Thanks to the use of advanced materials like high-strength, military-grade aluminum alloy and EcoBoost® engine technology, Ford has reported that it recycles as much as 20 million pounds of aluminum stamping scrap per month using the closed-loop system at Dearborn Truck Plant. There it builds the F-150. And get this: the savings or recycling is […]
SkyBitz Local Fleets, the leader in fleet management solutions for sales, service and delivery vehicles, has introduced the SA2000, a new plug-and-play GPS fleet tracking product that can be deployed in minutes. It provides an uninterrupted flow of vehicle tracking data including vehicle location, speed, mileage, fuel usage, and more. The SA2000 is available for […]
Freight shipments slowed to only a 1.4 percent rise in March, following an 8.3 percent jump in February, according to the Cass Freight Index. Expenditures for freight declined 1.0 percent in March—reversing a portion of the 6.3 percent increase in February. Manufacturing and building construction have been on an upward trend and have just started […]
American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 4.5% in March, following a 7.2% surge during February. In March, the index equaled 137.6 (2000=100), down from 144 in February. February’s level is an all-time high. Compared with March 2015, the SA index was up 2.2%, which was down from February’s 8.6% year-over-year […]
SkyBitz®, a leader in commercial telematics, has announced that Mesilla Valley Transportation (MVT), one of the largest locally-owned transportation providers in New Mexico and West Texas, has renewed its asset management technology solutions from SkyBitz for its fleet of roughly 5,000 trailers. MVT was able to update its entire fleet with the latest technology without […]
Department of Transportation that fatal truck crashes fell 3.7% in 2014, continuing a decade-long improvement in safety the industry has experienced. “It is a tragedy whenever there is a fatality on our highways, but the trucking industry is pleased to see that it is a tragedy that fewer and fewer Americans are experiencing,” said ATA […]
According to the latest Fleet News Daily report, fuel prices moved upwards over the past few days. This week, the price of Regular nationwide was $2.110 vs. $2.041 one week ago but down significantly from $2.39 last year at this time. The news in fuel prices for Diesel was a bit of the same. One […]
With prices at the pump still low, it’s not surprising that U.S. and Canadian natural gas Class 8 truck retail sales improved only modestly in February, after getting off to a slow start in 2016, according to a recent report from ACT Research. The “Natural Gas Quarterly” attributes this to a high number of natural […]
Nevadans don’t get bugged about this: Fleetmatics Group PLC (NYSE: FLTX), a leading global provider of mobile workforce solutions for service-based businesses of all sizes delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS), announced that Nevada pest control fleets are the the busiest in the U.S., according to findings of an in-depth analysis of its pest control customers’ fleet […]
Heavy duty vehicle lift leader, Stertil-Koni, a brand of the Stertil Group, has announced that its U.S. production facility located in Streator, Illinois, Stertil ALM, has been honored with the Manufacturing/Industry award from the Streator Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The award, which represents the second time Stertil ALM has received this accolade, was presented at […]
