By Thomas Sullivan Associate Principal Kitch Attorneys and Counselors This Opinion piece appears in the Feb. 10 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. When technology and regulation develop along parallel ...
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Volvo Trucks has made in-cab LED lighting standard on all vehicles, and is offering LED headlamps on its VNL and VNX models. Volvo says the LED interior lights and headlamps consume one-eighth the energy required by standard incandescent ...
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US for-hire truck tonnage fell 4.3% in January, but you can blame the weather. The American Trucking Associations said its tonnage index was still up 1.2% year-over-year. The softening from December was attributed to winter storms, and ...
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The US economy will be slightly stronger this year than last, but freight growth will weaken. That’s the prediction of industry forecaster FTR, which today held a Webinar entitled State of Freight: Trucking Outlook for an Uncertain ...
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Enjoying a strong uptick in market share in 2013 and its strongest orders this January since the heady days of 2006, Daimler Trucks North America is cautiously optimistic about the rest of the year and further extending its market ...
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Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Company, plans to launch passenger cars and medium to heavy trucks in India as demand wilts in a slowing home market. The company, also known as JAC, has sent its top executives to India in recent months to firm ...
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At the beginning of 2014, Volvo Truck announces the “Volvo Trucks China Dream Program”, while it embraces its 80th anniversary in China. This program is based on the Volvo Trucks Public Driver Training held since 2012, aiming at ...
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Shortly after President Barack Obama announced the second phase of efficiency regulation for heavy trucks, Volvo and Daimler showed their support. "DTNA is committed to regulatory leadership and we applaud standards that include total ...
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Railcar manufacturer FreightCar America estimates there were 16,500 coal cars in storage at the end of 2013, the lowest level since early 2012, the company said Wednesday. Reporting its quarterly earnings, the Chicago-based company said ...
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A demonstration truck built by Cummins Inc. and Peterbilt Motors Co. achieved a 10.7 mile-per-gallon fuel economy reading last month under real-world driving conditions, the companies announced. The project is part of the U.S. Department ...
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Knight Transportation Inc. has agreed not to acquire any additional stake in USA Truck Inc. for the next seven months as part of a lawsuit settlement, the carriers said. The settlement ends a court case USA Truck had filed after Knight ...
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U.S. rail intermodal traffic rose 0.6% in the week ended Feb. 8 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported. Railroads moved 246,114 intermodal trailers and containers that week, AAR said Feb. 13 ...
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Swedish truck-maker Volvo AB said it is more than doubling planned job cuts to 4,400 as its fourth-quarter operating income dropped 17%to 996 million kronor($180.1 million). Sales in the fourth quarter rose 8%to 76.6 billion kronor($13.9 ...
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Wabash National Corp.reported its fourth-quarter net income dropped,but revenue increased. Fourth-quarter net income dropped to$10.4 million,or 15 cents per share,from$80.2 million,or$1.16 per share,a year ago,the company reported ...
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Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. said its fourth-quarter profit grew 19.4% as tonnage and revenue increased. The less-than-truckload carrier’s net income was $47.2 million in the quarter, or 55 cents a share, up from $39.5 million, or ...
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