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Navistar International has appointed Jack Allen as executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. Allen, 55, has been president of the company's North America Truck and Parts business since June 2012.
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Truck drivers can now drive the entire length of U.S. Interstate 5 between Seattle and San Diego and parallel State Route 99 in California and get restful sleep without idling the truck engine, running down batteries or firing up an APU.
Read More →The parent company to YRC Freight and others, YRC Worldwide, announced it was ending a contract extension with the International Association of Machinists as of Monday. In a release, the company said it will continue to talk with the IAM, though it points out the lack of significant progress in the negotiations led to the lock-out.
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Another search warrant has been executed on the headquarters of the truckstop chain Pilot Flying J. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports it spoke with U.S. Attorney Bill Killian, who would only say it was served last night.
Read More →The Iowa-based truckload operation Heartland Express reports it saw a first quarter uptick in profits while revenue was mainly unchanged.
Read More →The latest numbers about the health of the U.S. economy are more upbeat than those that came out last week. Industrial production rose in March by 0.4% from the month before due to utilities using more energy and a surge in auto production and new homes starts in the country have hit an annual level not seen in nearly four years.
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The Supreme Court today will hear arguments in American Trucking Associations’ case against aspects of the Port of Los Angeles’ Clean Trucks Program. The oral argument will be the culminating moment in a case that has been working its way through the courts for more than four years.
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Dozens of agents from the IRS and FBI conducted a Monday raid on the Knoxville, Tenn., headquarters of the nation’s largest truckstop and travel plaza operator and one of the nation’s largest private companies, Pilot Flying J.
Read More →The average U.S. price of diesel shows no signs of stopping its recent series of declines, falling another 3.5 cents this week to $3.94.2 per gallon.
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Multi-speed transmissions were once reserved for heavy trucks, but 8-speed automatics are now available in automobiles and pickups, and soon there’ll be even more ratios.
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