August 5, 2010 - Industry News
Shipshewana, Ind.-based Double Eagle Industries, which makes custom sleeper berths, has announced it will close its doors tomorrow, after 35 years in busines
Navistar says its eStar all-electric truck has generated significant interest in the marketplace since the company was commissioned to develop and deploy electric trucks one year ago
U.S. railroads experienced the highest carload and intermodal traffic levels for 2010 during the week ending July 3
Tags: Intermodal
Vipar Heavy Duty has added Northern Virginia Supply and Western Trailer Sales Company to its distributor network, expanding its presence in the Washington, D.C. metro area and Idaho
Santa Fe Storage & Moving has joined the Atlas Van Lines relocation network. By becoming an Atlas Van Lines agent, the Santa Fe, N.M.-based company joins more than 500 Atlas agents across North America
Motor Power Equipment, a member of the Kenworth dealer network, has recently invested $4 million to expand its Billing, Mont.-based dealership
From 2005 to 2008, almost every state got back all, if not more, of what they contributed to the federal Highway Trust Fun
Tags: Highways
NationaLease is gearing up for its 66th Annual Meeting coming up on Sept. 12-13 in Chicago
Tags: Events
New legislation introduced in the Senate would allow state Departments of Transportation to raise interstate weight limits to 97,000 pounds for trucks with six axles instead of five
August 4, 2010 - Industry News
The Ministry of Transportation in Ontario says it will close three truck inspection stations and scale facilities in October
Con-way Inc. reported lower net income in the second quarter, on wage increases and modest progress to improve pricin
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will soon take the next step in its rollout of CSA 2010 by offering carriers a glimpse at where they stand in the pending Safety Measurement System
A mandate for stability control systems on tractor-trailers could be near, according to a hearing of the National Transportation Safety Board this week
The fight over control of port truck drivers spilled out of the courtroom into Congress last week when Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., offered a bill that would give ports more authority over drayage operations. Under current law, states and local authorities such as ports are barred from regulating truck prices, routes or service. Nadler's Clean Ports Act would create an exemption to let these entities set requirement
Great Dane Trailers has chosen Transtex Composite as its standard side skirt supplier for customers who choose aerodynamic components
Frozen Food Express narrowed its loss in the second quarter, posting a pre-tax loss of $3.3 million, compared to a $6.6 million loss in the second quarter of 2009
ArvinMeritor has reached an agreement to sell its Body Systems business to an affiliate of Inteva Products, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Renco Group
Kansas City, Mo.-based Smith Electric Vehicles has delivered the first of four all-electric Smith Newton trucks to Lee's Summit R-7 school distric
Patriot Transportation Holding managed to turn a profit in the third quarter of fiscal 2010, with net income of $2.6 million, or 83 cents a share, compared to a net loss of $0.4 million, or 13 cents a share, in the same quarter last year
SkyBitz has formed a new Government Solutions group to provide remote asset management solutions for security and defense initiatives
August 3, 2010 - Industry News
Switching to high strength, low weight aluminum in Class 8 trucks and trailers can eliminate 3,300 pounds from the vehicle weight and save as much as 1,612 gallons of fuel and 17.9 tons of carbon dioxide per yea
Trailer maker Wabash National narrowed its loss in the second quarter on significantly higher trailer sales
After Monday's boost in oil on manufacturing sector results, crude oil rose to its highest level in three months Tuesda
Tags: Fuel and Oil
The Women In Trucking Association will honor female driver Christine Leslie-Espinoza, mother of WNBA player Lisa Leslie, during an upcoming LA Sparks game on Aug. 10 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
The number of hybrid trucks being manufactured in North America and Europe will grow from 4,100 units in 2009 to 222,000 in 201
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