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February 13, 2009
A Penton Media Publication
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ConocoPhillips Lubricants launches liquid titanium heavy-duty engine
oil.
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ECT with Liquid Titanium, a premium, industry-leading API CJ-4
heavy-duty engine oil - now enhanced with liquid-titanium-additive
technology for proven antiwear protection and improved resistance to
corrosion and oxidation. Exclusively from ConocoPhillips Lubricants. www.conocophillipslubricants.com/titanium
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Stimulus
said to include $150+ billion for transportation, energy,
technology
By Wendy Leavitt, director of editorial development
Initial reports are that the final version of the federal Economic
Stimulus Package includes more than $150 billion in public works
projects for transportation, energy and technology. Trucking, like many
other industries, is sure to feel some impact from such a super-sized
spending plan, but exactly what that will be is still anybody’s guess.
One thing, however, is abundantly clear--green is the color of the
stimulus package no matter how you look at it.
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Number-one Bottled Water Company has Reduced Idle Time by 41 Percent
Thanks to Cadec’s Advanced Fleet Management Software.
Read how this industry leader is using Cadec’s advanced fleet
management software and On-Board Computers in its entire fleet of 40
trucks for idle tracking, GPS management and paperless logging
capabilities. With the use of Cadec's solutions “Driver behavior
started to change almost immediately.” Read the case study at www.cadec.com/polandspring
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Trucking
still learning about biodiesel fuel
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Trucking needs to move beyond merely learning about biodiesel fuel,
contends Steph Sabo, maintenance manager for Norrenberns Truck Service
(NOTS). Sabo said that he still doesn’t understand why discussions
about biodiesel within the trucking industry continue to be of an
educational nature.
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Finally, an affordable diesel fuel management system for under
$2500.
With ProFlow’s Cube 70 MC Diesel Fuel Dispenser, you can monitor and
control your diesel fuel inventory, prevent diesel theft and have
accountability of your diesel usage. Data can be downloaded to a PC. [Read more]
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Idle
reduction study to be released this summer by American Transportation
Research Institute (ATRI)
This summer, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)
expects to release the results of a two-year study of idle-reduction
systems done in partnership with fleets Schneider National, Diversified
Transfer & Storage and National Freight, Inc. National and Diversified
kept data on APUs, while Schneider studied thermo-cooled and
battery-powered AC systems in addition to the fuel-operated heaters they
already had.
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Join our LIVE web seminar to understand how Descartes can help improve
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Converting
cow manure into truck fuel
Hilarides Dairy is trying a new method to minimize pollution and
diversify energy sources in its trucks—converting cow waste to fuel,
with the help of a $600,000 grant from the California Air Resources
Board’s (CARB) Alternative Fuel Incentive Program.
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SAF-Holland
Group GmbH names CEO
SAF-Holland Group GmbH has appointed Dr. Reiner Beutel CEO,
effective February 2nd. His predecessor, Rudi Ludwig, will retire from
day-to-day operations on February 28 but will remain on SAF-Holland
S.A’s board of directors.
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Trucks
at Work: Adding it up
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
It’s been a fascinating process (for me at least) to observe the
intensifying focus of truck OEMs on making ever more subtle changes to
Class 8 tractor designs in search of just a little more efficiency –
and not just in terms of fuel economy.
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Trucking Around the World |
Taiwan's
largest shipper raising rates
Evergreen Marine Corp, Taiwan's largest container shipping company
by revenue, said it plans to hike freight rates on its Asia-Europe
routes from April 1. ...
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Biodiesel
classroom on wheels
Auburn University's Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts is using a
unique method to talk about biodiesel. Auburn, along with other
partners, converted a 20-foot trailer into a "mobile classroom" to
explain biodiesel in detail.
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