President Obama today announced first-of-their-kind fuel efficiency standards for trucks, buses, and other heavy-duty vehicles, saying the new rules will save American businesses who operate and own these commercial vehicles approximately $50 billion in fuel costs over the life of the program
If the situation weren't serious enough already, the international credit rating agency, Standard & Poors, warns that further bickering and infighting could result in further rating downgrades. Meanwhile, oil prices on Asian markets fell below $84 in Singapore at midday -- more than three dollars lower than Friday's New York close.
HDA Truck Pride announces the addition of Performance Truck and Trailer, LLC of Ontario Calif. to the HDA Truck Pride family
Suite includes Premium Trainings in the areas of: Human Resources, Professional Development and Environmental Health and Safety, among other topics. Compli, a provider of HR and compliance management solutions for the trucking industry, has expanded its list of premium trainings within the Compli platform
The list of speakers is already impressive, and it continues to grow for the 2011 "Where Freight Matters" conference, hosted by FTR Associates Sept. 13-15 in Indianapolis, Ind.
Officials in the province of Ontario say they will investigate to determine if Navistar breached any funding agreements with the province following the announcement that it would close the Chatham, Ont., assembly plant
Caterpillar is not recalling 590,000 on-highway and off-road diesel engines, as reported previously. In fact, the number of engines actually recalled is just 925. The company will, however, pay a $2.55 million penalty to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations for shipping some 590,000 engines without the correct emissions controls
According to the Q3 2011 Fleet Sentiment Report, conducted by CK Commercial Vehicle Research, 40% of responding fleets say they are already feeling the impact of the shortage of qualified drivers
In a report issued in late July, the Office of Inspector General found that public-private partnerships have several financial disadvantages when compared to traditional public sector financing, but certain private sector efficiencies can meaningfully offset PPPs' cost disadvantages
Penske Truck Rental has introduced a new mobile website at that enables consumers to make truck rental reservations from virtually any smartphone
APRA President, Bill Gager, is calling on the Indian Government to accept trade in remanufactured products on an equal basis with new manufactured products
Preliminary data just released by FTR Associates shows July Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEM's at 18,532, the lowest monthly total since September of 2010
Horton, Inc. is expanding its Britton, S.D., facility by 20,000 square feet in order to the expansion of the company's growing QuickShip regional warehouse program
Performance Kenworth has opened a new parts and service location in Rosenberg offering truck fleets and operators easy access from U.S. 59
American LaFrance, an old-line maker of fire apparatus, has formed a Commercial Truck Division to spur growth of its Condor heavy low-cab-forward series and develop new products
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