The Ontario Ministry of Transportation is equipping its vehicles with radar, to help officers better enforce the province’s speed limiter legislation,. Officers will also be able to enforce moving violations committed by commercial ...
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It is said Foton Daimler will launch a new Auman GTL tractor equipped with Cummins engine produced by Foton at the end of 2013. The engine is a produced in Beijing by the joint venture of Foton and Cummins. It weight around 803kg and has ...
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With another year coming to a close, we look back with some relief that freight demand showed steady growth despite endless obstacles coming from Washington, D.C. As we detail throughout this issue, most economic indicators remained ...
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The U.S. diesel average rose 0.2 cent to $3.873 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Dec. 23. The increase followed a 0.8-cent drop the previous week and left diesel 5 cents below the same week a year earlier. Regionally, the ...
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Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), one of Asia's leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, today announced that its Canter Eco Hybrid light-duty truck has been awarded the "European Transport Sustainability Prize 2014." The ...
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It is learnt from Shacman's annual business conference that Shacman maintains a good growth momentum in sales of natural gas heavy trucks despite of an increasing price of natural gas in the second half year. It is estimated the sales ...
November saw a decline in spot market freight volumes in Canada, according to the latest data from TransCore Link Logistics. Month-over-month volumes fell 9% compared to October, and were off 2% compared to November 2012, TransCore ...
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In the January-November period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output in China (from a total of 80 shipbuilding enterprises) amounted to 38.86 million deadweight tons (dwt), down 23.1 percent year on year, according to the ...
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Navistar announced this morning that it has begun shipping International DuraStar trucks with the Cummins ISB 6.7-litre engine. The first such trucks were shipped from the company’s Escobedo, Mexico assembly plant. Navistar says ...
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B.C.’s South Fraser Perimeter Road was opened to traffic over the weekend. The new four-lane highway will provide greater access to Vancouver ports and will alleviate congestion in the region. “The completion of the South ...
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As Kenworth celebrates its 90th anniversary, the truck maker took time recently to recognize the truck restorations completed by a couple of its biggest Canadian fans. Highlighted in a recent release were Gord Cooper of Calgary, Alta., ...
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Details of the new additions to Mitsubishi Australia’s showroom in 2014. Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (April) Due in April, the Outlander PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) is a pointer to Mitsubishi’s design and ...
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Navistar reports a fourth quarter 2013 net loss of $154 million, or $1.91 per diluted share. But still, that's good when compared to the fourth quarter 2012 when Navistar reported a net loss of $2.8 billion, or $40.13 per diluted share. ...
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Emissions of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter from heavy-duty engines produced since 2010 are “substantially lower than required by regulations,” according to a new study. The findings were reported by the Coordinating ...
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TransForce Inc. said its acquisition of two units of Clarke Inc. will be completed by Jan. 1. All conditions for the acquisition to be finalized have been met, Montreal-based TransForce said Dec. 20. Terms were not disclosed for the deal, ...
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