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57 Idealease locations earn I.D.E.A.L. Gold award
Idealease Inc. has awarded 57 locations in North America with the I.D.E.A.L. Gold award for 2011. The award program was established 13 years ago to honor the Idealease locations that achieve the highest levels of performance in 12 key areas, including professional leadership, customer service, marketing, facilities, dedicated service bays, employee training, customer safety and […]
September 29, 2011
Business
Qualcomm taps Steinhauser to guide Latin America ops
Qualcomm Inc. announced the appointment of Rafael Steinhauser as senior vice president and president of Qualcomm Latin America. Steinhauser will be based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and will report to Jing Wang, executive vice president and president of Global Business Operations. Flavio Mansi, who joined Qualcomm in 2001 and has been senior vice president and […]
September 29, 2011
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400 Eaton volunteers participate in United Way event
More than 400 employees and retirees of Eaton Corp. volunteered at three locations on the east side of Cleveland on Thursday, Sept. 22, and Friday, Sept. 23, in conjunction with United Way of Greater Cleveland’s Days of Caring. “Just as we in the Eaton Community work together to build a quality organization, United Way works […]
September 29, 2011
Business
Mack donates Pinnacle tractor to Back on the Road campaign
Thanks to Mack Trucks and Arrow Truck Sales, one deserving driver will leave the 2012 Mid-America Trucking Show behind the wheel of a Mack Pinnacle model highway tractor. Now in its fifth year, Arrow’s Back On The Road campaign, presented by Mack, is an initiative designed to benefit a deserving truck driver in need of […]
September 29, 2011
Business
Feedback 1
On FMCSA research supporting truck speed limiters: “This study confirms … speed kills, and one of the most effective ways to prevent hundreds, if not thousands, of crashes on our highways is to slow all vehicles down, including large trucks.”
September 29, 2011
Business
Feedback 2
On positive freight forecasts for 2012 and beyond: “Importers are optimistic, and they believe sales will increase this year – and they are excited about it.”
September 29, 2011
Business
Caterpillar, Navistar announce next phase of global truck alliance
Caterpillar Inc. and Navistar International Corp. on Thursday, Sept. 29, announced the next phase of cooperation between the two companies to develop, manufacture, sell and support vocational and on-highway trucks for the North America market and the rest of the world. In June 2008, the two companies announced plans to form an alliance for the […]
September 29, 2011
Business
Truckload turnover hits 3-year high in 2Q
The turnover rate for over-the-road truck drivers rose to 79 percent in the second quarter, according to American Trucking Associations’ latest Trucking Activity Report, marking the third quarter in a row of increased churn in the driver market. The turnover rate for drivers at large truckload fleets rose four basis points from the first quarter’s […]
September 28, 2011
Business
House transportation leaders protest HOS proposal
President Obama has yet to respond to a request from House transportation leaders to withdraw the proposed hours-of-service rule. Transportation Committee Chairman John Mica’s Sept. 23 letter to Obama asked that the proposal be withdrawn and for continuing the current rule. The Florida Republican wrote that the proposed rule would be an unnecessary and costly […]
September 28, 2011
Business
Road test: Caterpillar’s CT660 vocational truck
On Sept. 9, Caterpillar’s internal verification process was completed, and the company gave the green light to begin CT660 vocational truck production for the North American market. George Taylor, director of Caterpillar’s Global On-Highway Truck Group, says that at a high-level view, the CT660 is Cat’s most intensely researched product launch ever, with a lot […]
September 28, 2011
Business
Diesel industry integral to U.S. economy, report finds
The diesel industry contributes more than $480 billion annually to the U.S economy, provides more than 1.25 million jobs and supplies a substantial export-to-value ratio five times higher than the national average, according to a new economic report released Wednesday, Sept. 28, by the Diesel Technology Forum. The report – “Diesel Powers the U.S. Economy: […]
September 28, 2011
Business
GreenMan subsidiary receives first EPA engine family approval
GreenMan Technologies announced that its American Power Group Inc. subsidiary has been notified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that its first Clean Alternative Fuel Vehicle and Engine Conversion Submission has been approved for the Outside Useful Life Heavy Duty 2004 Caterpillar C-15 engine family. The submission utilized APG’s latest V5000 Dual Fuel Turbocharged Natural […]
September 28, 2011
Business
Government, industry leaders experience Bendix technologies
Key legislators, regulators and industry association representatives experienced Bendix advanced safety, fuel economy and environmental technologies for commercial vehicles firsthand during demonstrations Sept. 14-15 in Washington, D.C. Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, a developer and manufacturer of active safety, energy management and braking solutions, conducted the learning experience for the third consecutive year at RFK Stadium. […]
September 28, 2011
Business
UCR Plan board to meet
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Unified Carrier Registration Plan board of directors will meet Oct. 27 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. ET to continue its work in developing and implementing the UCR Plan and Agreement and, to that end, may consider matters properly before the board. This meeting will take place telephonically. Any […]
September 28, 2011
Business
Rand McNally’s in-vehicle communications integrated with McLeod Software
Rand McNally announced that its TruckPC and TND 760 Fleet Edition products are integrated and available with McLeod’s recently announced LoadMaster Enterprise and Powerbroker Version 10.3 applications. Rand McNally’s TruckPC and TND 760 Fleet Edition in-vehicle mobile communications products provide McLeod’s Enterprise Software with the position of the vehicle, messaging capabilities between the cab and […]
September 28, 2011
Business
Nologx adds Ryder as CGFI data partner
Nulogx Inc., a Canadian transportation management solutions provider, announced that Ryder System Inc. has become a Canadian General Freight Index data partner and will provide data to be used in the compilation of the monthly index. The CGFI is published monthly and is used by shippers, carriers and other parties to benchmark costs, develop business […]
September 28, 2011
Business
UPS offers shipping container for healthcare products
UPS announced it will offer an air freight container for healthcare products, providing shipment monitoring and product protection for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, vaccines and biologics. The PharmaPort 360 is designed to address a key industry issue of safeguarding healthcare shipments in the supply chain by enabling near real-time monitoring and maintaining product temperatures in extreme outside […]
September 28, 2011
Business
FedEx pumps $1M into small business economy
FedEx Corp. announced that it is injecting $1 million into the small business economy of the United States with its support of Small Business Saturday 2011, which will send tens of thousands of additional consumers into Main Street merchants on Nov. 26, helping to drive holiday sales for local businesses at a time when customer […]
September 28, 2011
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