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Aftermarket•by Staff•May 30, 2008

Norfolk Southern Going After Short-Haul Truck Movements in New York

Norfolk Southern Corp., Norfolk, Va., and 10 New York-based short line railroads have created a program to convert short-haul truck movements to rail

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Aftermarket•by Staff•May 30, 2008

Navistar Reports FY2007 Losses

Navistar International last week filed its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2007, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, bringing it current with its annual financial information

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Aftermarket•by Staff•May 30, 2008

APRA HD Brake Division to Meet in Charleston

The Automotive Parts Remanufacturing Association's 2008 Heavy Duty Brake Clinic will be held June 26-27 at The Holiday Inn Charleston Airport & Convention Center in Charleston, S.C

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Equipment•by Staff•May 30, 2008

Mercedes-Benz Truck Sets Fuel Mileage Record

A latest-generation Mercedes-Benz Actros cabover tractor and dry van combination recorded 12.10 mpg in a record-setting, seven-day, 7,900-mile run just completed at the Nardo motor-race circuit in southern Italy.

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Drivers•by Staff•May 30, 2008

Shell Launches Perdido Spar Hull

The hull of one of the world's deepest oil production facilities last week embarked on an 8,200-mile journey from the shipyard in Pori, Finland, to Ingleside, Texas

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•May 30, 2008

Toledo Company Offering Half-Price Safety Inspections

The Toledo, Ohio, area firm of Toledo Spring, Brake and Alignment Service will offer truck and bus inspections at half-price or $40 for all of June during Truck Safety Month

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Drivers•by Staff•May 29, 2008

Regulators Probing Oil Futures Trading

In response to the dramatic increases in the price of crude oil traded on the commodity market, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Thursday announced initiatives to increase transparency of the energy futures markets

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Fleet Management•by Staff•May 29, 2008

NAFTA Surface Trade Up Slightly From Last Year

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners, Canada and Mexico, was 1.5 percent higher in March 2008 than in March 2007, reaching $70.8 billion,

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Drivers•by Staff•May 29, 2008

Frozen Food Express Lowers Top Speed

Dallas-based Frozen Food Express Industries has reduced the maximum speed of its company-operated truck fleet from 65 to 62 mph in an effort to mitigate the impact of rising fuel costs

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Aftermarket•by Staff•May 28, 2008

Aftermarket Association Awards 115 Scholarships

The Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium Scholarship Committee announced the awarding of scholarships to 115 students pursuing automotive and heavy-duity aftermarket careers in 2008

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