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Business

Meritor announces alliance, new products

MeritorWABCO announced Feb. 16 it has established an alliance with Takata, and will market and distribute Takata’s vehicle sensor system in North America. The system includes the SafeTraK lane departure warning system, Driver Alertness Warning and vision-based Forward Collision Warning, as well as a web-based driver and vehicle reporting tool for the commercial vehicle market. […]

February 16, 2012

Business

Goodyear Highway Hero finalists named

John Crozman, Melville Farnell, John Neumeier and Mike Schiotis were named finalists.

February 16, 2012

Business

EPA investigating Navistar over engine dates

Company, facing millions of dollars in potential fines, says its “2010 transition was appropriate.”

February 16, 2012

Business

Volvo Truck safety contest opens

Fleets with at least five Class 8 trucks, one of them a Volvo, are eligible to enter the Volvo Trucks Safety Award contest through July 31 for two grand prizes of $25,000 each, the truck maker said. The two grand prizes will go to the fleets with the best records in two divisions based on […]

February 16, 2012

Business

Love’s opens Seguin, Texas, stop

A new travel stop has opened at Interstate 10, exit 604, in Seguin, Texas, Love’s Travel Stops announced. Drivers who make purchases at the truck stop will receive double points on store cards through March 16. The travel stop includes an Arby’s restaurant, 70 truck spaces, DEF dispensers at the diesel islands, CAT scales, five […]

February 16, 2012

Channel 19

Alert network for missing drivers formed

Any time a driver goes missing out on the road it’s a nightmare for back-office personnel, friends and, of course, the family back home. A recent case spawned a Facebook group dedicated to resolving disappearances more quickly through the crowd-sourcing that online social networks have made easy. The Missing Truck Driver Alert Network was […]

February 16, 2012

Business

Hornady buys new ProStar+ tractors

Forty new International ProStar+ tractors equipped with MaxxForce engines will be in service in March, Monroeville, Ala.-based Hornady Transportation LLC announced. The tractors’ engines get about 7 miles per gallon and the trucks have set-front back axles and automotive style controls. Cruise control, engine compression brakes, air horn and radio controls are located on the […]

February 15, 2012

Business

Truckers end walkout at Seattle port

The owner-operators were protesting low pay, overweight loads and condition of chassis they pull owned by freight companies.

February 15, 2012

Business

Trucking groups oppose future tolls

State trucking associations and national trucking groups wrote Senate to vote against tolling interstates.

February 15, 2012

Business

Group opposes rest area commercial services

Transportation bill amendment would allow services at rest areas along interstates.

February 15, 2012

Channel 19

Virtues of owner-operator status: Pet boarding problems avoided

Company drivers, be careful who you leave your dog with. Today’s “grizzly tale” comes by way of Jenni Reynolds-Kebler, one half of a Washington State-based team with Robert Kebler and past-featured photographer in Truckers News. The Keblers recently switched carriers, signing on as company drivers with a carrier that had a no-pet policy. Too bad […]

February 15, 2012

Business

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February 15, 2012