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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices.

Business, Equipment

SAF-Holland Will Expand Dumas, Ark., Facility

SAF-Holland said it will invest about $4 million in its Dumas, Ark., facility for additional manufacturing and warehousing space, paint line, robotic welding cells and other new technology and equipment as it builds its capacities in axle and suspension systems in the Americas.

September 5, 2017
Business, Equipment

Daseke Adds 13th Operating Company, R&R Trucking of Missouri

Flatbed group Daseke Inc. purchased its fourth motor carrier this year, bringing R&R Trucking into the corporation and adding defense transportation to its capabilities.

September 5, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment

Allison President David Graziosi to Become CEO in June

Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. announced that President and Chief Financial Officer David Graziosi will succeed Lawrence Dewey as CEO on June 1, 2018.

September 5, 2017
Government, Equipment, Safety, Fuel

HOS Rules Relaxed as FMCSA Calls State of Emergency for 26 States, District of Columbia

Driver hours-of-service rules are being relaxed in 26 states and the District of Columbia under a state of emergency announced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Aug. 31.

September 1, 2017
Government, Business, Equipment, Fuel

Four Calif. Senators Support Increasing State Funding to Reduce Truck, Bus Emissions

Four California senators have called for significantly increasing state funding to curtail pollutants from trucks and buses.

August 31, 2017
Business, Equipment, TCA

Record-Breaking Cargo Ship to Call on Savannah Port

Savannah is about to get another visit from another record-breaking cargo ship.

August 31, 2017
Business, Equipment, Safety

Fleets Heed Call to Service for a Region in Distress

Even while Hurricane Harvey lashed Houston, trucking companies navigated whatever roads were available for rescue and supply missions in response to the Texas Trucking Association’s call for volunteers.

August 31, 2017
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Republicans Restore Language in House Funding Bill Calling for ELD Delay

The December mandate on electronic logging devices would not be carried out under a proposal recently added to a fiscal 2018 funding bill in the House.

August 31, 2017
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous

Big Changes Seen in Truck, Bus Design

California is the “incubator” for commercial vehicle innovation that will spread throughout the nation, generating a wave of new powertrains and driver-assistance technologies designed to decrease truck emissions and increase safety and freight efficiency, a vehicle engineering consultant said.

August 31, 2017
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Speedy Change for GHG Phase 2 Not Expected

A notice from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revisit parts of the Phase 2 final rule on greenhouse gas emissions from heavy- and medium-duty trucks isn’t likely to create changes quickly, as the agency has not presented plans for expedited action and environmental groups are vowing to pursue a challenge in a federal appeals court — once the case is no longer being held in abeyance.

August 31, 2017