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Extra Eye on the Road
Dec 20, 2004
Eluminor has announced it will incorporate MobileEye Vision Technologies’ camera and computer system to its on-board truck monitoring system that analyzes driving patterns and provides warnings to help prevent accidents...
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Holiday Shopping Upbeat for Tonnage
Dec 17, 2004,
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
The first half of the holiday shopping season appears to have built up momentum to support a strong freight volume going into next year...
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Citgo Oils Meet Detroit Diesel Spec
Dec 17, 2004
Citgo Petroleum Corp. announced that its Citgard 600 15W-40 and Mystik JT-8 15W-40 heavy-duty engine oils meet the new Detroit Diesel Corp. Power Guard oil specification 93K214...
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Stoughton Standardizes Holland Suspension
Dec 15, 2004
Stoughton Trailers LLC has announced that it is now offering the CB4000 Air-Ride Suspension System from The Holland Group standard on all van trailers...
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Schneider: Pay and Home Time Count
Dec 14, 2004,
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
Schneider National Inc. has taken another step to tackle the driver shortage that has long been dogging the truckload operating industry...
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Winter Driving Ahead—All Over
Dec 14, 2004
The Gaithersburg, MD-based weather forecasting firm WeatherBug believes cold temperatures and heavy snow is going to affect much of the U.S. from December through February next year, with the only exception being the Northwest...
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Gauging the Owner-Operator Population
Dec 13, 2004,
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
The total national population of owner-operators, as of 2002, was estimated at 390,000, according to the most recent Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey issued by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Commerce...
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Air Freight!
Dec 10, 2004,
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
A small plane with engine trouble made an emergency landing on a moving tractor-trailer Thursday on I-10 near El Paso, TX [5 miles east of Fabens] just after 2 pm...
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Translink Canadian Fuel Card
Dec 10, 2004
Transcore’s Canadian-based Link Logistics now offers a Canadian fuel discount card, which offers carrier members one to three cents per gallon savings on fuel at over 5,000 truckstops across North America...
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Visa Peterbilt TruckCare Card
Dec 9, 2004
A Visa version of the Peterbilt TruckCare Card is now available, which features an image of a Peterbilt Model 379...
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Mild Weather, Milder Diesel Prices
Dec 8, 2004,
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) said it expects diesel prices to hover around the $1.90-level through 2005...
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International and MAN Partner
Dec 6, 2004,
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
Navistar International Corp. and MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG (MAN), based in Munich, Germany, today announced they have inked a “strategic agreement to collaborate on design, development, sourcing and manufacturing of components and systems for commercial trucks.” ...
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Retailer Activity Reveals Tonnage Forecast
Dec 3, 2004,
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
Although it is too early to make any broad conclusions on the turnout of retailing’s Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving), the intense media scrutiny of holiday sales is providing trucking executives with a valuable glimpse into the first quarter of 2005...
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Oils Meet New Engine Spec
Dec 3, 2004
ChevronTexaco Products Co. today announced its Chevron Delo 400 15W-40, Chevron RPM 15W-40, Texaco Ursa Premium TDX 15W-40 and Ursa Super Plus 15W-40 now meet the new Detroit Diesel Corp. (DDC) Power Guard Oil Specification 93K214...
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Police Follow Doughnuts to Stolen Truck
Dec 3, 2004,
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
In Harrisburg, PA police followed a trail of doughnuts to recover a stolen Krispy Kreme delivery truck early this morning....
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Additive Cuts NOx and Consumption, DOE Finds
Dec 2, 2004,
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
The Dept. of Energy (DOE) had recently recognized Power Service Products (PSP) for its fuel additive that significantly decreases NOx emissions while improving fuel economy...
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Peterbilt Debuts Online Catalog
Dec 1, 2004
Peterbilt Motor Company has announced that detailed truck schematics and parts lists are now accessible through the Internet with Peterbilt’s TruckCare e-catalog [ECAT]...
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Black Friday Positive for Freight Forecast
Nov 29, 2004,
by Terrence Nguyen, web editor
The post-2005 tonnage outlook is starting to flesh out positively as retail sales data indicate that consumers are clearing out stocks for the holidays...
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Ports & Trucks: The Last Mile
Nov 23, 2004,
by Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
The role trucking plays at U.S. ports is getting more attention this year in the wake of record freight congestion at major West Coast gateways, such as at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles...
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Used Truck Program Sets Cost Per Mile
Nov 22, 2004
DaimlerChrysler Services Truck Finance and Freightliner Market Development Corp. have come together to offer a used truck contract maintenance program with a guaranteed cost-per-mile agreement...
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