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ACT: Truck Orders Double Amid Soaring Rates, Strong Freight Demand

Division News | June 14, 2018
Trucks.com Motor carriers are scrambling to buy heavy-duty trucks as a vigorous economy creates huge demands to haul goods. Sales of big rigs... Read More

Mega-Fleet U.S. Xpress to Go Public with IPO at $16 per Share

Division News | June 14, 2018
FreightWaves.com U.S. Xpress is coming into the public equity markets this week, and the privately-held company is doing so with recent gains in... Read More

How GHG Phase 2 Will Change the Way Trucks are Spec’d

Division News | June 14, 2018
TruckingInfo.com Model-year 2021 trucks will be on the road about 24 months from now. These will be the first medium- and heavy-duty trucks... Read More

Q&A with Shell’s Leaders on the 8.9 MPG Starship Truck Project

Division News | June 14, 2018
Fleet Equipment Magazine The Starship truck from Shell, unveiled earlier this year, is intended as a conversation piece. When talking with... Read More

CFI Accelerates Fleet Modernization Plan By Upping Order for 600 Kenworths

Division News | June 14, 2018
TruckingInfo.com CFI has upped its order for Kenworth T680s from 500 to 600, accelerating its two-year plan to modernize the company's... Read More

May Trailer Orders Stronger Than Normal - Backlogs Continue Into 2019

Division News | June 14, 2018
Fleet Equipment Magazine According to preliminary numbers from ACT Research Co. and FTR, May trailer orders declined... Read More

Indian Logistics Industry Suffers From Capacity and Labor Shortage

Division News | June 14, 2018
FreightWaves.com The Indian logistics industry is in the middle of a technological evolution. Quite like its Western counterparts and its rival... Read More

Ryder Reserves 500 Chanje Medium-Duty Electric Vans

Division News | June 14, 2018
HardWorkingTrucks.com Ryder System announced that it has reserved 500 new Chanje Energy medium-duty electric panel vans, expanding its North... Read More

Daimler Trucks Demonstrates Truck Platooning

Division News | June 14, 2018
TruckingInfo.com Daimler Trucks North America demonstrated “pairing” of two trucks, what is commonly known as two-truck platooning, at the... Read More

Joint Ford/Daimler Fuel Cell Venture to Close and Revert to Internal Projects

Division News | June 14, 2018
Reuters Ford Motor Co and Daimler AG are winding down a joint venture formed to develop automotive fuel cell technology, Ford said on Wednesday,... Read More