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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 1, 2011

Fuso Shows Electric, Hybrid Trucks That Might Come to the States

The Tokyo Motor Show was the venue for introduction of a pair of hybrid-drive systems and a full-electric vehicle by Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. While there are no plans to sell the trucks in the U.S., the systems or some of their components might someday appear in Freightliner and Western Star vehicles from Daimler Trucks North America, Mitsubishi Fuso's sister company in the states

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Drivers•by Staff•December 1, 2011

CVSA Wraps Up Montreal Cargo Securement Forum

CVSA's semi-annual North American Cargo Securement Harmonization Public Forum was held in Montreal, Que. this week. About 75 people attended from various branches of the enforcement and regulatory community, carriers, equipment makers and suppliers

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Drivers•by Staff•December 1, 2011

YRC Board of Directors Approves Reverse Stock Split

YRC Worldwide Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders Nov. 30, in Overland Park, Kan., where the company's board of directors to effect a reverse stock split of YRC Worldwide's common stock

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 1, 2011

100,000 DD Engines and Counting

Detroit Diesel marked the production of the 100,000th engine to come off the DD Platform assembly line at its Redford, Mich., manufacturing facility

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Drivers•by Staff•November 30, 2011

Hearing Raises Political Profile of Hours Rule

A new piece of information emerged from yesterday's hearing on the pending hours of service rule. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration chief Anne Ferro said that preliminary estimates show a possible uptick in truck-related fatalities, from 3,360 in 2009 to "approaching 4,000" in 2010

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Fleet Management•by Staff•November 30, 2011

NAFTA Surface Trade Continues Year-to-Year Gains

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American neighbors, Canada and Mexico, was 13.8 percent higher in September 2011 than in September 2010, totaling $77.7 billion.

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 30, 2011

Recalculating ... J.D. Powers Reports High Incidence of Customer Dissatisfaction with Vehicle Navigation Systems

Vehicle owners are experiencing a high number of problems with factory-installed navigation systems, primarily with routing quality and system usability

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 30, 2011

Hino, Allison Sign Long-Term Exclusivity Agreement

Hino Trucks and Allison Transmission, Inc. have signed a multi-year agreement making Allison the preferred and exclusive transmission for all current and future Hino conventional trucks in the United States

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Drivers•by Staff•November 29, 2011

Con-way Multimodal Opens Texas Office

Con-way Multimodal is opening a new branch office in Frisco, Texas, a growing suburb of Dallas

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Fleet Management•by Staff•November 29, 2011

Occupy Movement Targets West Coast Ports

The Occupy movement says it will sponsor demonstrations at several coastal port facilities, with the intention being to shut down all of the major gateways

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