President Obama visited a California center featuring new hybrid trucks Friday, including plug-in hybrid with an engine developed by Eaton Corp. and the Electric Power Research Institute.
March 23, 2009BusinessGovernmentSafetyFuel
EPA Eyes Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency may seek to limit greenhouse gas emissions, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
March 24, 2009BusinessLogistics
AutoInfo Profit Jumps in 2008
Logistics provider AutoInfo Inc. said it earned $2.2 million, or 7 cents per share, in 2008, compared with a profit of $1.6 million, or 5 cents, the previous year.
March 24, 2009Business
Hub Issues 1Q Outlook
Hub Group Inc. said its first-quarter will be 15 to 20 cents per share, including an $800,000 severance plan.
March 24, 2009Business
WABCO’s CEO to Become Chairman in May
WABCO Holdings said Tuesday that the company’s chief executive officer, Jacques Esculier, will become the company’s chairman in May.
March 24, 2009GovernmentBusiness
N.Y.-N.J. Port Sees First Decline in 15 Years
Container traffic at the Port of New York and New Jersey fell last year for the first time in 15 years, the Associated Press reported.
March 23, 2009BusinessSafety
Volvo Gives Tractor to ATA for Road Team
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Volvo Trucks North America gave a new highway tractor to American Trucking Associations on March 19, providing the federation with a second power unit to pull its image trailer, a rolling demonstration for highway safety.
March 23, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
Alabama Gov. Signs Steel-Coil Control Law
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley (R) signed into law a measure requiring truck drivers transporting steel coils to be properly trained so that coils are tied down securely, according to the governor’s Web site.
March 23, 2009BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Technicians to Face More Fault Codes With Use of OBDs, Engine Makers Say
Truck technicians next year will have to deal with a pronounced increase in engine fault codes because of the onboard diagnostics systems added to 2010 and later model engines, engine makers said.
March 23, 2009BusinessLogisticsGovernment
Gas Dips 1¢ to $1.95, Lundberg Says
The national average price of regular gasoline fell by a penny over the past two weeks to $1.95 a gallon, the first decline of the year, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.
March 23, 2009