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News•July 11, 2012

Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress Set for Oct. 2-3

SAE International's 2012 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress, " Total Vehicle Integration: Engineering the Next Vehicle Revolution," will be Oct. 2-3 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill

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News•July 11, 2012

Pilot Spending $49 Million to Upgrade Showers

Drivers using Pilot Travel Centers and Flying J Travel Plazas will benefit from a $49 million investment to remodel and upgrade more than 4,400 showers, with 75% of its network of showers to be rebuilt during the next 18 months

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News•July 11, 2012

T. Boone Pickens to be Keynote Speaker at ATA Natural Gas Summit

Energy executive T. Boone Pickens has confirmed his participation as a keynote speaker at American Trucking Associations' Natural Gas in Trucking Summit Nov. 28-30

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News•July 11, 2012

Old Dominion Opens Service Center Near Duluth, Minn.

Old Dominion Freight Line opened its newest service center in Superior Wis., near Duluth, Minn., to serve the Great Lakes shipping area in northern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin

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Articles•by Deborah Lockridge•July 10, 2012

Drivers, Fleets Seek Healthier Lifestyles

When Jeff Clark's company offered drivers the option of getting paid for unloading instead of hiring lumpers, he joined the Y to get his back in shape. He soon found it was more than his back that needed work

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News•July 10, 2012

EIA Lowers Price Forecasts for Diesel, Gasoline, Crude Oil

In its latest Short Term Energy Outlook, the U.S. Energy Information Administration lowered its forecasted prices for gasoline and diesel fuel as well as West Texas Intermediate crude oil. With crude oil prices falling over the last month, EIA expects that on-highway diesel fuel retail prices, which averaged $3.84 per gallon in 2011, will average $3.79 per gallon in 2012

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News•July 10, 2012

Wood Creek, Bowman, Milestone Acquire GE Trailers

A fleet of approximately 27,000 over-the-road trailers previously owned by GE's Trailer Fleet Services (formerly Transport International Pool) was acquired by Wood Creek Capital Management, Bowman Sales and Equipment and Milestone Trailer Leasing

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News•July 10, 2012

Mack Will Again Provide Pinnacle for Capitol Christmas Tree Project

Mack Trucks is providing a custom-decorated Mack Pinnacle model to deliver the 2012 Capitol Christmas Tree from Meeker, Colo., to the U.S. Capitol

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News•July 10, 2012

Technicolor Expands Third Party Logistics Services

Technicolor is expanding its third party logistics service offering and rebranding the organization as Technicolor Global Logistics.

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News•July 10, 2012

NACFE to Study 6x2s, Tire Pressure, Idle Reduction

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency is following up on its Fleet Fuel Benchmarking Study with three new research projects, on 6x2 tractor configurations, alternatives for maintaining correct tire pressure, and anti-idling products and strategies for sleeper tractors

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