Wabco Holdings Inc., a global supplier of braking control systems and other advanced technologies, announced it introduced TailGUARD for commercial trailers in North America.
October 4, 2019Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Wabco Launches Rear Blind Spot Detection System
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
MCE in San Diego Will Be a Busy Four Days
Industry stakeholders are set to gather in San Diego for the 2019 American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition. ATA President Chris Spear's State of the Industry address Oct. 7 will be among the many highlights.
October 4, 2019Business, Equipment
Meritor Launches Weight-Saving Suspension for Vocational Trailers
Meritor Inc. introduced its MTA-Tec6 suspension, calling it the market’s lightest trailer suspension. It offers up to 23,000-pound capacity for tankers, flatbeds and other demanding vocational applications.
October 4, 2019Business, Equipment
DTNA Offers Cummins Engines in Cascadia Models
Daimler Trucks North America announced its Freightliner Cascadia 116-inch bumper-to-back-of-cab day cab model can be spec’d with the Cummins X12 engine and the Eaton Cummins Endurant transmission.
October 4, 2019Business, Equipment, Safety
Cooper Introduces Steer Tire With Wider Footprint
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has added a tire to its commercial longhaul lineup, the Roadmaster RM832 EM steer tire.
October 4, 2019Business, Equipment
DTNA Announces Layoffs at North Carolina Truck Plants
Daimler Trucks North America announced it is cutting about 900 jobs and lowering truck production at two truck assembly plants in North Carolina as the market “is now clearly returning to normal market levels.â€
October 3, 2019Business, Equipment
Morgan Truck Body Makes Larger Version of Proscape Door-Ramp
Morgan Truck Body, a manufacturer of light- and medium-duty truck bodies, announced the launch of a larger version of its Proscape Van door-ramp, according to an Oct. 2 news release.
October 3, 2019Government, Business, Equipment
Equipment Financing Shoots Up 3% in August, Says ELFA
Overall new business activity for 25 key American equipment financiers was up 3% to $9.2 billion in August, year over year, according to the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association.
October 3, 2019Business, Equipment, Top 100
Class 8 Orders Off 71% From Year-Ago Levels
North American Class 8 orders in September cleared 12,000 units, ACT Research reported, citing preliminary data, but the volume remained just a faint shadow of what occurred a year earlier.
October 3, 2019Business, Technology, Equipment
CEO John Smith Steers FedEx Freight Toward E-Commerce Growth
FedEx Freight CEO John Smith sat down with Transport Topics editors and reporters to share his insights on the company and the trucking industry at large in the second installment of the "Accelerators" series.
October 2, 2019