Hinduja Group subsidiary Ashok Leyland has sold its Defiance Testing & Engineering Services (DTE) to testing, calibration and advisory services provider Exova. US-based DTE offers testing and engineering services to manufacturers and ...
Turnover at large US truckload fleets continued to increase in the second quarter, according to The American Trucking Associations' Trucking Activity Report. Turnover in the second quarter rose two percentage points to 99%. "Continued ...
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Great Dane recently produced the 100,000th trailer built out of its Wayne, Nebraska plant. The milestone was celebrated Oct. 3 during a special hand-off to customer Decker Truck Line, with other dignitaries in attendance. The Wayne ...
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Preliminary figures from ACT Research indicate September net orders for Classes 5-8 vehicles met expectations. Classes 5-7 vehicle orders are expected to come in at 16,500 units while Class 8 orders were up to 20,100 units, an improvement ...
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Diesel fuel was in shorter supply than normal across the west as September rolled over into October. And it looks as if the crunch may be an annual occurrence for diesel supplier Suncor and its Petro-Canada wing. The shortage was reported ...
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Cummins has announced it is launching a five-litre V8 diesel engine, designed for pickup-and-delivery applications and other light- and medium-duty trucks. The ISV5.0 will be assembled at Cummins' Columbus Engine Plant, which has received ...
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Mack Trucks has announced the launch of GuardDog Connect, a new telematics program the company says will reduce downtime and streamline the repair process. The system remotely monitors fault codes generated by the engine and emissions ...
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The construction truck market remains mired in a slump, but Mack Trucks hasn't been sitting on the sidelines, waiting for it to return. The company outlined several new product developments at a press event here today, which have kept Mack ...
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During the Canadian Recruiting and Retention Conference, hosted by Over the Road, the CEO of Transrep delivered key points to retaining a positive workforce. Ray Haight steered his attention away from recruiting drivers to retaining them, ...
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Kenworth has announced its popular T680 has reached the 10,000-order mark since entering production 15 months ago. "This has been one of the fastest Kenworth models to achieve the 10,000 truck order milestone in Kenworth's 90-year ...
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Representatives from two of Canada's most experienced liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck fleets opened up about their experiences with the technology during a candid conversation at the first annual Natural Gas Vehicle Infrastructure Canada ...
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Indian automaker Tata Motors has introduced its new generation Tata Xenon XT range in South Africa. The Tata Xenon XT range is offered in 4 variants - Single Cab (4X4), Single Cab (4X2), Double Cab (4X2) and Double Cab (4X4). Tata ...
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The 1 million square-foot Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi plant in West Point, Miss., will sit on a 570-acre site, employ 500 and include production, warehousing? and operations facilities. Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi ...
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Volvo Trucks has added two new Canadian leasing locations. Performance Equipment/Great Lakes Truck Leasing & Rental in Mississauga, Ont. and Durham Truck and Equipment Sales and Service/Durham Leasing Systems in Ajax, Ont. have joined the ...
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According to Americas Commercial Trucking (ACT) Research, the average selling price of total reported Class 8 used trucks continued to hold up better than expected in August, 2013. “For the first seven months of this year, prices ...
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