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Drivers•by Staff•December 11, 2012

Survey: Speed Reduction, Driver Training, Progressive Shifting Give Best Fuel Efficiency Payback

A survey of fuel efficiency initiatives found that the best payback came from cutting highway speed, training drivers and progressive shifting. Not surprisingly, these actions, along with recording engine data for greater driver feedback, also were the most commonly implemented among the carriers surveyed

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 11, 2012

Honeywell Buying Intermec

Honeywell International is buying Intermec, known in trucking for its handheld barcode readers, RFID products and rugged mobile devices, for approximately $600 million

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Fleet Management•by Staff•December 10, 2012

Retail Imports to Increase 3.9% in December Despite Port Strike

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to increase 3.9% in December despite a strike that closed the nation's largest port complex for the first few days of the month.

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Drivers•by Staff•December 10, 2012

Prices Fall at the Pump, Crude Hits One-month Low

Diesel and gasoline prices have once again seen a price decrease this past week. Gasoline prices fell 4.5 cents while the price of a gallon of diesel decreased 3.6 cents

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Equipment•by Deborah Lockridge•December 10, 2012

Obama Praises Detroit Investment as Daimler Announces American Production of Automated Transmission

President Barack Obama visited Detroit Diesel Corp. in Redford, Mich., to recognize Daimler Trucks North America's decision to invest $120 million in facilities to build the new Detroit DT12 automated manual transmission and the new Detroit DD15 proprietary asymmetric turbocharger in the United States

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Drivers•by Staff•December 10, 2012

Interstate Distributor Co. Green Lights Owner Operator Settlement Cycle

Interstate Distributor Co. announced that effective Dec. 1, they will now be accelerating the Owner Operator settlement cycle

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 10, 2012

Cummins Builds Two-Millionth Ram Diesel For Chrysler Group

Cummins Inc. has produced its 2-millionth diesel engine for Ram Trucks

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 10, 2012

Mack Supports Disaster Relief in New York City

Mack Trucks presented a $25,000 check to New York City Commissioner of Sanitation John J. Doherty to support relief efforts following Hurricane Sandy.

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Drivers•by Staff•December 10, 2012

President to Visit Detroit Diesel Plant

President Obama is scheduled to travel today to Redford Township, Mich., for an event on the economy at the Daimler Detroit Diesel plant

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Drivers•by Staff•December 7, 2012

FMCSA Orders Two Companies to Shut Down

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered LEX Express Inc. (DBA Lincolnland Express) of Champaign, Ill., and Ben Gordon Enterprises LLC (DBA Gordon's Tree Service) of Slidell, La., to immediately cease all transportation services

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