More Car Carriers Being Ordered?

American professionals in the business of shipping cars overseas will be glad to hear that one manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks has recently announced that it would be putting about 125 more Americans to work in the days ahead in the century of the environment. Mack already has about 750 Americans on its payroll at its Macungie plant and employs an additional 1,000 Americans that live in the Lehigh Valley area, according to sources close to this news. Add these new employees to Mack's roster at this facility to the 75 workers that were recently recalled to this plant in June and it appears things are starting to heat up at Mack's Macungie Plant in anticipation of producing more Mack trucks at this facility.

At this point the number of new employees that Mack expects to hire in order to take care of its ramped up production in its Macungie Plant is still in doubt and they could find that they need more workers to handle things at this plant. Mack has stated that they have received a very warm reception from American vehicle shipping professionals and all customers towards their new EPA 2010-compliant trucks, and a recent upswing in orders for their products that meet or beat the most stringent environmental regulations in the world. Great news for Mack, the Americans that will soon be returning to work, and the new employees of Mack that will soon be added to the roster at their Macungie Plant.

American auto shipping professionals that implement Mack trucks in their operations will be smiling when they hear this news about more Americans being put to work and others returning to work producing the trucks America needs in the months and years ahead in the century of the environment. Hopefully this trend continues and down the road we hear of more Americans returning to work in the truck manufacturing plants of the United States and new workers being added to the truck manufacturing industries roster.

Educating Future Car Shipping Professionals

Auto transport professionals around the United States of America will be happy to hear that United States Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has just announced that America will be putting more money to work training the transportation professionals America will need in the years ahead in the century of the environment to make sure the transportation needs of America are provided for. America will be investing about $13.8 million in grants to eight American University Transportation Centers around the United States to help them create and conduct advanced research and education programs to address the transportation challenges America will face in the coming days.

The money will be provided by the Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) and will help the eight American University Transportation Centers in question do research work that supports the current work being done by the USDOT on the car hauling transportation systems of America.

This investment in the transportation industry of America is good news for the vehicle transport industry of the United States as this kind of investment is integral to the future of the transport industry of America. Educating the new transportation professionals of America is a essential element to creating a 21st century transportation system that will allow the United States to lead the world in green transport technologies and systems. This announcement will also help take the United States further down the road to a more modern transportation system and keep the United States in the lead in the development of new transport systems and professionals to keep the trucks rolling.

American Car Haulers Want Changes Made?

Car shipping prices in the United States will vary from firm to firm and service to service, but one thing is staying strong and consistent in the car hauling industry of the United States of America as we head into the second decade of the century of the environment. The partnership between the American Trucking Associations and the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is still going strong, but the latest reports around the American transport industry indicate that the American Trucking Associations think work still needs to be done on improving CSA 2010.

Reports have the ATA recently sending a letter to the FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro asking for a timetable to be created to establish a new process within the current CSA safety measurement system to help make sure a car transporter can only held accountable for crashes they actually played a part in causing. Apparently, the letter in question asked the agency to look at putting in place a system that would allow for a better and more accurate assessment of the actual causes of crashes.

This is great news for American auto transport professionals that have been looking at CSA 2010 and wondering if they were going to be held responsible for the crash types the ATA thinks should be reviewed. Hopefully, the administrator of the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration agrees with the ATA's point of view, and begins looking at making the changes to CSA 2010 that the association is asking for in the days ahead in the century of the environment.

Car Carrier's Using a Cummins Engine

Car carriers on the car shipping streets and highways of the United States could be utilizing a Cummins engine with a VanDyne SuperTurbocharger in the future. Cummins and VanDyne SuperTurbo have recently announced they would begin working together on the development and eventual implementation of more Class 8 trucks using VanDyne SuperTurbochargers as part of America's Super Truck program. A program that sees the costs of developing the super trucks of the future shared between the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and the private sector of the United States of America, the Super Truck program is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act designed to ensure innovation and technology development in America.

Sources indicate that this agreement between Cummins and VanDyne SuperTurbo is fantastic news for the auto transport industry of America and if this partnership is successful in developing more Cummins engines utilizing a VanDyne SuperTurbocharger, sources also indicate that this idea could help to decrease the carbon wheel-print of the transport industry of the United States, in the years ahead in the century of the environment. Apparently this technology will capture the waste heat created in the exhaust and add it to the power available for the Cummins engine in question, which can increase the fuel efficiency and horsepower in the engine, and subsequently reduce the total amount of CO2 these Cummins engines will produce.

When can we expect to hear some news from this partnership about new Cummins engines with VanDyne SuperTurbochargers going into full production? The work of this partnership is just getting started according to sources, so we should probably be patient, and hope that in the future this idea helps manufacturers of internal combustion engines meet future CO2 reduction targets for their engines.

Car Transport Bridge Being Repaired

Car transportation firms that were planning on using the Interstate 55 bridge in Arkansas this week to conduct car shipping duties will need to find another route to take as this route is currently being made safer for auto shipping transport vehicles to use. Road construction engineers and crews recently found a few problems that they're currently fixing during a routine inspection of the Interstate 55 bridge that will require this popular car transport route be closed for a few days. This work will prevent possible problems due found during the routine inspection and it should make Americans and car transporters in America happy to know that the road and bridge inspectors are out on the transport roads of America doing their jobs and that the Interstate 55 bridge will soon be safer for the job of transporting cars to destination in the United States of America for years to come in the century of the environment.

The Interstate 55 bridge runs between West Memphis, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee and according to sources is used by numerous transport vehicles on a daily basis, so this news, while it might require a few changes in the business of professionals shipping cars to destination in America, is actually good news in that the bridge will be safer once the work is complete. This news will mean that the Interstate 55 bridge will be closed to auto transport in alternate directions starting Monday, August 9, between the hours of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, and continuing through until Thursday, August 12. Plans call for the outside southbound lane to be closed first and then once that work is completed the work crews will more over and do the work on the outside northbound lane, according to sources at the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department.

Help for Drowsy Car Transporters

Car shipping professionals conducting auto transport on the automobile transport roads and highways of the United States of America that implement Takata Electronic's SafeTrak 3 product on their car transport vehicles will be glad to hear that Takata Electronics has announced they're adding a new driver alertness feature to their SafeTrak 3 system. The new feature add to Takata Electronic's SafeTrak 3 system apparently detects, monitors, and even alerts users of erratic driving that could indicate the driver needs to take a rest or weaving within lanes that could indicate inadvertent lane departures. This new feature is a great addition to Takata Electronic's SafeTrak 3 vehicle monitoring software that tracks the time of day, number of alerts, and variability in the driving performance of car hauling transport drivers. It should also help users better understand their own driving patterns and make adjustments to improve overall road safety of the auto shipping services they provide, according to sources.

Car transporters face a host of distractions while on the roads and streets of the United States of America conducting vehicle transportation services and this can include drowsiness and Takata Electronic's SafeTrak 3 system algorithims can help operators better manage their driving so they know to stop for a rest, what time of day it's in the region they're currently operating and measure their driving performance in real time, according to sources. The new driver alertness feature they just added can also diagnose a driver's inattention by monitoring the vehicles performance within the lane and then provide an alert to let the driver know to take a rest or pay more attention to the task at hand. Simply put using Takata Electronic's SafeTrak 3 system can save possibly save lives, improve the efficiency of your car transport services, and possibly even cut costs somewhere down the road.

Auto Transport Drivers Will be Welcome!

Car shipping professionals conducting car transport services on the vehicle transportation roads of Missouri will have a new place to stop when out on the highways of America that will be able to provide them with everything they need, once they finish renovating and expanding the current facilities. The Joplin Petro located at Interstate 44 and Highway 43 Exit 4 in Joplin, Missouri is currently undergoing a massive refit and expansion, according to car movers around the United States of America and sources at the Joplin Petro.

What kind of changes are they making to the Joplin Petro that will enhance the services this truck stop already provides? Plans at this point apparently include a new 15,000 square foot Super Truck Showroom that will feature two semi trucks turning on tables, an elevator, wall of light and thousands of chrome accessories to delight the heart of the trucking enthusiast. They'll also have a Taco Bell and Pizza Hut Express, a cutom vinyl and embroidery shop, new restrooms, doors that will automatically open to allow you access and some new eye-candy to make the experience a little more entertaining.

Reports indicate that the renovation work has already been completed on the Joplin Petro Fuel Center and the Iron Skilled Restaurant, which was actually redone in 2009. Car transporters conducting auto shipping duties in Missouri won't be able to stop by and check out the renovated digs until sometime early in 2011, according to the latest sources, but they definitely have something to look forward to that will probably put a smile on their faces when they first see it.