Allison TC10 to aim at road tractor market Allison’s TC10 transmission combines a torque converter with a sophisticated 10-speed mechanical gearbox to achieve easy starts and smooth, fast shifting. To be available in about a… Read More »Aftermarket Products
UPDATED: 11/14/2011 10:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The U.S. State Department said it has delayed its decision on the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline and will examine alternate… Read More »U.S. Delays Decision on Keystone Oil Pipeline
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has partnered with Quarles Petroleum, a Mid-Atlantic fleet fuel station operator, to add natural gas fueling services at selected Quarles station locations. Quarles operates approximately 125 fueling stations that are available… Read More »Clean Energy, Quarles Adding Natural Gas Fueling
UPDATED: 11/10/2011 11:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Private equity firm Harvest Partners said it completed its acquisition of aftermarket heavy-duty truck parts distributor TruckPro Inc. Terms were not… Read More »Equity Firm Buys Aftermarket Distributor TruckPro
By Marco Beghetto, Contributor Although I work in a demographically top-heavy industry that’s been understandably slow to embrace free online tools like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Youtube, I’m convinced that you don’t have to know… Read More »Social Media and Trucking: What a Little Birdie Can Tell You
UPDATED: 11/10/2011 4:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Transport Topics Online will be closed Friday for the Veterans Day holiday. Please check back on Monday, Nov. 14, for the… Read More »TTNews.com Closed Friday for Veterans Day
All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Every time a driver shortage looms, speakers at industry meetings talk about the fact that drivers aren’t paid enough. Last month’s American Trucking Associations Management… Read More »How We Pay Drivers
UPDATED: 11/14/2011 7:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This IdleAir, which provides anti-idling equipment at truck stops, announced it has opened two new locations in Georgia and Tennessee. The new… Read More »IdleAir Opens Two New Locations
FTR Associates’ Shippers Condition Index fell in September by 0.9 points from the previous month, signaling tightening trucking capacity. The SCI, which fell to -4.7, sums up all market influences that affect shippers. A reading… Read More »FTR Shippers Condition Index Reflects Tighter Capacity, Higher Rates
UPDATED: 11/10/2011 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This A California group representing businesses has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the federal government’s greenhouse emissions regulations for medium- and heavy-duty… Read More »Calif. Group Files Suit Over Trucking Greenhouse-Gas Rules
The first 2012 Passat owner, Matt Duchesne, receives his all-new clean-diesel-powered Volkswagen from Mike Gabbani, general sales manager at Stevens Creek Volkswagen, in San Jose, Calif. “All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in… Read More »Clean diesel — it's not just for trucks
UPDATED: 11/9/2011 10:20:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Arkansas voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly renewed a $575 million bond program to repair more than 400 miles of interstate highways, the… Read More »Arkansas Voters Approve $575 Million for Highways