2/24/2012 11:45:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Universal Truckload Services reported higher fourth-quarter and full-year profits on higher truckload revenue. Net income climbed to $3.5 million, or 23 cents… Read More »Universal Truckload's 4Q Profit Improves
This great-looking load shoul dbe placed out-of-service for violations. How many can you spot? (See the answer at the bottom of the story.) By Jim Park, Equipment Editor You can hide a multitude of sins… Read More »Cargo Securement: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You Under CSA
2/24/2012 3:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Oil extended its longest rally in two years, rising to finish the trading week over $109 a barrel, Bloomberg reported. Crude futures… Read More »Oil Ends Week Over $109 a Barrel
OS Trucking in Springfield, Mo., uses software to track each individual piece of equipment from cradle to grave and understand all the costs. By Rolf Lockwood, Contributing Editor The need for first-rate maintenance of our… Read More »Managing maintenance with software
2/23/2012 11:45:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group’s fourth-quarter and full-year operating income rose on higher demand at its oilfield services unit. Operating income for… Read More »Mullen's 4Q, Full-Year Profits Improve
3M and Chesapeake Energy Corp. will collaborate in designing, manufacturing and marketing a broad portfolio of compressed natural gas tanks for use in all sectors of the U.S. transportation market, starting with commercial vehicles. 3M’s… Read More »3M, Chesapeake Energy Partner to Create CNG Tank Technology
2/22/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This TAMPA, Fla. — The Technology Maintenance Council gave one fleet executive and four associate members its Silver Spark Plug Award for career… Read More »TMC Gives Five Silver Spark Plug Awards
Commentary by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Each year, I spend some time chatting with some of the nation’s top truck dealers, those nominated for the Truck Dealer of the Year award from American Truck… Read More »Dealer Perspective
2/21/2012 3:15:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Larry Smith/Trans Pixs Oil closed at a nine-month high over $105 a barrel on Tuesday, after finishing every trading day last week over… Read More »Oil Shoots Past $105 a Barrel
“All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Each year, Heavy Duty Trucking’s editors pore through the pages of the last 12 months of product announcements we’ve run in the magazine and click… Read More »Tracking trends with HDT's Top 20
2/17/2012 1:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Alleges 2009 Units Assembled in 2010 Tweet Print This The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether Navistar Inc. completed assembly of 7,600 heavy-duty 2009 model… Read More »EPA Investigating Navistar on Engines
For the fourth year in a row, Volvo Trucks will recognize two North American fleets with the Volvo Trucks Safety Award for their commitment to safety. Recipients of the 2012 award will each receive $25,000… Read More »Volvo Trucks Safety Award Returns in 2012