Ryder Head Expresses '07 Engine Concerns

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img src="/sites/default/files/images/articles/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Technology and Maintenance Council should be the lead clearinghouse for unbiased test data on cleaner-burning diesel engines entering the market now and in 2007, the head of one of the nation's largest trucking and logistics companies said last week.

"I would ask that TMC use its membership and its influence with [American Trucking Associations] and the regulators to ensure that we never have to experience the hysteria that preceded the Oct. 1 emissions regulations," said Gregory T. Swienton, chairman and president of Ryder System Inc.

Miami-based Ryder is field testing a few trucks with the new engines, but has not had them long enough to draw any conclusions, he said Oct. 15 after a speech at TMC's fall meeting here. The company typically gets involved in new product development and evaluation years ahead of production, Jim Salas, Ryder System engineering manager, told Transport Topics.

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