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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 10, 2012

Navistar Opens Midwest Parts Distribution Center

Navistar has opened a new Midwest Parts Distribution Center in Joliet, Ill

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Fleet Management•by Staff•July 10, 2012

Fleets Manage Costs as Freight Hauling Demand Grows

Transportation company chief financial officers across the U.S. are seeing more business opportunities despite rising costs and regulatory challenges, according to a recent survey by GE Capital.

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 10, 2012

Truck Tire Market Expected to Remain Strong

Almost all signs through the first and second quarters of 2012 point to a strong domestic truck tire market throughout the year. That is true for both the replacement and original equipment levels

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Drivers•by Staff•July 10, 2012

FMCSA Schedule for Crash Accountability Research Due This Month

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is edging closer to action on weighing carrier fault in the CSA safety enforcement database. This month, the agency should announce a research schedule for figuring out how to separate at-fault crashes from not-at-fault crashes when it looks at a carrier's safety performance

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Drivers•by Staff•July 10, 2012

Mesilla Valley Retrofits 4,000 Tractor-Trailers with TrailerTails

Mesilla Valley Transportation has completed the retrofit of its entire fleet of 4,000 tractor-trailers with fuel saving TrailerTail aerodynamic technology, manufactured by ATDynamics

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 9, 2012

What to Expect at the Walcott, Iowa, Truckers Jamboree

Truckers are gearing up for the 33rd Annual Walcott Truckers Jamboree, July 12-13, celebrating America's drivers. The two-day event, taking place at Iowa 80 Truckstop, I-80 Exit 284, Walcott, Iowa, will include an antique truck display, a Super Truck Beauty Contest, more than 175 exhibits, an Iowa pork chop cookout

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Drivers•by Staff•July 9, 2012

Diesel Prices Spike After Three Months of Decreases

Diesel prices are up this week after a three-month-long downward trend, but gasoline prices continue to decline. Oil prices rose on Monday due to concerns that a labor dispute in Norway could lead to a complete shutdown of the country's oil production

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 9, 2012

TMD Friction CEO Stepping Down

TMD Friction CEO and board member Derek Whitworth has decided to pursue new opportunities outside the automotive supply industry and will be leaving the group

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Equipment•by Staff•July 9, 2012

Frost & Sullivan: By 2018 One in Three Trucks to Feature Platform-Based Lineage

Global heavy-duty truck production from global truck platforms is forecast to reach approximately 612,000 units by 2018, which would nearly double global platform-based truck production levels from 2011, according to analysis by research firm Frost & Sullivan

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 9, 2012

ACT Research Adds Senior Staff Statistician

Dave Fluharty has joined ACT Research as senior staff statistician.

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