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Real-time asset data is viewed as the most critical information in effectively managing fleet operations, according to recent findings from a GE Capital Fleet Services' survey.View the full article

Navistar will optimize its dealers' parts inventory and speed up customer repairs through parts supply chain and intelligence tools provided by OEConnection LLC, a leading online parts and service exchange in the automotive industry.View the full article

The Truckload Carriers Association is honoring truck driver Kerry Hammond as a Highway Angel for providing authorities with information that quickly led to the recovery of a missing teenage girl.View the full article

Mack Trucks and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement on terms of a new 40-month Master Agreement that would cover about 1,700 UAW members at seven facilities in three states.View the full article

The Teamsters have appointed At-Large Vice President Fred Potter of New Jersey as Director of the union's Port Division.View the full article

Not much good to report. Been at home since Tuesday, but just got a load going to Orchard Park, N.Y.

And how about the ticks this year? More around here than i've ever seen. Can't get Diazanon any more, but I tried some other kind of poison and it doesn't seem to have any affect.

But everything i've planted so far came up, and the garden is growing like crazy.

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Deal activity dropped significantly during first quarter 2009 in the global transportation and logistics (T&L) industry, according to a report released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.View the full article

Trailer production will continue at current depressed levels through the end of 2009 before beginning a slow recovery, Eric Starks, President of FTR Associates recently told members of the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA) at their annual meeting.View the full article

What TravelCenters of America believes is the first operating retail bulk dispenser of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) in the U.S. unveiled this morning at TA's location in Ann Arbor, Mich.View the full article

The credit crisis and its devestating effects on the nation's vehicle builders has also injured thousands of small parts suppliers, and many could fail, one of their executives told Congress yesterday.View the full article

Innovation Fuels, a New York-based renewable energy company, has begun selling biodiesel to customers from its Midwestern fuels hub at the Port of Milwaukee, Wis., on Lake Michigan.View the full article

REDFORD, Mich. - Detroit Diesel's turbo compounding technology for its DD15 engine was recently named the top Technical Achievement in 2008 by the Truck Writers of North America (TWNA).View the full article

I unloaded a load of lumber at Byesville, Ohio Monday morning and deadheaded home-after sitting all day Monday and most of the day yesterday. First time ever there wasn't a load to be found. Another truck was in Hubbard, Oh. and one was sitting at Dallas Pike,W.V. and everybody came back empty. Todd said "if you're gonna sit, you might as well sit at home". I said "yeah, at least I can watch tv until they cut the lights off".

I took a few pictures while I was parked at the Go-Mart truckstop- nice looking Lonestar International, some oversize loads, a cabover Pete, a polar bear (I think), a colorful Pete, nice looking old KW. Never seen a truckstop so empty this time of day!

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Detroit Diesel customers with EPA '07 equipment approaching the required change intervals for diesel particulate filters can find cleaned and recycled DPFs at authorized service outlets, the builder said.View the full article

Kenworth Truck Company's manufacturing plant in Renton, Wash., was recently honored by the King County Industrial Waste Program for compliance with the plant's industrial wastewater discharge permit.View the full article

Freightliner Trucks has built a delivery truck for a Midwest propane distributor using Eaton Corporation's diesel-electric hybrid drive system. It is the first application of the parallel electric hybrid system to a hazardous material delivery application, Freightliner claimed.View the full article

SuperFlow Technologies Group announced that it has acquired the assets of Zoom Technology Inc. Each makes automotive-related testing equipment, and one's product line complements the other's.View the full article

Cargo Transporters Inc. has won a Platinum safety award for the 10th consecutive year from Great West Casualty Co. as part of its 2008 National Fleet Safety Awards.View the full article

Toyo Tires introduces the M647 premium drive tire, designed for local, regional and long haul highway applications. The M647 has a deep, 30/32" tread which provides improved wear and long service life.View the full article

The average U.S. pump price for on-highway diesel climbed 3.1 cents to $2.216 per gallon in the past week, according to the federal Department of Energy's weekly fuel price report.View the full article

Colony Tire Corporation, headquartered in Edenton, N.C., has become the newest franchisee of Michelin Retread Technologies (MRT), the company said.View the full article

Wabco said it has won a contract from a major original equipment manufacturer in Europe to supply EcoSmart clutch compressor systems for production starting in 2011.View the full article

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Arsenault Associates, a leading provider of fleet maintenance management software, reported that it produced another consecutive year of double digit revenue growth in 2008. View the full article

The Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium (GAAS) scholarship committee announced the awarding of scholarships to 59 American students pursuing aftermarket careers in 2009, and said sponsors donated more than $10,000 that will fund a second round of awards soon.View the full article