Fuel Efficiency * USA - EPA to Test Trucks’ one

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Environmental Protection Agency officials said they expect to begin testing heavy- and medium-duty trucks for fuel efficiency later this summer

Washington,DC,USA -Light & Medium Trucks/Transport Topics, by Daniel P. Bearth/Automotive Digest -3 June 2008: -- ... Cheryl Bynum, a program manager with EPA’s SmartWay Transport Partnership, said testing would begin “by the end of summer,” but added, “I don’t think a final protocol can be completed before mid-2009.”... Bynum spoke at an EPA-sponsored workshop in Washington, D.C., to solicit feedback from industry representatives after the agency published a draft test protocol in November. Agency officials had been working closely with trucking officials and equipment manufacturers to develop fuel testing procedures since last year... Under the draft EPA test protocol, EPA proposed testing a variety of different commercial truck configurations, including an over-the road tractor-trailer combination and regional haul truck, a drayage truck, a parcel or beverage delivery vehicle, a garbage truck, a utility service truck and a transit bus, based on simulated average loads and duty cycles... Initial testing would be conducted simultaneously on a test track and a chassis dynamometer to determine if there is any difference in performance... A separate procedure for testing diesel-electric hybrid trucks would also be developed... Tags: , , , ,

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OPINION * Canada - Chief’s Three priorities for shaking up transportation industry

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The Canadian trucking industry needs a "strong, competitive customer base featuring an efficient, predictable, and reliable supply chain"

Fredericton,NB,USA -Truck News -4 June 2008: -- ... Said the CEO of the Canadian Trucking Alliance who spoke at the 2008 Canadian Transportation Research Forum, in Fredericton, NB... It was the first of three priorities David Bradley offered to the forum, with a talk entitled: Shaking up Canada's Transportation System. "Truckers are in the transportation service business," he said. "With all the issues currently conspiring to alter the volume, trajectory, and mix of freight in North America, capacity of available truck service, and balance of freight to, from, and within Canada, has changed drastically. In some parts of the country, there is too much capacity: in others not enough; it seems"... While the responsibility for creating that customer base rests with the industrial sectors themselves, to improve their competitiveness, and for governments to use the means at their disposal to encourage direct investment in Canada (through reduced business taxes, infrastructure investment, smart borders, etc.), Bradley said that trucking can also play a role, if it is allowed to do so... His second priority would be to remove impediments from the trucking industry's ability to contribute to a strong, competitive customer base... Taxing investment in new equipment, for example, and requiring carriers to take a payload penalty - in order to accommodate fuel efficiency devices on their trucks - makes little sense, he said... By accomplishing the first two priorities, Bradley said conditions would be created that would assist carriers in what is perhaps "their number one priority" - earning a reasonable rate of return on investment... That's what creates jobs and wealth for all... Tags: , , ,

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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA -

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* Truck Makers Discuss Emissions, Fuel Efficiency

Sioux City,IA,USA -KMEG 14 -May 28, 2008: -- Making it from here to there on less fuel is a concern for all drivers including truckers... "Anybody who's operating a truck, that's the main expense they're incurring right now," said Eric Staskon, a representative from Navistar International. "So any slight advantage they can give themselves to reduce costs, they're gonna do that."... 2007 engine models attempt to increase fuel efficiency and lower emissions. Navistar International claims to have a model that can cut nearly $6,000 in fuel costs a year... The industry is looking toward the future and trying to top current technology in their 2010 models...


* NationaLease takes equity in Stitzel Leasing

York,PA,USA -Fleet Owner -May 27, 2008: -- NationaLease, through its relationship with ATS Investment Holdings, has taken an equity position in Stitzel Leasing LLC in York, PA, which will now operate under the name of York NationaLease... The investment by ATS enabled Stitzel Leasing, under the direction of trucking industry veteran Dale Stitzel, to acquire the former York NationaLease, the company said. Stitzel Leasing currently operates over 100 vehicles from its York location, and is in the process of opening a Harrisburg, PA location...


* Tank, reefer fleets lead

Houston,TX,USA -Modern Bulk Transporter -May 27, 2008: -- Tank fleets remain an economic bright spot for the trucking industry as a whole, according to Bob Costello, chief economist and vice-president of the American Trucking Associations (ATA)... Tank truckloads increased approximately 7 percent in the first quarter of 2008, compared with the same quarter in 2007, he said during a presentation May 20 during the National Tank Truck Carriers Inc annual conference in New York City. Only refrigerated fleets outpaced tank fleets with an 11 percent increase in freight shipments... Costello said he believes tank fleets will continue to outperform most of trucking for the rest of this year. He also predicted that truckload capacity for all trucking sectors will tighten quickly and significantly in the coming months. Even as loads show signs of increasing, projections suggest that the trucking industry will shrink capacity by about 1.4% this year. That is on top of a 2.6% reduction in capacity in 2007... Tags: ,

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FUEL COST CRISIS * USA - Wall Street’s crude ways

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How traders and hedge funds fuel runaway energy costs

New York,NY,USA -MarketWatch, by David Weidner -May 15, 2008: -- Two years ago, our president, a former Texas oil man, proclaimed that "America is addicted to oil."... These days, the problem is that even though the appetite of the addict hasn't changed, the price of a fix has doubled... A boom in speculation and trading by investment banks and hedge funds has put our energy markets on steroids. Contract volume in the futures markets has risen by a third in just the last year. Oil closed at a record high of $125.96 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Friday. That's double the price two years ago, a difference clearly caused by market manipulation... This isn't complicated finance. The way traders push up prices is surprisingly simple. They buy in European futures markets, which don't have the limits that U.S. markets do. That drives up U.S. prices where they may already have positions. It's a move to think about next time one of these exchange chiefs talks about all of the benefits of "market globalization". None of it would matter except that these markets are supposed to be driven by supply and demand. China and other rapidly growing countries may be using more, or will use more resources, but the reality is that demand and supply haven't changed enough to warrant the price of oil doubling in less than three years... Here's what has changed: the proliferation of energy trading desks on Wall Street and at hedge funds. There are more than 9,000 hedge funds with $1.5 trillion under management, according to the Federal Reserve. Hedge funds, which almost exclusively use short-term strategies, do nearly 55% of derivatives trading, the kind used in energy futures, according to a study last year by Greenwich Associates... During a three-year span ending in 2006, between $100 billion and $120 billion in new speculative money entered the energy markets, according to a congressional report. Investment in commodity index funds surged more than 500% to $80 billion during the same period... The hubris and insensitivity of energy trading is best personified by Goldman Sachs. A Goldman commodities analyst famously predicted in March 2005 that oil would reach $100 a barrel. At the time, a barrel was trading about $55. The prediction led to a lot of ridicule, but it also drove up prices in the short term, and ultimately came true... Now, Arjun Murti, the same analyst who made the earlier prediction, is back, promising $200 oil this year. Murti is again talking about demand, but again, world consumption doesn't suggest the price should double... Even if Goldman isn't profiting off its ability to influence the market, it is defending the role of speculation in the market. In a May 5 note on energy trading, Goldman analysts said speculation was actually solving the energy crisis... Unswayed by Goldman's treatise, Congress, the Federal Trade Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are all looking to rein in the trading. A House panel is investigating speculation and will hold hearings in May and June. A Senate bill sponsored by Michigan Sen. Carl Levin seeks to put limits on U.S. trades in overseas markets... Levin, who as a member of House subcommittee on investigations, is a veteran of the Enron Corp. fallout, recognizes that Enron-era laws don't take into account foreign markets and how they can be manipulated. He's proposing what amounts to trading limits... Tinkering with the free market, however, always is dangerous ground to tread. No one wants the government looking over his or her shoulder when making a trade... Times, though, have changed. The Federal Reserve is backing brokers and honoring the industry's commitments. Traders themselves have distorted the market's integrity... Restraint, either self-inflicted or imposed by the government is coming. Americans are jonesing for relief at the pump... Everyone knows how far an addict will go to get a fix...


* Gas prices may spur revision of mpg plan

Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -May 17, 2008: -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Friday the final regulation increasing fuel efficiency standards could be tougher than the department's initial proposal... Last month, Peters unveiled the department's proposal to increase fuel efficiency of the nation's cars and trucks to 31.6 miles per gallon by 2015 -- a 4.5 percent annual increase, and faster than what Congress ordered in December when it called for the first rewrite of passenger car fuel efficiency standards since 1975. Peters noted the proposal assumed the price of gasoline at about $2.26 a gallon in 2015 rising to $2.51 by 2030. But the price of gasoline was already above that when the measure was passed in April... Prices have jumped 22 cents a gallon since the announcement to a national average of $3.72, according to the U.S. Department of Energy... The energy bill required the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to set the standards starting with the 2010 model year at the "maximum feasible" level. Higher gas prices make tougher standards more feasible... Tags: , , ,

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“GREEN” NEWS * USA - Trucks Reduce Emissions by 83%

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Truck stop electrification is boosting fuel efficiency and minimizing dependence on foreign oil from idling trucks

USA -Clean Technica, by Sarah Lozanova -May 15th, 2008: -- ... An impressive 83% net emissions reduction is achieved after taking into account the electricity required to power these units. Because most electricity is generated using domestic energy supplies, energy dollars stay closer to home. Air quality is improved for communities near truck stops as fewer trucks idle... Trucking companies enjoy lower fuel costs and less wear and tear on engines. Driver comfort is increased by reducing the noise, pollution and vibration from the idling trucks, while offering more entertainment and communication options... There are 1.3 million long-haul diesel trucks with sleeper cabs in the United States, with most drivers averaging over 100,000 miles annually... Tags: , ,

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More Products Trucking News 7102008Two

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Recent Trucking News >. Accuride Announces Availability of Bostroms Signature Series Patriot seat is available to the aftermarket.

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StarTrak Systems Introduces ReeferTrak Sentry Fuel Savings Technology StarTrak Systems, Morris Plains, introduced new fuel usage data service feature for the ReeferTrak Sentry refrigerated trailer monitoring system, which can provide significant reeferfuel savings for fleet operators..... Army Reserve and Conway Freight launched publicprivate partnership that will allow both organizations to recruit, train and employ individuals interested in both serving the nation and pursuing career in the commercial freight transportation industry.... Tags: , , , , ,

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Xtreme Charge DualStation 12Volt Maintenance Charger

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Read More Mobile Awareness Adds

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