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Seth Clevenger

Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

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Seth Clevenger is managing editor of features at Transport Topics. He plans, writes and edits news features for Transport Topics’ weekly newspaper, supplemental publications and TTNews.com. 

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Despite Cost Disputes, Panama Canal Expansion to Move Forward, Authorities Say

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ATLANTA — The Panama Canal expansion is expected to move forward on schedule despite an ongoing dispute with contractors over the project’s cost, an administrator for the Panama Canal Authority told an audience of transportation executives here last week.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
January 22, 2014
Business, Equipment

Cummins ‘Pauses’ Development of 15L Nat-Gas Engine

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Engine maker Cummins Inc. confirmed that it has “paused” the development of its planned 15-liter natural-gas engine due to “market timing uncertainty.”

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
January 15, 2014
Business, Equipment

Class 8 Orders Surge 50% in December

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The Class 8 truck industry ended 2013 on a high note with about 31,800 new orders in December, a 50% jump from the same month a year earlier, ACT Research reported.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
January 6, 2014
Business

J.J. Keller Names New CEO

Transportation safety and compliance firm J. J. Keller & Associates Inc. announced that Marne Keller-Krikava will succeed her uncle, James Keller, as the company’s president and CEO on Jan. 1.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
December 20, 2013
Business

Paccar to Name Armstrong CEO; Pigott Remains Chairman

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Truck and engine maker Paccar Inc. announced that company President Ronald Armstrong will succeed Mark Pigott as CEO on April 27.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
December 16, 2013
Business

Paccar Declares Extra Dividend

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Truck and engine maker Paccar Inc. on Dec. 10 declared an extra cash dividend of 90 cents per share in addition to its regular quarterly dividend of 20 cents a share.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
December 10, 2013
Business, Technology

Safety Technology Could Transform Trucking, Tech Leaders Say

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IRVING, Texas — New developments in active safety technology have the potential to dramatically transform the trucking industry, perhaps even culminating someday in driverless trucks, technology leaders told fleet executives here at a meeting organized by American Trucking Associations.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
December 5, 2013
Business

Used-Truck Prices Rise as More-Recent Models Reach Market

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Used-truck prices have escalated in recent months as more late-model, low-mileage equipment has reached the used market, analysts said.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
December 3, 2013
Business, Technology

Vista Wraps Omnitracs Purchase, Plans to Buy Roadnet

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Vista Equity Partners said it has completed its acquisition of onboard communications business Omnitracs Inc. and  announced an agreement to purchase Roadnet Technologies Inc., a provider of fleet management software.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
November 26, 2013
Business

Class 8 Fleet Grows to 4-Year High

The total U.S. Class 8 truck fleet expanded to 3.63 million vehicles at the end of the third quarter, the highest level in four years and up 3% from the same period a year earlier, according to registration data from R.L. Polk & Co.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
November 25, 2013
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