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As they seek to expand, many carriers eye opportunities in new markets. One potential and unexplored area for U.S.-domiciled carriers could be north of the border in Canada, but carriers must consider truck spec’ing factors to make the most of those opportunities.

With more regulations on greenhouse-gas emissions and fuel economy coming soon, smaller engines are one of the latest equipment trends, according to one of the cover stories in this issue of Equipment & Maintenance Update.

Maryland-based Ramar Moving Systems hauls specialty items such as art, satellites and, once, a moon buggy.

Commercial vehicle supplier Wabco Holdings Inc. said that from the second quarter of 2015 to the first quarter of 2016  it entered into contracts in local currencies with customers across the globe that total $918 million of “expected cumulative incremental business.”

Freight technology firm Cargomatic, which offers a mobile app that connects shippers and local truckers with available hauling capacity, confirmed that it recently laid off part of its workforce.

General Electric Co. could become one of the top players in the oil services and equipment industry if it decides to bid for Baker Hughes Inc.

Volvo Trucks North America said it has delivered its 100,000th truck using the company’s I-Shift automated manual transmission, a key component in VTNA’s vertically integrated powertrain strategy. 

Federal Railroad Administration officials in recent months have stepped up efforts to reduce what they say are preventable fatalities and injuries from train collisions with trucks and cars at U.S. highway rail-grade crossings.