Fleet Maintenance Magazine
In today’s challenging economic conditions, small businesses are constantly on the lookout for new and improved ways to more efficiently manage their operations.
In response to these customer needs, International Trucks has developed the Turn-In-Three program, which offers customers a fixed monthly payment over six years, full warranty coverage and a new truck after three years into the program.
CCJ Magazine
A federal appeals court on Friday, Aug. 26, vacated the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s electronic onboard recorder regulation for not addressing how the rule could prevent the devices from being used to harass drivers.
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit concluded that “the rule cannot stand because the agency failed to consider an issue that it was statutorily required to address.” The Truck and Bus Safety and Regulatory Reform Act of 1988 “requires the agency to ensure that any such device is not used to ‘harass vehicle operators.’ ”
Fleet Owner Magazine
A mix of major trends, from increasing urbanization to the need for greater freight transport profitability, are combining to spur the development of “low-cost” trucks – especially as mandates for expensive emissions control and safety systems continue to impact trucking operations around the world.
Sandeep Kar, global director-commercial vehicle research for global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, stressed repeatedly recently that the term “low-cost” truck should not be interpreted to mean “cheap” truck.
ETrucker.com
“Will we see EOBRs is all trucks in the next three years?” American Trucking Associations safety policy vice president Rob Abbott asked attendees of the Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference in Dallas. The answer is no, but the question of an eventual mandate for electronic logs for all interstate carriers now using paper logs is still one of when, not if.
The EOBR issue was one of many Abbott, along with Motor Equipment Manufacturers Association government affairs senior vice president Ann Wilson, addressed in the “View From Washington” conference panel, held preceding the Great American Trucking Show.
Transport Topics Magazine
Initial reactions from truck and engine manufacturers have been supportive of the heavy-duty truck fuel efficiency standards announced Tuesday by President Obama.
The new regulations, developed by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, are intended to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from heavy trucks by as much as 23 percent.
Transport Topics Magazine
Sales of natural-gas-powered trucks will grow faster than the rest of the North American market, hitting almost 30,000 units by 2017, consulting firm Frost & Sullivan said.
The new report said liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles accounted for 0.9 percent of Classes 6-8 truck sales in North America last year, or 1,950 vehicles. Dedicated contract carriage and private fleets are the most likely applications for the vehicles.
CCJ Magazine
A panel of three fleet executives on Thursday, Aug. 25, discussed the changing outlook of the trucking industry and the impact of looming regulations during the Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference in Dallas.
Issues such as Compliance Safety Accountability, electronic onboard recorders, hours of service and driver recruitment recently have garnered much attention and sparked plenty of discussion among fleets. Russell Stubbs, president and chief executive officer of FFE Transportation Services; Robert Low, president and founder of Prime Inc.; and Don Orr, president and CEO of Central Freight Lines, discussed the impact of these issues on drivers and the industry.