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Fleet Managementby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 27, 2012

Treating Drivers Right Keeps Nussbaum Turnover Low

How does a trucking company with a 500-plus-mile average length of haul keep its driver turnover down around 30% when the industry average is over 100%

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Productsby StaffSeptember 26, 2012

TMW Adds Capabilities to Maintenance Software

TMW has added a number of enhancements to both the IBM i System and SQL versions of TMT Fleet Maintenance software

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Productsby StaffSeptember 26, 2012

DAT Onboarding Expedites Truckload Freight Movements

TransCore DAT announced a new service that helps freight brokers and other third-party logistics providers to hire and qualify carriers quickly and efficiently

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Productsby Jim BeachSeptember 25, 2012

Integration is the Name of the Game

ORLANDO, Fla. - News from TMW System's Transforum 2012 User Conference this week included a number of new integrations between TMW's products and other technology providers

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Equipmentby Tom BergSeptember 25, 2012

Cummins Ready for Euro 6, But Not to Buy Navistar

HANOVER, Germany -- "We're ready for Euro 6," declared Tom Linebarger, the pleasant, polite and straight-talking CEO of Cummins Inc., in leading off his press conference during the IAA show in Hanover last week

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Productsby StaffSeptember 24, 2012

Daimler Adds Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems to Aftermarket Offering

Daimler Trucks North America has launched new tire pressure monitoring technology as an aftermarket offering for its Freightliner, Western Star and Thomas Built Buses commercial vehicles

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Productsby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 21, 2012

Peake 'Diesel Natural Gas' Offers Dual-Fuel Conversion for New Cummins ISX Engines

Peake Fuel Solutions has a new product called "Diesel Natural Gas," or DNG, that allows truck owners to run a Cummins ISX 15 engine on a combination of natural gas (CNG or LNG) and diesel, or on 100% diesel, with conversion kits that the company says pay for themselves in about a year

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Equipmentby Engine SmartsSeptember 21, 2012

Study: More Particulate Emissions From Charbroiled Burgers Than Diesel Trucks

Just how clean is the latest clean diesel technology? Put it this way: A study by the University of California-Riverside found commercially cooked hamburgers emit more particulate matter than diesel trucks meeting EPA 2007 and EPA 2010 emissions standards. The UC-Riverside study was funded by the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

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Productsby StaffSeptember 21, 2012

Freight Wing Offers New Side Skirt for Box Fairing Trailers

For truckers and fleets hauling van trailers with drop down storage boxes, aerodynamic fairings that improve fuel economy up to 5% are now available from Freight Wing

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Productsby StaffSeptember 21, 2012

Talbert Launches 50CC-PS Hybrid Trailer

Talbert has launched the 50CC-PS hybrid "paver special" trailer. Combining the benefits of a close-couple lowbed design with roller paver accessibility, the 50CC-PS offers a longer loading incline

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