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TRUCKING'S WORLD NEWS
* UPS to Order 50 Next-Generation Hybrid-electric Delivery Trucks
Papillion,Nebraska,USA -Finanzen -Feb 18, 2006: The first of the 50 HEVs will be deployed in Dallas this June and will join more than 10,000 low emission and alternative-fuel vehicles already in use...
* East India's heavy duty defence truck manufacturing unit opened
India -Hindustan Times -Feb 18, 2006: Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated East India's first automotive plant for production of heavy duty defence trucks in presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, opening a new vista for the supply of defence equipment from private sector industry...
* Heavy-truck sales rise 8.7% in Jan.
USA -Automotive News, by Kathilee Grace -Feb 20, 2006: Class 4 through 8 heavy-truck sales posted a healthy 8.7 percent increase in January 2006 compared with January 2005. Truckmakers sold 38,727 vehicles last month compared with 35,621 during January of last year...
* Global Heavy Truck Makers Set to Expand into Yangshan Port
SHANGHAI,China -TMCnet -Feb 20, 2006: Global heavy-duty truck manufacturers have started to make a foray into the Yangshan Port, China's first bonded port area located in Shanghai... At present, the domestic-made heavy-duty vehicles are still the main force for the freight transport in the port. Under such circumstances, some overseas brands are weighing plans to enter this market... Dongfeng Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd. will adjust its development philosophy and strive to edge into the logistics market in the port... Volvo is still unable to pose a powerful impact on the indigenous brands, though it developed relatively fast in the field in recent years...
* DAF proclaims 2005 a record year
Netherland -just-auto.com -20 Feb 2006: Heavy duty truck maker DAF has proclaimed that 2005 was a record year for production, sales and market share... The Dutch-based unit of PACCAR said that production in 2005 hit 52,500 units in 2005 - an all-time high - taking DAF's market share in western Europe to almost 14% in the over 15 tonnes GVW segment...
* January truck sales down for 6th consecutive year
USA -The Trucker -20 Feb 2006: History does repeat itself — at least when it comes to the sale of Class 8 trucks in January... For at least the sixth consecutive year, sales of heavy duty trucks declined from December of the previous year. Not only did sales decline in those months, the percentage decrease was in double digits... Sales in January 2006 totaled 19,299, compared with 23,265 in December 2005, a decrease of 17.3 percent, according to Ward’s Automotive...
* Driver shortage will keep lid on carrier freight capacity
Montreal,Canada -Canadian Trucking Alliance -Feb. 20, 2006: All the major components of carrier operating costs -- labour, fuel, equipment and maintenance -- will continue to come under upward pressure in 2006 and need to be covered through a combination of rates and surcharges, said David Bradley, Canadian Trucking Alliance CEO... “The driver shortage has worsened and will become more acute in the years ahead. For the first time ever in 2005, the number of drivers over 55 years of age outnumbered those under 30 years old,” said Bradley. "Capacity will continue to be tight, even if there is some sluggishness in some sectors of the economy."... Bradley said the industry will have to deal with new hours of service, cargo securement, fuel, engine emissions and US security rules in 2006...
* Toyota may build trucks in Canada
Japan -CBC News/Nihon Keizai Shimbun -20 Feb 2006: Toyota's truck subsidiary is considering construction of an assembly plant in Canada by the end of 2006 that would build about 1,500 Hino trucks a year... Hino would ship engines and other major parts from California, where Hino currently has its only North American assembly plant... The plant would complete final assembly of the trucks in this country...
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