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ArvinMeritor: NHTSA falls short of “stake in the ground”
Jan 13, 2006,
by David Cullen, executive editor
ArvinMeritor's Commercial Vehicle Systems business unit stated today that it supports the intent of the recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on tractor stopping distance issued by the NHTSA, but pointed out the agency has yet to declare exactly what that distance will be...
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OOIDA to take HOS to court
Jan 11, 2006,
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
The Owner-Operator Independent Driver Assn. (OOIDA) has announced its intention to challenge FMCSA on two aspects of the new hours-of-service (HOS) rules in court...
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Port of Oakland fleet modernization program
Jan 11, 2006
The Port of Oakland (CA) has awarded TIAX, a product and technology development firm, a contract to replace older heavy-duty diesel trucks that service the port with newer lower-emissions vehicles...
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Be on the lookout
Jan 10, 2006
The Highway Watch program’s Highway Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) is soliciting help from the trucking and law enforcement community to help identify and locate a person believed to be connected with several suspicious incidents involving tank trucks in the southeastern U.S. ...
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Diesel prices bounce back
Jan 10, 2006
The national average price of a gallon of diesel jumped 4.3 cents to $2.485 for the week ending Jan. 8, according to the Energy Information Administration...
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No diesel relief in sight
Jan 4, 2006,
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
Diesel prices are still set to escalate in 2006, according to energy experts...
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Census reports boom in trucking revenues
Jan 3, 2006
The U.S. Census Bureau has stated that its latest annual survey of truck transportation, courier and messenger, and warehousing and storage activity shows that revenues reached $266 billion in 2004, up from $246 billion the year before...
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Diesel up to $2.462
Dec 21, 2005
The national average price for a gallon of diesel ticked up 2.6 cents to $2.462 for the week ending Dec. 18, according to the Energy Information Administration...
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Northland expands trucking insurance
Dec 21, 2005
Northland Insurance, a subsidiary of the St. Paul Travelers insurance firm in Minneapolis, MN, is adding two new non-fleet coverage enhancements to its transportation insurance offering...
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Utah gets PrePass
Dec 19, 2005
The state of Utah will deploy PrePass at all major weigh stations during the first quarter of 2006...
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Large-truck fatality rate falls
Dec 14, 2005,
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that based on preliminary figures, in 2004 1.96 large trucks were involved in fatal crashes per 100 million truck miles traveled...
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Diesel prices harden
Dec 13, 2005
The average price for a gallon of diesel increased 1.1 cents to $2.436 on the week ending Dec. 11, according to the Energy Information Administration...
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New online lube course
Dec 7, 2005
Chevron Products Co. has added a new training course detailing the vital role of lubrication in diesel engines to its Lubricants University website...
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J.D. Power leaves Cat purring
Dec 7, 2005
J.D. Power and Associates announced the Caterpillar C-15 ranked the highest in customer satisfaction for vocational heavy-duty truck diesel engines in its 2005 Heavy-Duty Truck Engine/Transmission Study...
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Diesel down again
Dec 7, 2005
The national average price for a gallon of diesel dropped 5.4 cents to $2.425 for the week ending November 4, marking the sixth consecutive week of cuts, according to the Energy Information Administration...
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Highway Watch to share intel directly
Dec 7, 2005
The Highway Watch program will begin disseminating reports from its Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) directly to the Emergency Management and Response’s (EMR) ISAC network...
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BP expands Castrol Tection Extra channels
Dec 2, 2005
BP Lubricants USA Inc. has announced it will now also offer its Castrol Tection Extra, a 15W-40 diesel engine oil, through retail, truckstop and auto-parts channels...
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GDP keeps on truckin’
Nov 30, 2005,
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
The Commerce Dept. today revised the third-quarter growth of the U.S. economy upwards to a seasonally adjusted annual growth rate of 4.3%...
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