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Kenworth adds PeopleNet options for Class 8 models

By Commercial Carrier Journal. Kenworth has added a PeopleNet pre-wire option for the Kenworth Class 8 T660, T800 and W900. Automatic vehicle location, lane departure notification, onboard event recording, remote vehicle shutdown, speed monitoring, and vehicle management are some key PeopleNet applications available with its onboard computer  

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VW EXPANDS LOGISTICS IN MEXICO

By Finished Vehicle Logistics - Volkswagen in Mexico has inaugurated the latest addition to its distribution warehouse for passenger cars made at its Puebla plant, which has a daily output of around 2,500 Beetle, Golf and Jetta vehicles.  

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JAPANESE SALES ALMOST HALVED IN CHINA

By Finished Vehicle Logistics Japanese carmakers have reported a second month of plummeting sales in China as consumers boycott their brands in the wake of a dispute between the two countries over island territory in the East China Sea.

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ATA’s Graves Says Trucking Faces Big Cleanup Job in Northeast Following Storm

The trucking industry is facing a big task in the Northeast following Hurricane Sandy, American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves said in a TV interview Thursday.

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CROSS-BORDER TRUCKING Amid lawsuits, Mexican pilot program plods on

As lawsuits continue against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico, the agency is continuing the program as-intended, granting two more carriers operating authority in the U.S. since mid-October

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HD Truck OEMs: 2017 Greenhouse Rule Could Limit Customer Options

From Transport Topics Magazine – Truck and engine makers said that meeting the federal government’s greenhouse-gas standards that take effect in 2017 while still complying with the 2010 emissions rule is a difficult challenge and could result in more “hard programming†of engine settings and fewer choices for fleets in their tractors.

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Sandy: DOT waiving regs, leading fuel delivery

In an effort to alleviate fuel shortages in states impacted by Hurricane Sandy’s landfall last week, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said Monday it is leading what it calls an “interstate petroleum transport team†that will “serve as a single

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Trucking contributes $7.8 million to election, heavily favors GOP

In Mitt Romney’s losing bid for the presidency, he still remained the top recipient of trucking contributions to political campaigns, with American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves ranked as the Republican nominee’s top trucking-oriented bundler nationwide. From CCJ

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Obama defeats Romney to win second term, vows he has ‘more work to do’

President Obama won a second White House term Tuesday night, overcoming concerns about the fragile economic recovery to soundly defeat Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

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