As we report in the June 2011 issue of Heavy Duty Trucking, there are a large number of suppliers of idle-reduction systems. We have listed as many as we are aware of for your convenience.
Read More →The U.S. Energy Information Administration announced the first results of its Energy and Financial Markets Initiative, an effort launched in September to better understand what drives energy price
Read More →Rand McNally has selected Navteq Transport to power its new truck navigation device, IntelliRoute TND 500
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The sharp cyclic slump in the economy and truck sales around the globe is unprecedented, but Martin Daum, the new top executive at Daimler Trucks North America, says manufacturers should be prepared for cycles. ""If you freeze to death in the winter because you are in shorts, is it the problem of the winter, or is it because of you?" he asked in an interview during the American Trucking Associations' annual meeting in Last Vega
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Volvo Trucks North America awarded Food City and Bison Transport its Volvo Trucks Safety Award Tuesday during the American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas
Read More →PeopleNet has announced that its PerformX engine monitoring system is fully compatible with Hino engines in medium-duty trucks, model years 2008-2010
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There is at least one growth business in transportation these days - the companies that manufacture and distribute diesel exhaust fluid are gearing for uphill as the deadline nears for the Environmental Protection Agency's new emission standard. Starting next year, most new trucks will need DEF to comply with the standard, and at the recent OPIS Fleet Fueling Conference in Atlanta suppliers were showing their products and explaining what carriers and truckstops need to know
Read More →Alanco Technologies' StarTrak Systems subsidiary has made a deal with FFE Transportation Services, a refrigerated carrier, to deploy its ReeferTrak reefer monitoring and management service
Read More →SmartWay Transport announced the 37 winners of the 2009 SmartWay Excellence Awards at the American Trucking Associations Management Conference in Las Vegas Tuesday
Read More →The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will not be affected by the recession-related cuts to surface transportation programs under the one-month Continuing Resolutio
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