Truck Writers Give Nod To Detroit Diesel As Winner Of Technical Achievement Award preview image Transportation Truck Writers Give Nod To Detroit Diesel As Winner Of Technical Achievement Award April 1, 2009 ORLANDO, Fla. - Detroit Diesel's use of turbo compounding on its DD15 engine has earned it the 2008 Truck Writers of North America (TWNA) Technical Achievement Award.
Transportation End Of The Trail For Trailer Maker? April 1, 2009 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Truck News has learned that Trailmobile's Canadian headquarters is up for sale.
New Aero Package Offers Double-Digit Fuel Economy Gains: Peterbilt preview image Transportation New Aero Package Offers Double-Digit Fuel Economy Gains: Peterbilt April 1, 2009 DENTON, Texas - Peterbilt has introduced a new aero package it says can improve the fuel efficiency of its Models 386 and 384 by up to 12%.
Transportation New Products (April 01, 2009) April 1, 2009 Components ArvinMeritor has unveiled a line of remanufactured brake shoes with a coating designed to prevent rust jacking – a process that occurs when rust forms on the bare…
Transportation Speed Limiter Protest Fizzles As Age Battle Ramps Up April 1, 2009 As far as protests go, it wasn't exactly the Million Man March. Despite expectations of some 200 or more trucks forming peaceful convoys from starting points in Cambridge and Bowmanville and convergin...
Intermodal Loses US Market Share In Fourth Quarter preview image Transportation Intermodal Loses US Market Share In Fourth Quarter April 1, 2009 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Intermodal shipments lost ground in the US during the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a report by transportation analysts FTR Associates.
Transportation Volvo Announces SCR Pricing April 1, 2009 GREENSBORO, N. C. - For the first time an official price has been attached to EPA2010-compliant trucks with selective catalytic reduction (SCR).Volvo Trucks North America has announced it will be addi...
Detroit Diesel Unveils SCR Equipment, Projects Improved Fuel Economy preview image Transportation Detroit Diesel Unveils SCR Equipment, Projects Improved Fuel Economy April 1, 2009 ORLANDO, Fla. - Detroit Diesel has unveiled equipment that will leverage Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) to meet the next round of exhaust emission standards -complete with a claim that it will improve fue...
Suffering From Shin Splints? preview image Transportation Suffering From Shin Splints? April 1, 2009 Have you ever jumped down from your cab and felt a sudden pain along your shinbone? Repeatedly landing on hard pavement may lead to shin splints.
Transportation B. C. Truckers Give Provincial Budget A Green Light April 1, 2009 LANGLEY, B. C. - The 2009-2010 provincial budget has received the support of the B. C. Trucking Association (BCTA).
Transportation Port Peace In B. C.? April 1, 2009 VANCOUVER, B. C. - Labour peace has been achieved between the B. C. Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 514, after a tentative agree...
Transportation Port Peace On The West Coast? April 1, 2009 VANCOUVER, B. C. - Labour peace has been achieved between the B. C. Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 514, after a tentative agree...
Transportation US Tonnage Spikes In January; Down 10.8% Year-Over-Year April 1, 2009 ARLINGTON, Va. - US truck tonnage spiked 3% in January, but the American Trucking Associations' (ATA) year-over-year index was still down 10.8% compared to January 07.
Transportation Training The Dispatcher April 1, 2009 HALIFAX, N. S. - Last year's first-ever dispatcher training course in Nova Scotia was a huge success, according to Garnet Rafuse, a career trucker with David Brown Transport in Cambridge, in the Annap...
