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Fleet Management•by Staff•August 31, 2012

Containerized Imports Up 9.7% in July

U.S. containerized imports surged 9.7% in July from a year earlier, to 1.56 million twenty-foot-equivalent units, on strong growth in auto parts and furniture, according to import-export data traker PIERS

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Drivers•by Staff•August 31, 2012

Infrastructure on the Campaign Trail

Last week brought some indications of the presidential candidates' thoughts on infrastructure, as the Republicans finalized their platform during their national convention in Tampa, Fla., and President Obama gave some hint of what we might we out of the Democratic platform with an interview in Time magazine.

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Equipment•by Staff•August 31, 2012

Utility Chile Dealership Now a Full-Service Location

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company announced that Utility Trailer Chile LTDA has become a full-service dealership

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Drivers•by Staff•August 31, 2012

Sapphire Energy's Commercial Demonstration Algae-to-Energy Facility Now Operational

Sapphire Energy announced that the first phase of its Green Crude Farm, which it says is the world's first commercial demonstration algae-to-energy facility, is now operational

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Drivers•by Staff•August 31, 2012

Navistar Gets to Pay Penalties for Emissions Noncompliance, EPA Rules

The Environmental Protection Agency will allow Navistar International to pay penalties on engines that do not meet clean air standards. The rule, which has not yet been published, sets a maximum penalty of about $3,800 per engine, the agency said last night

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Drivers•by Staff•August 30, 2012

Averitt Makes Changes to Broaden Hiring Pool

Averitt Express, Cookeville, Tenn., has dropped the minimum age for drivers and kicked off a student driver training program

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Aftermarket•by Staff•August 30, 2012

Navistar Financial Ups Dealer Inventory Funding

Navistar Financial Corp. signed agreements to renew and increase its largest dealer inventory funding facility to $750 million, effective immediately

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Drivers•by Staff•August 30, 2012

Ohio River Bridges Project Breaks Ground

Federal, state and local officials broke ground on the $3.2 million-first construction phase of the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges project, which will dramatically improve the Kennedy Interchange in downtown Louisville, Ky. The Bridges Project involves construction of new bridges across the Ohio River between downtown Louisville and Jeffersonville, Ind

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Aftermarket•by Staff•August 29, 2012

Trucker Buddy Ambassador Award Named for Darrell Hicks

The board of directors and ambassadors of Trucker Buddy International announced the organization's Ambassador of the Year award has been named posthumously for Darrell Hicks, the longtime Trucker Buddy board member, advisor and ambassador known as Uncle Darrel

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Drivers•by Staff•August 29, 2012

Gulf Oil Adds LNG-Powered Trucks, Plans to Offer Fuel to Customers

Gulf Oil has deployed 34 trucks that run on liquefied natural gas and says it soon will be supplying and distributing LNG to customers in the transportation sector and other interested bulk users

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