The average cost of diesel has posted its biggest increase since near mid-February and is around a five-month high, according to the U.S. Energy Department.
Alliance Truck Parts is running an online contest to highlight its range of customizable bumper options, which include chrome, painted steel and stainless steel options.
Navistar International Corp. says it will offer the Cummins ISB 6.7-liter diesel in its International DuraStar medium-duty trucks and CE series IC school buses, but that this doesn't mean it's getting out of the engine business.
Suburban Truck Parts in the Chicago suburb of Worth, Ill., is now a member of the Vipar Heavy Duty network of distributors.
Jack Thiessen, a former editor with trucking publisher Newport Communications, public relations counsel, newspaper reporter, and infantry veteran of World War II, passed away Friday, Aug. 30, in Temperance, Mich. He was 89.
The national average for DEF tote refill prices dropped six cents to $1.91 per gallon in the U.S. during the month of August 2013 compared with the previous month. In Canada prices followed the same trend and decreased by two cents to CAD$ 0.57 per liter in the same period.
PeopleNet and Trucker Buddy International have agreed to offer scholarships to the children and dependents of teachers and drivers in an effort to encourage more students to consider a career in education or transportation.
A report commissioned by the International Council on Clean Transportation has found battery-electric and fuel cell electric trucks could be feasible in Europe by 2030. The report was produced by CE Delft in the Netherlands and the German Aerospace Centre and surveyed leading-edge zero-emissions technologies for both short- and long-haul on-road freight carriers.
Penske Automotive Group Inc., an international automotive retailer, has completed the acquisition of Western Star Trucks Australia Pty Ltd., a distributor of commercial vehicles, related spare parts and aftermarket support across Australia and New Zealand and portions of Southeast Asia from Transpacific Industries Group Limited.
The Green Fleet Conference, Oct. 1-2 in Phoenix, has added a panel discussion of truck maker representatives to discuss what they're doing to meet greenhouse gas/fuel economy regulations for 2014 and beyond, the current and future status of alternative fuels, hybrid/electric and more.
Analysts who were predicting a sharp downturn in the nation’s gross domestic product in the second quarter due to earlier dismal economic news got a shock with the release of a new report.
Teamsters Union members at the trucking company ABF have approved five of the seven remaining supplements, while two did not pass.
IdleAir, a truck stop electrification service provider, continues to expand its fuel saving solution at travel centers and dedicated fleet terminals in Texas. Construction recently completed for IdleAir’s dedicated fleet facility with Transportation Services Inc., in Mesquite, and construction is underway for expansion in Laredo, on both the Flying J travel center and another major fleet terminal.
Both lanes of southbound Interstate 81 between mile markers 120 and 125 in Montgomery County near Blacksburg, Va., are open to traffic. The lanes reopened before 5 p.m.
A new natural gas fueling station that Trillium CNG designed and built went into service recently at the GreenTeam of San Jose, Calif., facility.
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