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Study Finds Broad Support For Changes in LTL Pricing
A study of pricing practices by less-than-truckload carriers has found broad-based support for changes among carriers, shippers and logistics companies in the way rates are set, but no consensus on what those changes should be or how to implement them.
August 22, 2011Freightliner Faces Shortages Of Many Parts, Exec Says
NAPA, Calif. — North America’s largest heavy-duty truck maker is struggling to find the parts necessary to build all the trucks it has agreed to supply to fleets during 2011, and has had to turn down “thousands” of orders, according to a senior company official.
August 22, 2011Cummins’ Market Share Slips As In-House Engine Use Rises
Cummins Inc. remained the top U.S. heavy-duty engine builder in the first half of this year, but its market share dropped by more than 6% from the comparable period of 2010 as truck manufacturers placed more of their in-house power plants in their new vehicles.
August 22, 2011OEMs Detail Design Innovations To Meet New Greenhouse Rules
Truck and engine makers last week outlined some of the engineering innovations they will have to develop and put onto highways over the next six years to meet recently unveiled federal heavy-truck greenhouse-gas regulations.
August 22, 2011ATA Says Biodiesel Prices May Increase, Asks EPA to Rethink 2012-13 Mandates
American Trucking Associations said the federal government’s proposed 2012-2013 renewable fuel standards could become “a new billion-dollar hidden tax on the trucking industry” because Congress is unlikely to continue underwriting biodiesel’s production costs.
August 22, 2011PeopleNet Says It Can Meet EOBR Standards Without Making Changes to Its Hardware
PeopleNet Communications Corp. told customers here its current mobile computers will likely be able to meet the government’s electronic onboard recorder requirements without hardware changes.
August 22, 2011Opinion: Curbing Fleet Fuel Costs
A GPS tracking system that allows for fuel-card integration will present information in an easy-to-read format and give you more control over your fuel usage and costs.
August 22, 2011Phillips Named Grand Champ, Topping 428 Other Truckers
Con-way Freight driver Paul Phillips has participated in truck driving competitions for 15 years. Even though this year was only his second appearance at the nationals, he believed he had a shot at the top prize.
August 22, 2011Robert Windsor Jr. Dies at 85; ATA Chairman’s Father Was 30-Year President of Hahn Transportation
Robert Windsor Jr., former president of Hahn Transportation Inc., New Market, Md., died Aug. 16 following a short illness. He was 85.
August 22, 2011Diesel Dips 6.2¢ to $3.835
The national average price of diesel fuel declined for a third straight week, dipping 6.2 cents to an almost six-month low of $3.835 a gallon, according to the Department of Energy.
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