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Business
Daimler to rebrand Detroit Diesel
Detroit Diesel will be known as the new Detroit brand of powertrain products.
October 17, 2011
Business
Volvo backs America’s Road Team
The Volvo VN 780 donated in January will continue to be used for the American Trucking Associations’ America’s Road Team highway safety campaign, the truck maker announced. The tractor features Volvo Enhanced Stability Technology by Bendix and Volvo Enhanced Cruise. The rig is also equipped with the truck maker’s I-Shift automated manual transmission. The campaign’s […]
October 17, 2011
Business
Mack sponsors safety campaign
Mack Trucks, Inc., donated a new Mack Pinnacle axle-back tractor to safety outreach program Share the Road. The SmartWay-certified tractor is equipped with a Mac mDrive automated manual transmission and a 13-liter 505-hp Mack MP8 engine featuring the truck maker’s ClearTech selected catalytic reduction technology and 1760 lb. ft. torque. It also has the Mack […]
October 17, 2011
Channel 19
Owner-operator wins Kronos side skirts at social media meeting
That’s Memphis-based independent Steve Nelson, hauling van freight as Worldwide Transport, doing his best over-the-shoulder with a certificate for a brand-new set of Kronos Energy Solutions side skirts to improve his overall fuel-efficiency. “I will be down there tomorrow,” he said of plans to make good on the prize, won as part of a drawing for […]
October 15, 2011
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FMCSA launches cross-border program
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration granted authority to one carrier and Mexico said it will remove tariffs against U.S. products.
October 14, 2011
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Overdrive Extra
Retail’s rebound bodes well for holidays
The economy’s still sputtering, but it looks like there will be lots of freight through the holidays. At least consumer goods and other cargo related to retail sales are doing well, based on recent reports.
October 14, 2011
Channel 19
Foiling the truck-hackers, winning the triathlon
What’s next, “Truckhacking?” If this doesn’t lend new urgency to the technical standards FMCSA’s mulling for EOBRs, I don’t know what does. Craig Trudell reported yesterday in Bloomberg BusinessWeek on a team of “carhacking” researchers out of the University of California San Diego and the University of Washington, who found during a study that they […]
October 14, 2011
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Business
Tonight! Chat live with Robb Mariani
“American Trucker” host Robb Mariani will be available for a live video chat as part of the Truckers News Celebrity Series.
October 14, 2011
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Business
Ailing driver gets emergency help
An IdleAir employee helped resuscitate a trucker with CPR after he collapsed at a Jackson, Ga., truck stop, IdleAir spokesman Jeffrey Maurer said. While two other drivers assisted the trucker, the employee, identified only as Amanda, administered CPR until paramedics arrived. The driver was transported to a hospital soon after that and was later reported […]
October 14, 2011
Business
FMCSA considers CDLs for hearing impaired
The National Association of the Deaf submitted applications on behalf of 21 drivers seeking exemptions.
October 14, 2011
Business
LaHood won’t return for second term
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he would not continue in that post if President Obama is re-elected for a second term.
October 14, 2011
Business
CVSA to conduct inspections
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will conduct roadside inspections Oct. 16-22 as part of its Operation Safe Driver campaign to increase traffic safety awareness, seat belt enforcement and driver regulatory compliance. The inspections will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico as part of the program’s original mission with its 2007 start to […]
October 14, 2011
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