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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ome truck manufacturers have begun to offer fleet customers tractors equipped with engines that meet 2007 emission standards, while others said they would make the test vehicles available soon.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>Private equity firm Littlejohn & Co. said it purchased Kenan Advantage Group, the nation’s largest distributor of fuel products to retail outlets, and said the transaction strengthened Kenan’s plans for further expansion.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>With new emission standards for trucks to take effect just over a year from now, trucking companies remained skeptical that the introduction of 2007-model engines would be the smooth-sailing event that engine manufacturers had promised.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>U.S. sales of Class 8 trucks jumped 16.6% in November as truck buyers took delivery in a market where freight rates remained strong and truck production showed no signs of letting up, manufacturers said.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>U.S. retail sales of heavy-duty trucks had their smallest monthly gain of 2005 in October — 14.4% higher than a year earlier — but still the second-best October in history.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>ROSEMONT, Ill. — A new government rule shortening the required stopping distance for heavy trucks, expected by the end of the year, could lead truck manufacturers to drop short-wheelbase models and might increase the popularity of air-ride front suspensions, officials said here last week.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>ROSEMONT, Ill. — Volvo Powertrain North America, which supplies heavy-duty engines to Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks, said it was on the verge of choosing selective catalytic reduction technology to meet new U.S. emission standards for nitrogen oxide that go into effect in 2010.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. AS VEGAS — Mack Trucks introduced a new 11-liter engine, as well as new and updated truck models designed around that engine.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. al-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, an-nounced that within 10 years it would double the fuel efficiency for its fleet of heavy-duty trucks to an average of 13 miles per gallon — a goal it said would eventually reshape trucks around the globe.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. OSTON — Given the host of challenges facing the trucking industry, it is critical for fleets to manage information the best way possible, the president of Qualcomm’s Wireless Business Solutions Unit said.