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Seth Clevenger

Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

Seth Clevenger is managing editor of features at Transport Topics. He plans, writes and edits news features for Transport Topics’ weekly newspaper, supplemental publications and TTNews.com.Ā 


Business, Logistics

December Trailer Orders Slip 4.5%

U.S. trailer manufacturers received 29,164 new orders in December, down 4.5% from the same month a year earlier but up 13.6% from November’s total, ACT Research Co. reported.

January 24, 2014
Business

Despite Cost Disputes, Panama Canal Expansion to Move Forward, Authorities Say

ATLANTA — The Panama Canal expansion is expected to move forward on schedule despite an ongoing dispute with contractors over the project’s cost, an administrator for the Panama Canal Authority told an audience of transportation executives here last week.

January 22, 2014
Business, Equipment

Cummins ā€˜Pauses’ Development of 15L Nat-Gas Engine

Engine maker Cummins Inc. confirmed that it has ā€œpausedā€ the development of its planned 15-liter natural-gas engine due to ā€œmarket timing uncertainty.ā€

January 15, 2014
Business, Equipment

Class 8 Orders Surge 50% in December

The Class 8 truck industry ended 2013 on a high note with about 31,800 new orders in December, a 50% jump from the same month a year earlier, ACT Research reported.

January 6, 2014
Business

J.J. Keller Names New CEO

Transportation safety and compliance firm J. J. Keller & Associates Inc. announced that Marne Keller-Krikava will succeed her uncle, James Keller, as the company’s president and CEO on Jan. 1.

December 20, 2013
Business

Paccar to Name Armstrong CEO; Pigott Remains Chairman

Truck and engine maker Paccar Inc. announced that company President Ronald Armstrong will succeed Mark Pigott as CEO on April 27.

December 16, 2013
Business

Paccar Declares Extra Dividend

Truck and engine maker Paccar Inc. on Dec. 10 declared an extra cash dividend of 90 cents per share in addition to its regular quarterly dividend of 20 cents a share.

December 10, 2013
Business, Technology

Safety Technology Could Transform Trucking, Tech Leaders Say

IRVING, Texas — New developments in active safety technology have the potential to dramatically transform the trucking industry, perhaps even culminating someday in driverless trucks, technology leaders told fleet executives here at a meeting organized by American Trucking Associations.

December 5, 2013
Business

Used-Truck Prices Rise as More-Recent Models Reach Market

Used-truck prices have escalated in recent months as more late-model, low-mileage equipment has reached the used market, analysts said.

December 3, 2013
Business, Technology

Vista Wraps Omnitracs Purchase, Plans to Buy Roadnet

Vista Equity Partners said it has completed its acquisition of onboard communications business Omnitracs Inc. andĀ  announced an agreement to purchase Roadnet Technologies Inc., a provider of fleet management software.

November 26, 2013