Love’s to Buy 50 Freightliner Trucks With CNG Engines
Love’s Travel Stops is buying 50 new Freightliner Cascadia trucks with compressed natural gas engines for its fleet of fuel haulers, Freightliner said Monday.
March 11, 2013Best Carrier TMS Software in 2024: How to Choose
Transitioning from basic load board tools or spreadsheets to an advanced, integrated Transportation Management System (TMS) is a critical step for mid-sized truckload carriers aiming to scale effectively and sustain long-term competitiveness.
XRS Corp. Appoints Reidy President, COO
XRS Corp. said Monday it has appointed Brendan Reidy its president and chief operating officer, effective immediately.
March 11, 2013Cummins, Eaton Unveil Heavy-Duty Powertrain Package
Engine maker Cummins Inc. and component manufacturer Eaton Corp. unveiled a new powertrain package for the North American heavy-duty truck market that they said will boost fuel economy by 3% to 6%.
March 11, 2013Volvo Expands Remote Diagnostics Service
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Volvo Trucks said it has expanded its remote diagnostics tool as a standard feature on its entire North American product line.
March 11, 2013ATD Names Kenworth T680 Class 8 Truck of Year
Louisville, Ky. - The American Truck Dealers named Kenworth Truck Co.’s T680 the winner of its Class 8 truck of the year Sunday at ATD’s annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
March 11, 2013Gasoline Drops 5.6¢ to $3.74, Lundberg Reports
Gasoline’s average pump price fell 5.6 cents in the past two weeks to $3.74 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg survey of filling stations released Sunday. Diesel fell 4 cents to $4.13.
March 11, 2013Ryder Leases 23 Nat Gas Tractors to La. Company
Ryder System said Eagle Distributing in Louisiana signed a deal to lease 23 compressed natural gas tractors.
March 11, 2013Opinion: Three Areas Where Fleets Could Fail
Interestingly, regardless of company size or type of operation, trucking companies share common failure points — activities or programs they lack that have a negative effect on profitability.
March 11, 2013Editorial: The Shrinking Driver Pool
The word out of the Truckload Carriers Association annual meeting last week is that freight capacity is already beginning to look pinched, even as the number of people applying for driver jobs is falling sharply.
March 11, 2013February Truck Orders Up 4.2%
Fleets ordered 23,300 Class 8 trucks in North America during February, 4.2% more than they had a year earlier, ending a string of 13 straight year-over-year declines, according to ACT Research.
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