http://fleetowner.com/ Keep track of the latest news in the trucking industry with the Fleet Owner RSS feed. en-us http://fleetowner.com/management/news/freight-forecast-mixed-bag-1120 The latest U.S. freight market outlook issued by FTR Associates presents a mixed bag of projections. Freight volumes should start recovering by early 2010 and could gain significant strength as the year progresses, according to the firm’s economists news Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:11:00 EST http://fleetowner.com/green/archive/la-wireless-traffic-control-1120 The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works' decided to use wireless technology to control 1,000 traffic signals with the goal of reducing congestion and the exhaust emissions that go with it. Proxim Wireless Corp. and Systems Integrated (SI) took on the project, which recently earned the county a 2009 National Association of Counties Achievement Award-- in addition to benefiting from improved traffic flow archive Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:34:00 EST http://fleetowner.com/management/news/grote-announces-key-appointments-1120 Grote Industries, a leading manufacturer of high-performance LED lighting technology, has appointed Jim Braun as CFO and John Grote as vp of sales & marketing. The company said the appointments were made so it could “call on knowledgeable, energetic and seasoned executive staff as it looks toward the future news Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:29:00 EST http://fleetowner.com/information_technology/news/skybitz-names-vp-1120 Henry Popplewell, a long-time industry executive in the areas of transportation and wireless communications, has joined SkyBitz as senior vp of sales. The trailer and asset tracking company has also named Siamak Azmoudeh, formerly of Pegasus TransTech, as its new senior vp of product line management news Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:27:00 EST http://fleetowner.com/information_technology/news/icc-sells-patents-1120 DFConnect, a software system for managing fuel purchases, and two related patents have been sold by Innovative Computing Corp. to Epona LLC, a privately held company specializing in management software solutions news Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:23:00 EST http://fleetowner.com/trucking_around_world/archive/scania-r-series-truck-of-year-1120 Scania revamped its R-series of trucks to add more distinctive exterior styling, and to increase productivity and fuel economy. Those changes have paid off, as the R-Series has been named the International Truck of the Year by the European trucking press archive Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:13:00 EST http://fleetowner.com/information_technology/news/fedex-add-gps-web-based-1119 To more precisely track individual shipments in transit, FedEx Corp. is rolling out a new service next year dubbed SenseAware., which will combine a GPS sensor device and a web-based collaboration platform in one package. The new service will become available in the spring of 2010 news Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:50:00 EST http://fleetowner.com/management/news/navistar-ostarello-powertrain-1119 Navistar International Corp. today appointed Steve Ostarello as vice president of the company’s powertrain product development organization. The OEM said Ostarello, a veteran employee with more than 25 years of experience, has “held numerous roles of increasing responsibility in the company’s engine engineering organization, including his most recent assignment as general manager, powertrain product development.” Ostarello has been heading the powertrain product development organization on an interim basis since the post was vacated earlier this year news Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:49:00 EST http://fleetowner.com/green/archive/clean-burn-doe-award-1119 The U.S. Dept. of Energy Industrial Technologies Program has given used-oil furnance and boiler manufacturer Clean Burn its 2009 Save Energy Now Energy Saver award archive Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:47:00 EST http://fleetowner.com/equipment/news/rice-lake-buys-precision-1119 Rice Lake Weighing Systems has purchased on-board scale manufacturer Precision Loads, the company has announced. Terms of the transaction were not released news Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:44:00 EST