Saddle Creek, a nationwide third-party logistics provider, is buying alternative fuel vehicles for its for-hire fleet as part of a commitment to sustainability, the company said. It has agreed to purchase 40 Freightliner natural gas trucks and plans to add 40 more in early 2012
Read More →The Chinese Ministry of Commerce, or MOFCOM, has approved the Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive joint venture between Daimler Trucks and Foton Motor, the companies said
Read More →The turnover rate for over-the-road truck drivers rose to 79% in the second quarter, according to American Trucking Associations' latest Trucking Activity Report
Read More →A new report finds that even with the development of alternative fuels, diesel is still a major driving factor in the U.S. economy and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future
Read More →The U.S. Department of Agriculture will make payments to more than 160 energy producers in 41 states to support the production and expansion of advanced biofuels such as biodiesel
Read More →Vipar Heavy Duty announced that All Truck and Trailers Parts is the newest stockholder to join the Vipar Heavy Duty network of distributors
Read More →Inland Truck Parts will open a new location in Evansville, Wyo., Oct. 17, providing truck parts and remanufacturing services
Read More →Accuride Corp. has sold its subsidiary Fabco Automotive Corp. to Fabco Holdings, a new company formed and capitalized by Wynnchurch Capital in partnership with Stone River Capital Partners
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The vocational truck segment has another premium vehicle for buyers to consider, something declared by Caterpillar executives in their briefings and preliminarily verified by short stints behind the wheels of several CT660 demonstrators shown to the trade press this week
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Rep. John Mica, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, warned President Obama that he will challenge any changes to the current hours of service rules. "We will aggressively oversee any attempt by the U.S. Department of Transportation to impose new regulatory burdens on the trucking industry by making changes to the current hours of service rules," Mica and three fellow Republicans wrote in a Sept. 23 letter to the president
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