercial vehicle market, to distribute Maxwell’s new ultracapacitor-based engine start module in the United States, Canada and Mexico. As a result of the agreement, the ESM now is available through all original equipment manufacturer aftermarket truck […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Freight Wing offers 2012 AeroFlex Side Skirt
Freight Wing’s AeroFlex 2012 side skirts are designed to improve fuel economy and are 30 pounds lighter than previous models. Using a dense matrix polyethylene material – a custom-engineered automotive plastic – AeroFlex 2012 side skirts were built for extreme conditions from -103 to 158 degrees Fahrenheit and with “shape memory,” the ability to return […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Exide charged over heavy-duty battery
Exide Technologies’ Extreme Power 1000 heavy-duty battery is designed to offer greater starting power and more vibration resistance. The battery delivers 1000 cold cranking amps and 200 reserve capacity) minutes and features proprietary silver alloy-cast positive grids, double-insulated glass mat-lined separator envelopes, epoxy anchor bonding and a reinforced case and cover with a handle to […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Labelmaster carries protective barricades
Labelmaster’s protective barricades can help keep employees, customers and the general public safe by minimizing the chance of unauthorized entry into dangerous areas. The barricades are constructed of lightweight materials designed to allow for easy transport, setup and removal. Some units can be filled with either sand or liquid for added weight.
January 24, 2012
Business
DMS Moving Systems named Moving and Storage Agent of the Year
Atlas Van Lines, one of the nation’s leading moving companies, today announces that the American Moving & Storage Association selected Atlas agent DMS Moving Systems as the Moving and Storage Agent of the Year. The AMSA Moving and Storage Agent of the Year Service Excellence award is given to van line agents who focus on […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Sleep apnea, EOBRs, motorcoach HOS on MCSAC meeting agenda
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that its Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee will meet Monday-Thursday, Feb. 6-9, which will include a joint meeting with the Medical Review Board on Monday, Feb. 6, to finalize recommendations of the joint MCSAC-MRB subcommittee to the FMCSA administrator on obstructive sleep apnea. The MCSAC will meet separately […]
January 23, 2012
Business
Average diesel price dips slightly to $3.848
After two straight weeks of increases, the U.S. average diesel price eased six-tenths of a cent to $3.848 a gallon for the week ended Monday, Jan. 23, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest price is 41.8 cents higher than the same week last year. Most regions tracked by DOE […]
January 23, 2012
Business
Idaho, New Hampshire bills would raise interstate speeds
Bills in legislatures in opposite parts of the country aim to raise truck speed limits. In Idaho, a bill by Sen. Jim Hammond (R-Coeur d’Alene) would increase interstate truck speeds to 75 mph, matching cars. The state’s current truck speed limit on freeways is 65 mph. In New Hampshire, a bill would increase the speed […]
January 23, 2012
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