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Eaton to Develop Heavy-Duty Hybrid System
Truck component manufacturer Eaton Corp. said it has begun development of a hybrid electric power system for Class 8 trucks to help boost efficiency and idle reduction, improve fuel savings and reduce emissions.
June 23, 2006Durable Goods Orders Fall 0.3% in May
Durable goods orders fell for a second straight month in May as aircraft demand declined, though rose excluding transportation equipment, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
June 23, 2006Oshkosh Buys Specialty Truck Company for $140 Million
Specialty truck maker Oshkosh Truck Corp. said Friday it signed an agreement to buy AK Specialty Vehicles, a maker of mobile medical, security and communications and broadcast vehicles, from Healthtronics Inc. for $140 million.
June 23, 2006Editorial: Celebrating Our Interstates
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legislation that created the nations Interstate Highway System which led directly to the birth of a truly interstate trucking industry we all owe much to the foresight of earlier generations and especially two presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
June 23, 2006DOT Secretary Norman Mineta to Step Down in July
Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has submitted a letter of resignation and will step down from his post July 7, DOT said Friday.
June 23, 2006EPA Issues Report on Boutique Fuels
The Environmental Protection Agency Friday released a report from a task force looking at boutique fuels that said if a fuel supply disruption occurs, requirements for the specialty blends make it more difficult to move fuel supplies around the country.
June 23, 2006Leading Economic Indicators Decline 0.6%
The index of U.S. leading economic indicators fell by the most in four months in May, the Conference Board reported Thursday.
June 22, 2006Jobless Claims Rise for Week from Four-Month Low
The number of Americans filing first-time unemployment claims rose from a four-month low last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.
June 22, 2006Transport Service Buys Missions Chemical Assets
Tank truck carrier Transport Service Co., Oak Brook, Ill., said June 13 it agreed to buy the chemical transportation assets of tank truck carrier Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc., Houston.
June 22, 2006Eisenhowers 1919 Trek Led to Road Network
The history of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, the landmark legislation championed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and other visionaries that changed the mobility of a nation and paved the way to the modern-day trucking industry, actually has roots dating to 1919.
June 22, 2006