Stop taxing fuel for APUs: CTA-ATA

TORONTO -- Revise fuel tax systems in Canada and the U.S. to encourage truckers to buy idling reduction technology.

Slight over-specing of engines improves fuel economy: Study

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Increasing torque ratings, lowering gear ratios, and making chassis improvements are just a few technical ways to maximize fuel efficiency, according to a new study by Florida-based PHH FirstFleet.

Won’t Get Fueled Again: Fuel rigging scam could cause area disruptions

NEW YORK -- Federal investigators have accused the employees and owners of U.S.-based Mystic Tank Lines and T&S Trucking Corp. with rigging their trucks so they could steal and resell some $75 million worth of heating oil over the past 17 years.

Biofuel demand keeping commodity trailers strong

NEW YORK -- A private trailer manufacturer focused on the agricultural market says that commodity trailer sales remain very robust, despite a downturn in the overall market.

Pilot Travel Centers to refuse credit cards

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Pilot Travel Centers is the latest fuel retailer and service station chain to stop accepting Visa and MasterCard at the pump.

Enviro-friendly drivers to be marked with ‘Eco-licence plate’

ETOBICOKE, Ont. -- New environmental initiatives announced by the Ontario Liberals include identifying drivers and truckers who buy green vehicles and related technology with an "Eco-licence plate."

Sunbury’s ‘green’ truck in spotlight at all-premiers meeting

MONCTON, N.B. -- Canada's premiers gathering for this year's Council of the Federation in Moncton will get an up-close look at a Sunbury Transport LCV

Bill to battle ‘hot fuel’ in the US tabled in the Senate

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. -- A bill introduced in the U.S. that would require fuel retailers to install temperature control devices on pumps is being applauded by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.

CTA wants incentives for ‘envirotrucks’

OTTAWA -- Last year it was about restoring meal tax deductions for truck drivers to 80 percent, this time the Canadian Trucking Alliance is pushing the federal government to greenlight financial incentives to accelerate into the market

New Mack meets EPA SmartWay standards

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- The Mack Pinnacle is the latest new commercial truck to be certified by the U.S. EPA SmartWay program

Shipper sues US LTL giants

KANSAS CITY -- Eleven of the largest LTL carriers in the U.S. are being accused of colluding to fix shipping rates through fuel charges.

Volvo displays CO2-free trucks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- The Volvo Group says it has produced seven demonstration trucks that reportedly do not emit carbon dioxide, which, as climate change theory states, causes global warming.

Mack, U.S. Energy target 10% CO2 cut

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Mack Trucks is working with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop environmentally friendly commercial vehicle technologies,

N.S. to update fleet with enviro-friendly models

HALIFAX -- The government of Nova Scotia has announced plans to "green" its fleet of 2,300 cars, trucks, and heavy equipment.

Cummins says no to SCR in 2010 heavy engines

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Heavy-duty Cummins engines will not use selective catalytic reduction (SCR) to meet 2010 nitrous-oxide emissions limits like a handful of other engine makers. Nor will they need any other form of NOx aftertreatment.