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NewsSeptember 15, 2010

NADA/ATD Guide Says Used Truck Sales, Values Healthy

The market for Class 8 used on-highway trucks remains healthy going into the fall, according to a report from the American Truck Dealers association

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NewsSeptember 14, 2010

Clean Air Act Turns 40

The Environmental Protection Agency is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Clean Air Act, and clean diesel has been a part of that success, said Allen Schaeffer, the executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum, after attending anniversary activities in Washington, D.C

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NewsSeptember 14, 2010

TCA Working on Size/Weight Proposal, Other Initiatives

The Truckload Carriers Association is working on an alternative proposal for increased size and weight that would not require carriers to buy new equipment

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NewsSeptember 14, 2010

McLeod Celebrates 25th Anniversary at User Conference

As McLeod Software celebrates its 25th year this week at its annual User Conference in Birmingham, Ala., company officials say they are on track for their biggest year ever

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NewsSeptember 14, 2010

Survey: Truckers Rate Recovery in Full Swing; More Foreseen

The third quarter of the year appears to have been a good one for rate increases, according to Transport Capital Partners' Business Expectation Survey. The quarterly survey found that 63 percent of responding carriers experienced rate increases, with 7 percent reporting over 15 percent rate increases

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NewsSeptember 13, 2010

J.B. Hunt Supplying Carbon Offsets by Shifting Freight to Rail

J.B. Hunt Transport Services is part of a new partnership of corporations and environmentalists that announced a new initiative designed to reduce greenhouse gases and improve air and water quality in the Chesapeake Bay region

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NewsSeptember 13, 2010

Coalition for Transportation Productivity Expands

The Coalition for Transportation Productivity, a group of more than 160 shippers and allied associations dedicated to responsibly increasing federal weight limits on interstate highways, announced a merger with Americans for Safe and Efficient Transportation

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NewsSeptember 13, 2010

New Business Focused on Improving Brake Performance

Elite Brake Company is a new commercial vehicle brake component supplier developing a full product line of brake block, brake lining, medium-duty hydraulic brake disc pads, heavy-duty air brake disc pad

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NewsSeptember 13, 2010

Environmental Groups Call for 35% Improvement in Tractor-Trailer Fuel Efficiency

A coalition of nearly 20 environmental and science organizations sent a letter last week calling on President Obama to establish new vehicle pollution and fuel economy standards, including cutting fuel consumption from long-haul tractors pulling van trailers by 35 percent by model year 2017

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NewsSeptember 10, 2010

FleetPride Opens Syracuse Branch

FleetPride recently celebrated the grand opening of the expanded Syracuse, N.Y., branch

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