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NewsAugust 23, 2011

International Launches 'Turn-In-Three' Lease Program

Navistar's International Trucks launched the Turn-In-Three program, which offers customers a fixed monthly payment over six years, full warranty coverage and a new truck after three years into the program

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NewsAugust 23, 2011

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Falls 1.3% in July

CORRECTED -- The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index dropped 1.3% in July after rising a revised 2.6% in June 2011. June's increase was slightly less than the 2.8% ATA reported on July 26. The latest pullback put the SA index at 114 (2000=100) in July, down from the June level of 115.5

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NewsAugust 23, 2011

Truckstop Chains Upping Fitness Options

TravelCenters of America is expanding its StayFit program by adding new sites, and Flying J will be adding fitness centers through a partnership between Snap Fitness and Rolling Strong

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NewsAugust 22, 2011

Honeywell Completes Acquisition of EMS Technologies

Honeywell has completed its acquisition of EMS Technologies for approximately $491 million

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NewsAugust 22, 2011

Cascade Sierra Solutions to Manage New Clean Ports Programs

Cascade Sierra Solutions opened two new locations where they will help administer clean truck programs at the ports of Charleston, S.C. and Tacoma, Wash

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Articlesby Tom BergAugust 17, 2011

TMC's Type IV Fuel Economy Test Rewritten with Aftertreatment in Mind

How does the fuel-fed regeneration of diesel particulate filters affect overall fuel economy for heavy-duty trucks?

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NewsAugust 17, 2011

Wingfoot Opens Truck Care Center in Texas

Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems opened a new Wingfoot Truck Care Center location in Baytown, Texas

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NewsAugust 17, 2011

Freightliner Says Fuel Economy, Uptime Prime Directives for 2011 and Beyond

When Freightliner's Cascadia hit the street in EPA '07 trim with a Detroit Diesel Series 60 engine, it managed 6.3 mpg in the company's internal fuel economy testing program. By model year 2015, Freightliner says Cascadia will average 7.9 mpg under the same test conditions

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NewsAugust 16, 2011

Michelin, Ambest Team Up

Michelin Americas Truck Tires and Ambest signed a cooperative agreement where Ambest will feature Michelin truck tires and related products and offer tire and emergency road service at many of their locations

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NewsAugust 16, 2011

New Directors for Women in Trucking

The Women In Trucking association recently approved the addition of two new members of the Board of Directors

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