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The California Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) has debuted a new web site, www.californiahvip.org, designed to provide details and requirements on the project as well as a portal for requesting vouchers that pay for clean hybri

After joining drivers on the road hauling freight the week of Dec. 7, Panther Expedited Services executives Andrew Clarke, president and CEO, and Ed Wadel, chief information officer, managed to raise about $3,000 for the Marine's Toys for Tots progra

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems is celebrating the production of its 1,000th Autocar cab at its Huntington, Ind., facility, which reached the milestone this month

The Women In Trucking Association has tapped Anne Ferro, the new administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, to speak at the group's "Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel.

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In the by-now familiar holidays ritual, Rush Enterprises held its fourth Technician Skills Rodeo, drawing techs from across its far-flung 62-facility truck center empire. All-Around Heavy-Duty Tech Randy Hughes from Texarkana, who won his category in each of the previous three contests, will have a very merry Christmas indeed, with $8,000 in prize money, $5,500 worth of top tools to make him even more effective as a technicia

Crude oil traded lower Monday, a reflection of a strong dollar and news of pipeline snags in Iraq and Nigeri

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Navistar has acquired an interest in a Danish company that makes a type of NOX-reducing emissions technology -- a selective catalytic reduction process that does not rely on the addition of diesel exhaust fluid

Blackmer has donated a propane pump to Patriot Propane, Ramona, Calif., to be used on a pink bobtail that will raise funds for breast-cancer research, education, screening and treatment

A unique domestic shipping container bowed in at the NITL/IANA/TIA Conference and Show in Anaheim, Calif., recently

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Joplin Petro in Joplin, Mo., received the Blue Seal of Excellence from the National Institute of Automotive Service Excellence, which identifies facilities with a large percentage of ASE-certified professionals

The final rule requiring electronic onboard recorders on some trucks has been sent to the White House for approval, setting the stage for publication probably in February

During the opening general session of Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week 2010, industry expert Stuart MacKay, president and founder of MacKay and Co., will discuss why the current market may prove to be an opportunit

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YRC Worldwide announced Thursday that it must complete its debt-for-equity exchange by Dec. 31 to pay off $19 million in interest due, or its "liquidity position would become unsustainable," the company said

Anne Ferro, the new administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, will kick things off at the opening session of the 47th Annual Mid-West Truckers Association Convention on Feb. 5, 2010 in Peoria, Ill

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Retractable tarpaulin manufacturer Roll-Tite is back in business under new ownership and the leadership of Roman Pankiw, president

North Dakota took the title of best performing highway systems in America for the ninth year in a row, while Alaska had the worst-performing, least cost-effective highway system in the natio

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