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Pay-as-you-go vehicle tracking accounts for 50 per cent of Quartix's overall sales
Quartix reports that more than 50 per cent of its overall sales are now derived from its high-specification pay-as-you-go vehicle tracking product. The company attributes the product’s success to fleet managers’ nervousness over the future viability of some competitor companies and a reluctance to enter into long-term, binding contracts at a time of uncertainty. Andy Kirk, sales and marketing director, said: “The recession has seen the coll... [more]
Caterpillar invests in mining shovel range and mining trucks
Caterpillar Inc. has announced a series of investments that, over the next four years, will significantly enhance the company’s position for the global mining industry. The company will produce a full range of mining shovels, ranging from a 125-ton model through an 800-ton model. Caterpillar has selected its manufacturing facility in Aurora, Ill., for initial production of the new product range and is conducting a study of additional productio... [more]
Online registration now open for Interbuild Onsite
Interbuild Onsite will provide a clear focus for exhibitors and visitors this year, thanks to the creation of six specific new zones dedicated to important product and business areas for the building trades. In addition to Commercial Vehicles and Tools, the principal featured zones at Interbuild Onsite now include Kitchens & Bathrooms, Painting, Decorating & Finishing, Installer (plumbing, heating and electrical), Flooring, an FMB Zone (Feder... [more]
TRACKER Plant takes the stress out of owning and using plant equipment
The launch of TRACKER Plant brings TRACKER’s fleet tracking capabilities together with its award winning stolen vehicle recovery (SVR) solutions, to meet the specific requirements of the Plant market. Now owners and hirers of plant machinery can monitor its actual usage on and off-site, helping to increase efficiency whilst benefiting from the ultimate security system in the event of theft. The National Plant & Equipment Register (TER) reports... [more]
Masternaut secures new vehicle tracking contracts in the utilities and public sectors
Masternaut Three X has won £10 million of new business from the utilities and public sector. Major power and water companies and local authorities that have signed for Masternaut’s advanced tracking services include National Grid, Scottish Power, Scottish Water, Dumfries and Galloway Council and Renfrewshire Council. The new business, won over the last three months, amounts to tracking contracts for over 7,000 individual vehicles – adding to ... [more]
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Trailers still a reality for post-Katrina New Orleans Fire Department
NEW ORLEANS -- From the city's fringes in Venetian Isles to the sparsely-populated Lower Ninth Ward, trailers are still a part of life for some New Orleans firefighters. Five years after Hurricane Katrina, some firefighters work, sleep and eat during their shifts in trailers, parked right next to their bright red fire trucks. In Venetian Isles, for insurance reasons, the trailer sits in a ...
Interstate 78 east fully open following fatal, fiery truck collision
Interstate 78 east fully reopened around 9:15 p.m. Thursday night, nearly 15 hours after a fiery collision between two tractor-trailers and a car killed an Easton-area truck driver and caused traffic delays on roads throughout the Lehigh Valley.
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Get local and national news updates via E-mail. Disaster relief trucks are gathering at Fort Bragg, ready to head to any coastal areas hit by Hurricane Earl.
Rail, Intermodal Volume Reach Highest Level This Year
Last week, the U.S. railroads set new record highs for 2010 in both rail carloads and intermodal volume, according to the Association of American Railroads.
One Killed In Firey Crash
Eastbound traffic on Interstate 78 in Northampton County is moving again tonight.
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9/3/2010 - Lawrence Transportation to Buy Virginia Trucker Lawrence Transportation Systems will purchase the trucking operations of Virginia-based William Edwards Inc....
2.1 million vehicles expected on Turnpike Labor Day weekend
Pennsylvania Turnpike officials expect more than 2.1 million vehicles will travel the Turnpike during the four-day Labor Day weekend, a slight increase over last year's count of 2.05 million cars and trucks.
Countdown on for Hurricane Earl
Most of R.I. under tropical storm warning; officials urge residents to finalize preparations
Council looks at restricting oversized vehicle parking
Twenty hours a day and free weekends. Although it sounds like a long-distance calling plan, 20 hours a day and free weekends are instead included as part of a new oversized vehicle parking ordinance that will be presented to the City Council Tuesday, Sept. 7.
