HEAVY-DUTY TRUCK SPEC’ING MADE EASY February 19, 2001 DON MILLS, Ont. -- Www.trucknews.com, the Web site of Truck News, Truck West and Motortruck, has introduced the lat...
ANTI-TRUCK GROUP CRASH PLOWS INTO MEXICAN TRUCK ISSUE February 16, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- The Canadian anti-truck lobby group CRASH has added Mexican trucks to its list of bogeymen it says...
VOLVO DELIVERS 1,244 TRUCKS IN JANUARY, DOWN FROM 1,552 February 16, 2001 STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Deliveries from Volvo Trucks in January 2001 totalled 5,294 trucks, with sales in North Americ...
NAVISTAR REPORTS LOSS IN FIRST QUARTER February 16, 2001 CHICAGO, Ill. -- Navistar lost US$35 million, or 58 cents per diluted share, for the first quarter ended Jan. 31, c...
THERMO KING MAKES QUIETER, ECO-FRIENDLY REEFER February 16, 2001 WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- Thermo King, a division of Ingersoll-Rand, has developed a new, quieter and more environmen...
INTERNATIONAL ROLLS OUT NEW RIGS February 15, 2001 LAS VEGAS, Nev. - International yesterday launched a new series of trucks, the 4000, 7000 and 8000. It calls them i...
PACCAR, CUMMINS AGREE TO ENGINE PACT February 13, 2001 BELLEVUE, Wash.-- Paccar has entered into a long-term supply agreement with Cummins Inc.
VOLVO CUTS 400, TO MAKE FEWER SLEEPER-CABS February 12, 2001 NEW RIVER VALLEY, Va -- Volvo Trucks North America is eliminating about 400 jobs from its New River Valley, Va. Fac...
NAVISTAR JOINS FORD IN COMMERCIAL-VEHICLE JOINT-VENTURE February 12, 2001 DEARBORN, Mich.-- Ford Motor Company and Navistar International announced today that they intend to form a joint ve...
POLYMAX TOUTS NEW REPAIR S-CAMS February 8, 2001 MONTREAL, Que. -- Polymax 2000 Industries says it has a new method of repairing air brake S-cams and bushings that...
TRUCKERS GET SAN FRANCISCO SHAFT February 7, 2001 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- City officials in San Francisco have proposed banning all trucks of over 25 ft. from a hug...
U.S. MUST LET IN MEXICAN TRUCKS: NAFTA PANEL February 7, 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C -- An arbitration panel has ruled the U.S. violated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) rul...
YANKE ADDS 53-FOOT, HIGH CUBE INTERMODAL CANS February 6, 2001 SASKATOON, Sask. -- The Yanke Group of Companies has added 100 new double stack, high cube rail containers to its f...
PACCAR REVENUES FALL DESPITE SECOND BEST YEAR EVER February 6, 2001 BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Heavy-truck manufacturer Paccar's fourth quarter revenues declined 28 per cent, to US$1.7 billio...
DETROIT DIESEL LAUNCHES EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM February 5, 2001 DETROIT, Mich. -- Detroit Diesel has begun selling a new exhaust aftertreatment system, developed in cooperation wi...