Saia to Announce Third Quarter 2016 Results on October 26, 2016

Montreal Port opts for truck routing to cut wait times, GHGs

Ormond Beach Love’s offers fuel-and-go only through Biketoberfest

Thousands of motorcyclists will converge in the Daytona Beach/Ormond Beach area Oct. 13-16 for Biketoberfest. Daytona Harley Davidson (DHD), located next door to Love's in Ormond Beach, is a major participant of the annual motorcycle event and rally.

DHD's involvement causes unusually high traffic volume in and around the area, and Love's can only allow trucks to FUEL AND GO, according to the company. Long-term parking won't be available at this location throughout Biketoberfest.

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Oliver Rubber Website Includes Redesigned Retread Selector

Screenshot via Oliver Rubber

Oliver Rubber Company has redesigned its website, oliverrubber.com, based on customer feedback, adding features like a retread selector and dealer locator to help users better manage their business.

The retread selector has been completely redesigned to include more information with a search feature that recommends the right retread for the vocation, application, size and position, SmartWay verification, winter traction and truck trade-in where applicable.

Retreads can also be compared side by side and each product page includes a large tread image, benefits, fitments, sizes supported, and retread specifications.

A reference section provides all of the reference materials available for a specific tread, including product sheets, warranty information and SmartWay designation.

For its new dealer locator, the website shows dealer information and map location at the same time. It also includes more user-friendly icons that identify what services dealers offer. Information can be searched by address, city and state, zip code, and even latitude and longitude. The search can also be refined to select dealers with the specific services desired.

The information on oliverrubber.com product detail pages can be shared via social sites such as Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter.

Content is formatted for mobile devices, and a new feature allows customers to create an account and save dealer and tread information as well as access frequently used reference materials.

Related: Trailer Tire Retread Made for Regional and Long-Haul

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Some things we learned about two-truck platooning

The word platooning can mean different things to different people. Our recently completed Confidence Report on the subject focuses on two-truck platooning where the drivers have their hands on the wheel but also have electronic assistance helping drive the vehicle.

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Largest US revenue fleet Schneider floats IPO

UPS Adding 200 Hybrid Delivery Trucks

Photo courtesy of UPS.

UPS is adding 200 new hybrid-electric delivery trucks that feature a 2-cylinder engine and E-GENTM chassis to its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet.

The vehicles deliver approximately four times the fuel economy of a gasoline powered vehicle, and offer a real time telematics performance monitoring system that provides feedback for energy monitoring and route efficiency, according to UPS.

The trucks will be deployed sometime in January 2017 starting at locations in Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.

The technology in the trucks is the same used in the 125 vehicles UPS announced for its fleet in May this year, according to the package delivery company.

“The improvements in these new package cars came from real-world experience in our alternative fuel Rolling Laboratory, which earlier this year hit a 1 billion miles driven milestone,” said Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president global engineering and sustainability.

The initial 125 vehicles were purchased under UPS's commitment to log 1 billion miles with alternative fuel and advanced-technology vehicles, which it accomplished in August.

Related: UPS Adds 2-Cylinder Engine to Hybrids to Boost Range

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