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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 27, 2010

Cummins' Earnings Land at 12.5 Percent of Sales

Cummins Inc. said it has reached its highest quarterly earnings as a percentage of sales in more than 25 years, with second quarter earnings before interest and taxes at $401 million, or 12.5 percent of sales

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 27, 2010

Daimler Posts 2Q Profit on Strong Growth

Daimler AG managed to turn a profit in the second quarter, posting earnings before interest and taxes of $2.7 billion, up from a loss of $1.3 billion the 2009 quarter

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 27, 2010

Fontaine Fifth Wheel Named Navistar Diamond Supplier

Fontaine Fifth Wheel has been recognized as a Navistar Diamond Supplier for 2009. This is the seventh straight year that Fontaine has earned the award

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 27, 2010

DOT Plans For Second Distracted Driving Summit

The second National Distracted Driving Summit is scheduled for Sept. 21, 2010, in Washington, D.C

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 27, 2010

Latest Truck Tonnage Reading Points to Slow Growth

In June, the American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 1.4 percent from May, an indication the economy's growth could be slowing

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Drivers•by Staff•July 27, 2010

UPS Sets New Fuel Efficiency Goal

UPS has set a new goal to improve the mpg performance of its U.S. package delivery fleet by 20 percent between 2000 and 2020

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 26, 2010

Some Good News, But Not All's Rosy, Managers Tell Fleet Expectations Survey

Fruits of the slow economic recovery are being reaped by large trucking companies, but smaller outfits are still struggling, said Lana Batts, principal partner of Transport Capital Partners, quoting results of her firm's sixth annual Survey of Carrier Expectations during last week's Truckload Carriers Association Refrigerated Division annual meeting

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 26, 2010

How's Business? Better, But Reefer Execs Cautious

Executives who run temperature-controlled fleets have "much to be optimistic about," said Corey England, chief operating officer of C.R. England Inc., in remarks to colleagues at the Truckload Carriers Association Refrigerated Division's annual meeting last week

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Drivers•by Staff•July 26, 2010

ATA Says New Freight Bill Would Short-Shrift Highways

The American Trucking Associations has announced its opposition to the FREIGHT Act of 2010, the new Senate legislation that would set a national freight transportation policy

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Drivers•by Staff•July 26, 2010

Diesel Prices Back Up After A Month of Declines; Oil Stays Put

Diesel rose 2 cents this week, breaking its month-long downward tren

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