FMCSA Officials Get Input on EOBRs at Mid-America Trucking Show
By Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief LOUISVILLE, KY — Officials with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration got an earful Friday about a number of issues relating to hours of service, electronic onboard recorders, and how trucking companies …
FleetPride Opens Location in Cincinnati
FleetPride opened a new location in Cincinnati, located at 2514 Commerce Blvd . This new branch, FleetPride’s third in Ohio, will expand the company’s service area in the Cincinnati and northern Kentucky market.
Old Dominion Opens Second California Container Drayage Facility
Following a 35% increase in container drayage shipments nationwide during the first quarter of 2012, Old Dominion Freight Line opened its second container drayage facility in California.
#MATS: Volvo Trucks adds natural gas-powered VNL daycab to lineup
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Volvo Trucks announced at the Mid-America Trucking Show the addition of a natural gas-powered Volvo VNL daycab.
#MATS: Volvo hybrid truck, Mean Green, to attempt world speed record
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Who said hybrids can’t be fast? Volvo had Mean Green, the world’s fastest hybrid truck and its record setting owner and driver, Bojje Ovebrink, at its booth here and used the event to announce an attempt to…
#MATS: Daimler Trucks unveils new Elite Support Dealer Service Network program
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has launched Elite Support, a collaborative program between DTNA and its truck dealers, focused on improving the customer experience at Freightliner and Western Star branded…
#MATS: Detroit creates new options for its StepUP service program
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Detroit will offer new StepUP overhaul options for EPA ’07 Series 60® and MBE 4000 engines starting in Spring 2012.
#MATS: WABCO bringing its latest tire pressure monitoring tech to North America
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — WABCO Holdings Inc. is making its new IVTM integrated monitoring of tire pressure on trucks, trailers and buses technology available in the North American market.
#MATS: Utility significantly reduces pollutants in trailer manufacturing
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trailer manufacturer Utility Trailer reports that it has reduced over 20% of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and over 87% of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPS) in its manufacturing processes.
#MATS: Utility expands dry van capacity with 2nd assembly line in Glade Spring
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Responding to a booming trailer market, Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co., is adding a 2nd assembly line at its Glade Spring, Virginia dry van manufacturing facility.