The trucking industrys adoption of natural gas has slowed in the past 18 months as diesel prices declined, but analysts and fleet executives maintain the alternative fuel will play a larger role in freight transportation over the longer term.
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2015 MATS Breaks Attendance Record
The 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show set an attendance record of 81,768, eclipsing the old mark by 1%, organizers announced.
April 3, 2015Truckers Earn Praise at MATS From Wreaths Across America
Without volunteer truck drivers and their companies, Wreaths Across America's mission to remember, honor, teach and place wreaths on gravestones of fallen veterans each December would be impossible to accomplish.
March 29, 2015FMCSA Official Defends New CSA App
LOUISVILLE, Ky. A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration senior official at the Mid-America Trucking Show defended a new smartphone application designed to facilitate access to certain performance data, a feature strongly opposed by the industry.
March 28, 2015FMCSA Recruits Drivers for HOS Study at MATS
LOUISVILLE, Ky. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration encouraged commercial drivers at the Mid-America Trucking Show to sign up for an hours-of-service study that aims to determine fatigue factors among truck operators.
March 28, 2015Volvos Persson Sees Energy, Environment Issues as Critical for Trucking
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Energy and the environment remain issues of great importance for trucking, in terms of the types of fuels consumed and regulations and laws that arise from the concern, the CEO of Volvo Group said here.
March 27, 2015Alcoa Rolls Out Corrosion-Resistant Aluminum Wheel
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Wheel manufacturer Alcoa unveiled a highly corrosion-resistant lightweight aluminum wheel, the Dura-Bright EVO, March 26 at the Mid-America Trucking Show here.
March 26, 2015Eaton Introduces Neutral-Gear Coasting to Transmissions
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Truck transmission supplier Eaton introduced a neutral-gear coasting capability to its Fuller Advantage and UltraShift automated transmissions that can automatically disengage a trucks driveline so that it can coast on slight downhill grades.
March 27, 2015Trail King Shows New Dump Trailer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Specialty trailer manufacturer Trail King introduced a new product in its Materials Hauling Series at the Mid-America Trucking show hereMarch 26. Trail King Industries prototype SteelEnd dump trailer is designed to haul sand, gravel, demolition or rip rap.
March 26, 2015Continental Hypes General Tires 100th Birthday
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Continental AG, a giant German manufacturer with more than $35 billion in annual revenue, used its time here at the Mid-America Trucking Show to boost attention for one of its smaller brands, 100-year-old General Tire.
March 26, 2015