NTTC to Name Driver of the Year Starting in 2014
AUSTIN, Texas — National Tank Truck Carriers said it will begin a driver-of-the-year award, starting at its 2014 annual conference.
May 1, 2013Navistar’s Clarke Sees Opportunity in Challenging Environment
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The new leader of Navistar International Corp. told his suppliers here that he sees opportunity for truck makers in general, his company included, but they may have to wade through a difficult environment filled with regulatory and operational difficulties and static demand for trucks.
March 22, 2013Mack Unveils Two New Suspensions
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mack Trucks displayed two new suspensions, one for highway tractors and another for heavier vocational vehicles, here at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
March 22, 2013Volvo Exhibits New VNX Heavy-Haul Tractor
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Volvo Trucks unveiled a new heavy-haul tractor here Thursday, the VNX. Powered by the company’s D16 engine, the VNX will transport extraordinary loads ranging from 110,000 to 200,000 pounds.
March 21, 2013Freightliner Cascadia Evolution Passes 10,000-Order Mark
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Freightliner Trucks’ Cascadia Evolution passed the 10,000-order threshold after less than a year in production, and the company rebranded its Coronado model as the 122 SD, the company said here at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
March 21, 2013Peterbilt Unveils New 567 Vocational Truck, More Versions of 579
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Peterbilt Motors Co. introduced a new heavy-duty vocational truck here Wednesday, the 567, with “perfect timing” to coincide with the long-awaited improvement in the housing and construction industries.
March 21, 2013Navistar’s Delivery of MaxxForce 13 Engines With Cummins Aftertreatment Technology to Begin in April
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Navistar International Corp. said here Wednesday that deliveries of ProStar tractors with MaxxForce 13 engines equipped with Cummins Inc.’s aftertreatment technology will begin in late April.
March 20, 2013Kenworth Unveils New Vocational Truck at MATS
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kenworth Truck Co. unveiled its new T880 vocational truck here Wednesday at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
March 20, 2013Cummins Sees ‘SuperTruck’ Payoff by End of Decade
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Independent engine maker Cummins Inc. said it is introducing its “SuperTruck” research done in conjunction with Paccar Inc. into commercial production between now and the end of this decade, with much of it expected in 2016 or 2017, when the federal government is scheduled to tighten its standards for truck engine fuel economy.
March 19, 2013Switching to Natural Gas Brings Maintenance Challenges
ARLINGTON, Va. — Trucking companies that move to natural gas use in their fleets will have to choose engine and fuel types, modify their maintenance shops and possibly install new types of equipment, all of which will involve higher spending, executives at American Trucking Associations’ Summit on Natural Gas in Trucking said.
December 3, 2012