Stuttgart – Indications are good that the global truck sector will continue to grow in the future.The current level of incoming orders at Daimler AG confirm this view: The orders for 420,000 units that Daimler Trucks received between January and November 2011 represent a 26 percent increase from the prior year (334,200 units), as well [...]
Daimler Trucks Improves Profitability, Productivity, and Capabilities for Innovation
January 2nd, 2012Tips to buy Used Trucks Online From Japan
January 2nd, 2012Buying used trucks from Japan can be a very profitable idea for any person from any country of the world. Japanese trucks are well known for their performance, quality of material used, durability and comfort. Thus buying a used truck from Japan has added advantages like buyer has to pay very low price for almost [...]
A Carbon Audit For The Renault Trucks Site At Blainville
December 27th, 2011Renault Trucks recently completed a carbon audit of its site at Blainville. Every activity involving greenhouse gas emissions was closely scrutinised throughout the year – logistics, assembly, staff travel, etc. This has allowed Renault Trucks to now measure the impact of its investments in terms of CO2 emission reductions, define new initiatives to implement and [...]
Japan’s Shipping Industry
December 26th, 2011Japan’s shipping industry witnessed a big boom in the year 2003-04. According to consolidated financial results announced for the year ending March 2004, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) posted record net profits, and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), the largest shipping company in Japan, made substantial gains [...]
Leading Brazilian Construction Firm Adds 115 Mercedes-Benz Trucks to Its Fleet
December 21st, 2011Stuttgart / São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil – Mercedes-Benz do Brasil continues to register a high level of orders for medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks. One of Brazil’s largest construction companies, Camargo Corrêa has now ordered 115 Mercedes-Benz trucks in order to upgrade its fleet. The order encompasses a wide range of products, including medium-duty Atego, [...]
Helmet: most essential accessory for Bike Riders
December 21st, 2011A motorcycle helmet is a protective headgear used by motorcycle riders. The primary goal of a motorcycle helmet is to protect the rider’s head during collision or accident, thus preventing or reducing head injury or saving the rider’s life. Research and surveys concluded that helmets reduce the risk of head injury by around 69% and [...]
1,200 Customers Have Tried The Renault Trucks Construction Range
December 20th, 2011Renault Trucks decided to go out and meet its construction industry customers to give them the opportunity of discovering and trying out its vehicles. The first edition of the Construction Days was such a success that the manufacturer repeated this operation in 2011. Altogether, over 1,200 customers carried out 1,600 test drives during which they [...]
Renault Sherpa : A Vehicle For Extreme Conditions
December 20th, 2011A civilian version of the Sherpa? Why not? Renault Trucks had been thinking along these lines since the very first civilian adaptation of the Sherpa in 2009. Initially designed by Renault Trucks Défense for tactical and logistical military operations, the Sherpa Light stands halfway between a 4×4 and a truck. Capable of operating on the [...]
Kenworth of Indianapolis Hosts Annual Truck Show Featuring Hybrid and CNG-Powered Kenworths
December 20th, 2011INDIANAPOLIS, – More than 350 truck and fleet operators learned about new available equipment and the future of natural gas fuel in the trucking industry at a show held by Kenworth of Indianapolis / Palmer Trucks at the Indiana State Fair Grounds.
The annual show, held Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at the Marsh Blue Ribbon [...]
Reliability And Versatility Make Hino The Truck Of Choice
December 16th, 2011Dependability and chassis versatility are two of the reasons a Queensland mobile meat vendor chose a second Hino 300 Series to expand her fleet of mobile sales vehicles. Seafood Direct and Butcher Boy Meats proprietor Michelle Slessor said the versatility of her first Hino 300 Series (an 816 model) in accepting a custom body, and [...]