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FMCSA OK’s full digital logs on smartphone, tablet logging apps

Digital logs produced by smartphone, tablet or computer apps no longer have to be printed and signed manually by drivers, according to new guidance on digital logs issued this week by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

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The future begins today: Technology that will revolutionize trucking is already here

It’s a cold, rainy morning in Aachen, Germany. I’m on the tail end of a two-week jaunt through Europe that began with Daimler’s introduction of a self-driving truck and wrapped up Wednesday with ZF showcasing a host of innovative new products and technology.

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Boydstun will start making car carrier equipment again in August

Boydstun Equipment Manufacturing, formerly known as Boydstun Metal Works, has announced it will return to the manufacturing of commercial auto transport equipment at the start of August this year.

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AHAA: Two Year Anniversary

July 2014 marks AHAA’s second anniversary. In mid-July, 2012, six companies from the auto transportation industry (Amerifleet Transportation, Brothers Auto Transport, Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport, Proficient Auto Transport, Virginia Transportation and Bill Fralic Insurance Services) agreed to form the Auto Haulers Association of America. Two Year Anniversary article

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Driver turnover rate rises slightly in first quarter

The turnover rate at large truckload carriers rose just one percentage point to 92 percent (annualized rate) in the first quarter of 2014, but held above 90 percent for the ninth consecutive quarter, according to the American Trucking Associations’ quarterly report

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GTL: Trucking’s next ‘alt’ fuel?

What if instead of burning natural gas directly as a fuel it could be converted to high-energy diesel fuel capable of being dropped in diesel engines already on the road today?

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A modest proposal to fix the Highway Trust Fund: Bring back bacon grease

Congress gets back to the Capitol this week following the Fourth of July recess, and will have only three weeks or so before the DOT may have to start rationing Highway Trust Fund reimbursements to the states

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ZF unveils new automated transmission, remote controlled parking

Commercial vehicle component supplier ZF is pushing the envelope of future truck technology. At a rain-soaked test track in western Germany, the company showcased a wide array of new commercial vehicle systems.

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Carriers sue Navistar over alleged defects of its EGR-only MaxxForce engines

Three trucking companies have filed lawsuits against truck and engine maker Navistar International claiming its 2011 and 2012 MaxxForce engines were defective and didn’t meet federal 2010 emissions standards.

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