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US court upholds hours-of-service regulations

An appeal by the American Trucking Association (ATA) against recently enacted hours-of-service rules for drivers has been rejected by the US Court of Appeals, except

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GM to cut costs with supplier locations, rail and logistics centres

General Motors’ top purchasing executive, Grace Lieblein, has revealed specific plans to reduce logistics costs for its plants in North America, including bringing suppliers and stamping operations closer to plants, extending rail lines and

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BMW to double exports from South Africa and add Maputo port

BMW plans to double exports from South Africa to around 70,000 units a year by next year and

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Volvo: Redundant Clutch Disengagement Signal

Volvo Trucks North America (Volvo) is recalling certain model year 2007-2014 VAH, VHD, VNL, VNM, and VT models. The affected vehicles were built without a redundant clutch disengagement switch. Without a redundant switch, a loss of signal from the brake air pressure switch can prevent the clutch from automatically disengaging when the brake is applied.

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Japanese supply chain in US firing on all cylinders

As Japanese OEMs see record growth in US-based production, parts sourcing and vehicle exports, the carmakers are investing significantly to increase manufacturing and logistics capacity across the region.  

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Freightliner Cascadia 113 Compressed Natural Gas Tractor Walk-around

Heavy Duty Trucking’s Equipment Editor Jim Park takes you on a walk-around tour of the new Cascadia 113 tractor equipped with the Cummins Westport ISX12 G natural gas engine and a 115 DGE compressed natural gas fuel storage system.

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Answers to Your Questions About the New Hours of Service Rules

In this article we will look at some of the more frequently asked questions

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Fox Transportation to add 100 CNG trucks

Fox Transportation has signed a fueling agreement with Clean Energy for its planned deployment of more than 100 natural gas trucks over the next several months.

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More fleets planning equipment purchases, survey indicates

The number of fleet executives who say they plan to place orders for Class 8 trucks in the third quarter was up to 65 percent in the 3Q 2013 Fleet Sentiment survey conducted late last month by CK Commercial Vehicle Research. Just 53 percent of survey respondents indicated in the second quarter that they intended […]

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