The average price for diesel fuel at pumps across the country leapt 8 cents this week, putting the brakes on a five-week slide. Meanwhile, fears of a slowdown in the global economy and renewed uncertainty over European debt drove oil prices 42 cents lower on Monday
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Dan England, chairman of C.R. England Inc., Salt Lake City, has been chosen to become the American Trucking Associations' 67th chairman
Read More →Mack Trucks, Inc. will once again sponsor the Share the Road highway safety outreach program in 2012, while Volvo will continue its sponsorship of America's Road Team
Read More →Safety-centric company cultures and outstanding performance records earned Roehl Transport and Stagecoach Cartage and Distribution the 2011 Volvo Trucks Safety Award
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While the road for trucking ahead is "long and inviting," the American Trucking Associations needs more buy-in from the trucking industry to help it improve its chances of winning the legislative and regulatory battles it's fighting, ATA President Bill Graves told members during the opening session of the group's annual Management Conference and Exhibition in Dallas yesterday
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A panel of economic experts said while economic growth will still be too slow to make a dent in unemployment numbers, they don't see the United States sliding into a double-dip recession - and trucking can outperform the macro economy, especially if manufacturing continues to grow as it has been
Read More →Meritor Wabco Vehicle Control Systems and Takata Corp.'s U.S. subsidiary, TK Holdings, Inc., have signed a letter of intent to establish a strategic alliance in which the companies will work together to develop new active safety systems products for North American commercial vehicles
Read More →Dunbar Armored has taken delivery of the first-ever hybrid-electric armored truck -- a Freightliner Business Class M2 106 Hybrid. The company's new hybrid truck will see service in California.
Read More →Love's Truck Tire Care will now offer industry-leading service to trucking fleets as part of the Michelin Commercial Service Network. Love's is also offering select Michelin Retread Technologies tread designs at its more than 100 U.S. tire care centers this month
Read More →Wallstreeters are wondering if billionaire investor, Carl Icahn, has set his sights on an amalgamation between Navistar and Oshkosh. Icahn, has a history of buying positions in companies he considers to be underperforming and then pushing for change
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