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NewsNovember 9, 2009

Haldex Upgrades South Carolina Friction Center

During the fourth quarter, Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems will be moving into a new friction center in Columbia, S.C., which includes new equipment as well as an increase in manufacturing space

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NewsNovember 9, 2009

FedEx Express to Add 51 Hybrids From Azure Dynamics

FedEx Express has plans to buy 51 additional gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles from Azure Dynamics Corporation, rounding out its total fleet of hybrid electric and electric vehicles to 325 after the new step-vans are delivere

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NewsNovember 9, 2009

Florida Waste Hauler Deploys 10 CNG Refuse Trucks

Choice Environmental Services, a private waste hauler in south Florida, has deployed a new fleet of 10 compressed natural gas refuse trucks, which are expected to cut emissions by 25 percent compared to diesel-fueled trucks

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NewsNovember 9, 2009

TACOM Taps Navistar Defense For More MTVs, Engineering Support

The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) has tapped Navistar Defense to produce 1,928 additional medium tactical vehicles worth $348 millio

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NewsNovember 9, 2009

TravelCenters Incurs Third Quarter Loss

TravelCenters of America said it lost $12.2 million in the third quarter on continued difficult economic conditions as well as declines in fuel sales volume

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NewsNovember 6, 2009

Council Starts Dialogue Between OEMs, End Users On Fuel-Saving Technology

At the inaugural meeting of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency last week, the Rocky Mountain Institute's Move team spurred a dialogue between users of "efficiency technologies" and the makers of these fuel-saving products. While the two industry groups don't always understand each other, they certainly agreed on the same thing at the council meeting: There is no source of fair, independent and neutral information on these technologies

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NewsNovember 6, 2009

Truck Repossessions Down in Third Quarter

Repossessions and liquidations of trucking equipment has started to fall off in the third quarter, with Nassau Asset Management's NasTrac Quarterly Index down

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NewsNovember 6, 2009

SSA Panelist Stresses Importance of Building a Web Site

Building a company web site is becoming increasingly important for distributors and shops to get visibility in the marketplac

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NewsNovember 5, 2009

Trucking Industry Celebrated Drivers Across the Country This Week

Trucking companies and industry associations across the country have been honoring truck drivers for their hard work and celebrating their role this wee

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NewsNovember 5, 2009

SSA Session Points to Role of People, Technology

During a presentation at the annual convention of the Service Specialists Association in Washington, D.C., Bill Wade of Wade&Partners stressed the importance of people in affecting change in the next three years as well as the role of technolog

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