Freightliner creates ‘Framework’ for truck equipment manufacturer support
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Freightliner has introduced its Frameworks Truck Equipment Manufacturers program at the 2013 NTEA Work Truck Show this week. The Frameworks program provides members a suite of services and tools geared toward vocational…
DME, natural gas among the most promising future fuels
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — For Chuck Diehl, fleet manager with Smith Dairy, the fuel of the future is natural gas. His company is transitioning its truck fleet to natural gas and has recently opened its first CNG retail station.
ATRI president Brewster wins Influential Woman in Trucking award
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Rebecca Brewster, president and chief operating officer of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), has won the third annual Influential Woman in Trucking award at this week’s Truckload Carriers…
Western Star introduces all-wheel drive 4700
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Western Star has come out with an all-wheel drive version of its 4700 set-back axle truck.
Navistar’s 4×4 TerraStar now production ready
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Navistar announced at the Work Truck Show today that its International TerraStar 4×4 commercial truck is now production-ready.
Trailer Tracking
PeopleNet has introduced what it calls “the least expensive” approach to reducing the cost of lost trailers while needing no additional trailer hardware.
You like our Euro cargo vans? Then why the heart transplant?
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Tim Campbell, an automotive pundit from the UK, claims he foresaw the arrival of European-style cargo-carrying vans on North American shores.
Steering drivers into a pain-free future
Years ago, truck drivers like my grandfather had to work hard to make their living.
Going green is good business: Altec CEO, Lee Styslinger III
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Within a decade, nobody will be talking about running a ‘green fleet,’ Lee Styslinger III, chairman and CEO of Altec said as keynote speaker at the Green Truck Summit here today.
USRA Logistics driver Ron Wagganer February Trucker Buddy
Ron Wagganer has been named February 2013 Trucker Buddy of the Month for his work with Dena Mayerfeld’s sixth through eighth grade class at Sinai School in River Edge, N.Y. Mayerfeld said she and her class are honored and most appreciative to have Wagg…