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Aftermarket•by Staff•January 9, 2009

Navistar Predicts Truck Sales Recovery

Navistar International's stock price rose last week, despite projecting lower-than-expected 2009 earnings, as company officials provided an optimistic forecast on North American truck sales and offered reassuring news about the company's cash and credit situation

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•January 9, 2009

Fleets to Vie for Volvo Trucks Safety Award

Volvo Trucks North America will award $25,000 each to two fleets with the best driving records in 2008 in its new Volvo Trucks Safety Award. The money is awarded to help fund additional safety activities at the winning fleets

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Aftermarket•by Staff•January 9, 2009

Daimler Trucks North America Cutting More than 2,300 Jobs

Daimler Trucks North America is laying off more than 2,300 employees at three Freightliner plants in North Carolina and at a plant in Portland, Ore

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Fleet Management•by Staff•January 9, 2009

Construction Companies Planning Layoffs This Year

An estimated two-thirds of the nation's non-residential construction companies are planning to cut their payrolls, according to new employment and business forecast figures released by the Associated General Contractors of America

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Aftermarket•by Staff•January 9, 2009

Mack Delivers Hybrid Refuse Truck to Air Force

Mack Trucks recently delivered the first diesel-electric hybrid refuse truck to the U.S. Air Force Advanced Power Technology Office

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Aftermarket•by Staff•January 9, 2009

Teamsters Agree to Concessions in Modified YRC Agreement

Teamster members who work at the freight companies of YRC Worldwide - Yellow, Roadway, Holland and New Penn - have agreed to modify the current labor agreements.

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Aftermarket•by Staff•January 8, 2009

Census Bureau: Trucking Revenues Rose in 2007

Truck transportation revenues saw a 3.2 percent increase from 2006, reaching $229 billion in 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 Service Annual Surve

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Aftermarket•by Staff•January 8, 2009

TCA To Host Webinar on Bankruptcies

The Truckload Carriers Association will host a "Protecting Carrier Interest in Shipper and Broker Bankruptcies" webinar on Jan. 22

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Aftermarket•by Staff•January 8, 2009

Kenworth Extends Rebate To OOIDA Members

Kenworth has extended through 2009 its rebate program with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association

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Aftermarket•by Staff•January 8, 2009

Air-Weigh Earns ISO Certification

Air-Weigh, Eugene, Ore., is now certified by the International Organization for Standardization

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