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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * USA - J.B. Hunt to Buy 5,000 Navistar Heavy Trucks
International tractors will be delivered over next five years
Lowell,ARK,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -May 11, 2010: -- Intermodal trucker J.B. Hunt Transport Services will buy more than 5,000 heavy trucks from Navistar over the next five years... The companies signed a purchase agreement today for International sleepers and day cabs powered by cleaner burning 2010-model-year diesel engines... The new vehicles represent an expansion of its fleet, as well as an upgrade. At the end of last year J.B. Hunt Hunt reported a 21 percent increase in intermodal volume in the first quarter, and a 4.7 percent increase in truck shipments... It has also been purchasing rolling containers and "trailing equipment" to handle the additional business, according to company reports... (Photo from blog.fleetowner: J.B.Hunt offices)
* Tightening Capacity Pressures Truck Orders
Columbus,OH,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -May 11, 2010: -- Research firms find more carriers looking to buy trucks, replace vehicles... Demand for new trucks and other equipment is rising as the economy improves and capacity tightens, surveys by two vehicle market research firms report... CK Commercial Vehicle Research said fleet operators are feeling much better about buying equipment and putting parked trucks back into service... Its Fleet Sentiment Buying Index rose 18 percent in April to 64.6 from January, with 33.3 percent of its private and government fleet participants saying they plan to place orders for power units in the next three months and 28.9 percent planning trailer orders... (Photo from signature-autoglass: Fleet Support)
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