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Longistics truck fleet adds
fuel-saving Kenworth T700 

May 2, 2012

Longistics has added an innovative new truck to its transportation line: the fuel-efficient Kenworth T700....

Detroit Diesel Corp launches new website 

Apr 25, 2012

Detroit Diesel Corporation has launched its new website, www.DemandDetroit.com...

TransAm Trucking orders
1,000 Kenworth T680s
with Paccar MX engines 

Mar 26, 2012

Kenworth Truck Company has received an order for 1,000 aerodynamic Kenworth T680s with Paccar MX engines from TransAm Trucking, a refrigerated transporter based in Olathe KS....

NOx emissions decrease
by 99% in past 10 years
for diesel trucks, buses 

Mar 2, 2012

New clean diesel technology is powering America’s freight movement in the most environmentally friendly manner anywhere in the world, according to Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum....

TransAm fully evaluates
Fuel Auditor that creates
audit trail to detect theft 

Feb 17, 2012

Blue Tree Systems' new Fuel Auditor feature has been fully evaluated by TransAm Inc across its 1,400-truck fleet and will be made available as a standard feature to all new and existing customers....

Cummins ISX12 increases fuel economy 

Feb 1, 2012

Cummins Inc announced its ISX12 heavy-duty engine with fuel economy improvements for regional haul, vocational, and specialty applications. The ISX12 leverages the strength and performance of its predecessor, the ISX11.9, to deliver fuel economy improvements of up to 5% in regional haul applications and as much as 12% in vocational applications....

Hino Trucks pulls ahead
in satisfaction once again,
study rankings indicate 

Feb 1, 2012

Hino Trucks ranks highest in customer satisfaction with conventional medium-duty engines four years in a row, and the company ranks highest in customer satisfaction among conventional medium-duty trucks two years in a row....

C R England Dedicated
to operate LNG trucks
provided by PacLease 

Jan 31, 2012

C R England Dedicated and Paccar Leasing Company (PacLease) have entered into a full-service lease agreement for new Kenworth T800 tandem axle day cab tractors powered with the Westport GX 15-liter LNG (liquefied natural gas) engine....

Southern Refrigerated
Transport is recipient
of 100,000th DD engine 

Jan 24, 2012

Detroit Diesel Corporation has delivered its 100,000th DD platform engine to Southern Refrigerated Transport (SRT), a subsidiary of Covenant Transportation Group....

World LNG Fuels 2012
scheduled for January 

Dec 13, 2011

World LNG Fuels 2012 will bring foodservice and refrigerated truck fleets the latest update on using liquefied natural gas as a vehicle fuel....

Detroit Diesel marks production of 100,000th DD Platform engine 

Dec 7, 2011

Detroit Diesel Corporation marked the production of the 100,000th engine coming off its DD Platform assembly line with a celebration at its Redford MI manufacturing facility....

Detroit Diesel video series can help drivers enhance engine performance  

Nov 16, 2011

Detroit Diesel launched the first of its new, four-part driver training video series. Available at www.DetroitDiesel.comand www.youtube.com/DemandItAll, the videos were developed to help drivers enhance their engine’s performance...

Glen McLeod & Son
shifts fuel savings
into a higher gear 

Oct 31, 2011

It’s a notable achievement when a truck driver can get 8 mpg (9.6 miles per Canadian gallon) from a heavy-duty diesel engine. It’s something else entirely when that driver is the owner of the company....

VIPAR, Meritor offer suppliers 3PL services 

Oct 19, 2011

VIPAR Heavy Duty has announced a new program with Meritor Aftermarket Services to offer third-party logistics (3PL) services to VIPAR Heavy Duty suppliers...

Volvo provides XE13 powertrain package 

Sep 27, 2011

Already delivering up to an 8% fuel efficiency improvement over EPA 2007 engines, Volvo Trucks announced a powertrain package for its VN series tractors aimed at reducing fuel consumption....

Heavy-duty truck engine quality improves; satisfaction increases from 2010: survey  

Sep 7, 2011

Heavy-duty truck engine quality has improved from 2010, after technology changes related to emissions standards revisions caused a spike in engine-related problems during recent years, according to the recent J D Power and Associates 2011 US Heavy-Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Study...

Fair Oaks Farms leases
42 CNG-powered trucks
provided by PacLease 

Sep 2, 2011

Fair Oaks Farms and Paccar Leasing Company (PacLease) have entered into a full-service lease agreement for 42 new Kenworth T440 tractors powered by Cummins Westport ISL-G compressed natural gas (CNG) engines....

C R England Dedicated
enters leasing agreement
for LNG-powered tractors 

May 19, 2011

C R England Dedicated, a division of temperature-controlled carrier C R England Inc, and Paccar Leasing Company (PacLease) have entered into a full-service lease agreement on new Kenworth T800 tandem-axle day cab tractors powered with the Westport GX 15-liter LNG (liquefied natural gas) engine....

Normandin Transit prefers
fuel-efficient Kenworth
trucks for its operations 

May 9, 2011

One of the 10 largest fleets in Quebec—and possibly the greenest—Normandin Transit operates 275 trucks, all Kenworths....

Cummins Care supplies 24/7 response 

Mar 28, 2011

Cummins Inc has launched Cummins Care, an enhanced customer assistance program providing 24/7 response. The new program is the latest addition to the operation at the new Cummins Customer Support Center in Nashville TN....

Scania collaborates
in research to develop
biofuel-based engine 

Oct 18, 2010

Scania has been granted SEK 30 million—about EUR 3.3 million—by Sweden’s Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation Initiative (FFI) to develop a biofuel engine intended for heavy commercial vehicles. This research will show how the best characteristics of the diesel and the Otto principle can be combined in an engine that can operate on both alcohol- and gaseous methane-based fuels...

Truck engine problem
rates in 2010 accelerate,
J D Power study reveals 

Sep 7, 2010

After two rounds of revisions in emissions standards since 2004, problem rates for heavy-duty truck engines in 2010 are nearly twice as high, on average, as rates for engines manufactured prior to these emission changes, according to the J D Power and Associates 2010 US Heavy-Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Study released recently....

Cummins EPA '10 engine
output reaches 26,000 

Aug 30, 2010

After seven months' production of its EPA 2010-certified and compliant engines, Cummins has built and shipped more than 20,000 heavy-duty and MidRange engines with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) exhaust aftertreatment...

Volvo recalls workers
to New River Valley 

Aug 30, 2010

Volvo will recall about 270 people to its New River Valley assembly plant beginning the week of September 6 to meet increasing demand for orders. The recall, representing about 23% of the workforce...

Stotesbury Transfer finds
new T800 makes the grade
—in more ways than one 

Aug 25, 2010

Rob Pettigrew may be pulling a turnpike double configuration load of 90,000 pounds of raw milk with a new Kenworth T800 equipped with an engine that’s new to the North American market—but he doesn’t miss his old truck....

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