Concerns about CSA Aired at House Hearing
Opponents of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s CSA enforcement program took their case to Congress yesterday, charging in a hearing that the program is being misused and harms small carriers.
GATR Named Volvo Dealer of the Year
Volvo Trucks named GATR of Sauk Rapids, Minn., its 2011 U.S. Dealer of the Year.
‘Uncle Darrell’ Hicks, Longtime Coolant Expert and Industry Volunteer, Dies of Lung Disease
Darrell Hicks, Tulare, Calif., passed away Tuesday following a battle with pulmonary fibrosis, a progressively debilitating lung disease.
COMPETITION WATCH: TransForce to convert methane gas into electricity
MONTREAL, Que. — TransForce’s environmental services division has formed a partnership with Quebec-based Terreau Biogaz to convert methane to electricity from its Granby and Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Que. landfill sites. The…
COMPETITION WATCH: TransForce to convert methane into electricity
MONTREAL, Que. — TransForce’s environmental services division has formed a partnership with Quebec-based Terreau Biogaz to convert methane to electricity from its Granby and Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Que. landfill sites. The…
Hearing addresses negative effect of CSA program on small businesses
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — Industry groups weighed in on the effect that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) safety rating program will have on small businesses during a hearing held by the…
Peterbilt Model 579 production begins
DENTON, Texas — Producing is now underway for the Peterbilt Model 579, the company has announced. The 579, first launched during the Mid-America Trucking Show in March, features aerodynamic styling designed for superior fuel efficiency and an…
‘Driving the green revolution’
Exactly what is Cascade Sierra Solutions? It’s not as if the name really says anything about trucks, fuel or emissions. Yet that’s exactly what this nonprofit organization aims to do: help truckers, especially smaller fleets and owner-operators, sav…
Remanufacturing Saves Money, Cuts Waste and Pollution, Detroit Reman Says
“Why buy new when you can reuse something that still has value?” That’s the mantra at Detroit Reman, which has been remanufacturing engines and engine parts since 1966. And after touring its western plant at Tooele, Utah, one comes away wondering
Clever images entertain German motorists … or do they?
German graphic artists are at it again, vinyl-wrapping semitrailers with eye-boggling images of products on their way to market. But wait…