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Eaton is signing up independent service partners to begin installing retrofit versions of its Hydraulic Launch Assist, or HLA, hybrid power system for refuse trucks later this year. View the full article -
December availability of spot market freight saw a 103 percent year-over-year boost, rising to twice the level achieved in December 2008. View the full article
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Despite the fact that December had the highest monthly total of trailer shipments for 2009, shipments for the full year were down 44 percent from 2008 View the full article
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The average U.S. drivers stays within the speed limit range on most urban and rural interstate highways, according to data collected using TomTom's map business unit Tele Atlas. View the full article
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During a one-day enforcement event of truck size and weight laws on Jan. 14, Oregon Department of Transportation's Motor Carrier Transportation Division and Portland Police Bureau weighed more than 200 trucks. View the full article
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There have been so many discussions on oil and fuel prices these last few weeks, especially with prices soaring up to $84 in early January to taking a dramatic hit back down to $80 only three days later. View the full article
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'Aftermarket companies will be the primary drivers of many all-new product and service opportunities for both the consumer and commercial-vehicle industries," predicted the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association in a detailed report published late last year. View the full article
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Every truck manufactured with a 2007 and later diesel engine is equipped with a diesel particulate filter. Many bus fleets started using them in 2005. There are something like 2 million DPFs, as they're called, in North America already. View the full article
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What do your customers value? A survey of HDAW attendees said availability/delivery of a product was the top thing, followed by the product knowledge of your sales staff, and third by customer service/ease of doing business. View the full article
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The California Air Resources Board has began enforcing its Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM) in-use performance standards earlier this month, contrary to rumors that the measure is on hold. View the full article
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YRC Worldwide will hold a special stockholders meeting on Feb. 17 to solidify details of its $470 million debt-for-equity swap, which was approved Dec. 31 View the full article
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The Transportation Intermediaries Association is trying to negotiate a deal that would boost the bond required of brokers from $10,000 to $100,000 while strengthening regulation of the licensing system View the full article
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Virginia plans to reopen the 19 rest stops and welcome centers that the state had to close this summer due to budget cuts. View the full article
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Although the Arizona Department of Transportation temporarily shuttered 13 highway rest stops a few months ago, the state is planning on setting up shelters where truck drivers can pull over in the extreme weather View the full article
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Portland, Ore.-based TEC Equipment has completed its mission to get a team of seven doctors, nurses and health professionals from Medical Teams International to Haiti. View the full article
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It's easy to get excited by all the possibilities technology offers us today. It's also easy to be intimidated and concerned about the challenges increasing technology in trucks poses to the independent distributor and service provider. View the full article
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Trucks serving the Port of Oakland were hit by delays Tuesday amid the new ban on old trucks. View the full article
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Navistar International Corp. is making money, even in the toughest truck market in 50 years, and intends to make more by winning additional market share and introducing new products here and overseas View the full article
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U.S. roads were safer in 2008, with a drop in truck-involved fatalities by 12.3 percent, the largest year-to-year fall ever. View the full article
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When TEC Equipment's President and CEO Dave Thompson lands the company's corporate jet in Haiti Thursday morning, he'll have two hours to find an orphan girl that a Portland, Ore., couple had adopted just days before the devastating earthquake hit View the full article
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The Teamsters union has kicked a campaign against Fiat/Chrysler into full gear, demonstrating at numerous events during the North American International Auto Show recently and at Automotive News World Congress. View the full article
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UPS has tapped 245 new delivery trucks powered by compressed natural gas, which will be used in cities in Colorado and California. View the full article
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The American Transportation Research Institute has released an updated version of its listing of state and local idling regulations, which can be accessed as a cab card or on the web. View the full article
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The North Eastern Strategic Alliance, an economic development organization covering South Carolina's northeast region, recently met with state representatives in Washington to promote efforts to secure federal stimulus funding for a proposed Interstate 73 corridor. View the full article
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The U.S. Department of Transportation has provided a tuition funding grant to pay for driver training through Cuyahoga Community College's Truck Driving Academy. View the full article
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