U.S.rail intermodal traffic set a record last week of 12.4 million shipments in a year,surpassing the previous mark of 12.28 million set in 2006. The record was reached in the 50th week of its freight reporting year. The Association of ...
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Carrier Transicold has announced its manufacturing facility in Athens,Ga.is celebrating its 25th anniversary. "Athens has been a pivotal location for Carrier Transicold to maintain a sustainable manufacturing operation in the US,enabling ...
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US Xpress will spec'Truck-Lite's LED headlights on 1,950 new Freightliner Cascadia trucks in 2014,Truck-Lite announced. Freightliner made the LED headlights standard on its Cascadia and Cascadia Evolution models earlier this year,becoming ...
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A city of Laramie task force identified collection and transportation as the two main impediments to a glass recycling program. On Nov. 1, Ark Regional Services discontinued its glass recycling services — which were costing the ...
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Deliveries from the Volvo Group’s truck operations in November 2013 amounted to 20,356 vehicles, an increase of 16% compared with the year-earlier month. Productivity in the European industrial system is currently hampered by ...
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U.S. Xpress equips their fleet's 2014 Freightliner Cascadia trucks with Truck-Lite's LED headlights. "Safety is always a key concern when we spec equipment. We look to be innovative and investigate those technologies that not only meet or ...
Following the viral success of their ad, The Epic Split with Jean-Claude Van Damme, which was released in November, Volvo celebrates another success. Volvo Group's truck operations jumped 16 percent in November from last year to total ...
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Tallman Truck Centre will now distribute Cobra aluminum dump trailers in Ontario. Cobra trailers will be sold at all Tallman dealerships, the company announced. "This distribution agreement with Cobra Trailers will allow us to enter ...
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"Our HTL1 ContiTread (a retread for the HTL1, pictured) and HDR2 Eco Plus drive tire... will help lower your overall driving costs for 2014 and beyond," says Paul Williams, Continental's executive vice president for truck tires, the ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in October of the current year new motor vehicle registrations in Turkey decreased by 13.56 percent year on year to 74,624 units, down 21.62 percent on ...
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The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced over $7m in funding for projects that bring cost-effective, advanced hydrogen and fuel cell technologies online faster. This investment will be used for four projects in Georgia, Kansas, ...
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Land Rover is pleased to announce that it will be the official vehicle supplier to the Red Bull Desert Wings team for the 2014 Dakar in South America. Red Bull has chosen Land Rover as official vehicle supplier for the 2014 Dakar due to ...
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2013 is a rewarding year for FAW Jiefang who sees a sales volume totaling 188,000 units and makes breakthroughs in several segments of the market. Learnt from FAW Jiefang's Annual Business Conference 2014 on December 15, 2013, FAW Jiefang ...
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Kaiser Electric has been selected by the City of O'Fallon, IL as the electrical contractor on a $5.8 million project to build a firehouse and parks maintenance building in O'Fallon, IL. With construction set to begin in December 2013 for ...
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Schneider National Inc. said it is launching a new company owned and managed fleet of intermodal freight chassis. The fleet will help solve the problem of the lack of access to quality chassis when and where shippers need them, Schneider ...
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