Raydan Manufacturing, creator of the Air Link suspension, reported its financial results for its third quarter ending Jan. 31, which saw a decline in revenues and profit.
Raydan recorded revenue of $4.6 million during the quarter and suffered a loss of $468,586 compared to revenues of $5.6 million and a net profit of $23,641 for the […]

Con-way Freight is slowing down its 8,400 trucks to curb its gas consumption and carbon emissions.
The transportation company says it turned back the speed governors on all the vehicles in its fleet, allowing the truck engines to run at 62 miles per hour at most instead of the previous maximum of 65 miles per hour.
Con-way […]

Greensboro’s Volvo Trucks North America saw deliveries of its trucks drop 15 percent in January, even as overall deliveries continued to increase.
Volvo Trucks North America had 2,204 deliveries of its trucks in January, down from 2,604 in January 2007. But the number of delivered units for the entire Volvo Trucks segment, which includes Europe, Asia, […]

An electrical fault sparked a fire Wednesday night in a building that houses snow-removal equipment, city of Wayne firefighters said.
The fire was extinguished after more than two hours. There were no injuries.
Fire officials said more than seven salt trucks were damaged and three were so badly burned, they are useless.
The building, on Howe Road just […]

The top executive at Navistar International Corp said on Thursday the North American truck market has “absolutely” bottomed, and that the industry will experience growth in 2008.But speaking to reporters at the Chicago Auto Show, where his company unveiled a new model of its biggest commercial truck, Navistar President and Chief Executive Dan Ustian said the […]

Associations today announced that it is seeking nominations for professional truck drivers to serve on the 2009-2010 America’s Road Team. The America’s Road Team, sponsored by Volvo Trucks North America, is a national public outreach program led by a small group of professional truck drivers who share superior driving skills, remarkable safety records and a […]

Greensboro’s Volvo Trucks North America saw a 5 percent decline in deliveries of its trucks in 2007, even as deliveries increased in the fourth quarter.
The company delivered 31,889 trucks in the fourth quarter, a 6 percent increase from fourth quarter 2006. But deliveries for the year dipped 5 percent, to 100,109.
Total Volvo truck deliveries (which […]

Freightliner Trucks announced that its Business Class M2 106 Hybrid drop frame beverage truck is now available. Designed for fuel savings and reduced emissions, the Class 6 features the Eaton medium-duty hybrid electric system and is a built specifically to address the challenges of hauling loads in an urban setting.
The first trucking manufacturer in the […]

One after another, the big rigs slowly rolled along over Stevens Pass on Wednesday after heavy snow and avalanche danger closed I-90 at Snoqualmie Pass, the state’s main east-to-west freeway.
“I’ve never seen this amount of commercial truck traffic on Highway 2,” Washington State Patrol trooper Kirk Rudeen said. He’s been patrolling the area for 19 […]

Truck tonnage in December rose 1.4% from a year ago, American Trucking Associations said in its seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage index.
Combined with November’s 3.3% gain, it marked the first sequential year-over-year increases since May and June 2006.
The tonnage index for 2007 fell 1.4%, following a 1.7% decline in 2006, ATA said late Friday.
The month-to-month […]