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NewsJuly 29, 2009

Daimler Reports Second Quarter Loss

Daimler AG has reported a second quarter net loss of $1.51 billion, hurt by low sales and worldwide market weaknes

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NewsJuly 29, 2009

Kenworth Renton Plant Wins Recycling Award

Kenworth Truck Company's manufacturing plant in Renton, Wash., has been honored with the 2009 Best Workplace for Recycling and Waste Reduction Award from King County's Solid Waste Division

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NewsJuly 29, 2009

J.B. Hunt, SunEco Testing Algae-based Biodiesel

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has signed a cooperative agreement with SunEco Energy, which could lead to the company using biodiesel made from natural algae oil developed by SunEco

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NewsJuly 28, 2009

ArvinMeritor Says Drum Brakes Meet New Stopping Rule

ArvinMeritor says its line of Meritor Q Plus drum brakes will meet the new U.S. government mandate for shortened truck stopping distance requirements

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NewsJuly 28, 2009

Navistar Announces 2010 Emissions Pricing on International Trucks

Navistar announced 2010-compliant MaxxForce Advanced EGR engine technology will increase International truck prices $6,000-$8,000, depending on engine model

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NewsJuly 28, 2009

Paccar Earnings Take a Dive

Paccar's second quarter earnings plummeted 91.5 percent to $26.5 million, or 7 cents a share, down from $313.5 million, or 86 cents a share, for the year-ago quarter

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NewsJuly 28, 2009

Ontario Trucking Association Urges Government to Catch Up With Greening of Industry

Despite recent findings that Ontario trucking companies are gung ho about going green, regulations and financial barriers are preventing companies from taking the necessary steps to help the environmen

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NewsJuly 27, 2009

ACS Extends Contract with Ambest Another Five Years

Affiliated Computer Services has expanded its contract with America's Best Truckstops (Ambest) for another five years to place its TripPak Truck Stop Scanning services and TripPak Expresso drop boxes at all Ambest locations

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NewsJuly 27, 2009

Heintschel Tire to Offer Goodyear UniCircle Retreading

Texas-based Heintschel Tire & Service will use Goodyear's UniCircle retreading process for its commercial truck tire retreading operation

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NewsJuly 24, 2009

Panelists Offer Tips for Staying on Top in the 3PL Biz

During a recent panel discussion hosted by Stifel Nicolaus, truck brokers chatted about trends in the 3PL industry and shared their secrets to staying afloat amid a weak freight market. Despite the fact that overcapacity is rampant in all sectors, non-asset-based brokers have kept their heads above water, experiencing margin expansion in some cases

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