Asbury Automotive Group, one of the largest automotive retail and service companies in the U.S., has fully exited the heavy truck business with the sale of its truck franchises
Read More →Earlier this week, the National Council on Weights and Measures reported that as fuel prices at the pump rise, so do the number of complaints received by state weights and measures officials. Interestingly, the phenomenon seems to be limited to gasoline consumers - truckers are unaffected
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Terra Environmental Technologies commissioned TerraCair Ultrapure diesel exhaust fluid production at the Woodward, Okla., nitrogen complex
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The Truckload Carriers Association has adopted a new policy in favor of electronic logging and will support the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's proposed near-universal mandate for electronic onboard recorders (EOBRs) to track driver hours of service. "In essence, the statement is basically that we support the mandatory use of electronic logging devices," said TCA President Chris Burruss
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The price of diesel fuel rose for the 15th week in a row to an average of $3.908 nationwide, according to the Department of Energy, but at a less-steep rate than the double-digit gains of the past two weeks -- 3.8 cents higher than last week and 98.4 cents higher than a year ago
Read More →Berkshire Hathaway announced it's buying Lubrizol, which among other things makes additives for fuel and oil, for about $9.7 billion -- $135 per share in an all-cash transaction, one of the largest acquisitions in Berkshire Hathaway history
Read More →The New York State Thruway Authority is implementing a new pavement striping program. The new pavement marking system, known as Recess Triple Drop, is more visible and durable in all lighting and weather conditions
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A group of carriers that has been pushing mandatory electronic onboard recorders is crying foul when it comes to the Department of Transportation's plan to fund the devices on Mexican trucks that will be operating in the U.S. under long-delayed aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement
Read More →State lawmakers in Connecticut are scheduled to hear testimony today on a bill that addresses the issue of corrosive de-icers being used on state highways
Read More →The Pete Store has opened a full-service Peterbilt truck dealership in Springfield, Va
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