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Global Fleet•by Staff•April 6, 2015

Refinery Modernization Program Set for Kuwait

John Crane has announced it has signed a frame agreement for the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Clean Fuels Project, a modernization project that will upgrade two refineries in Kuwait.

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Global Fleet•by Staff•April 6, 2015

UK Fleet Adds 1,000 Ford Vans

A further 1,000 new Ford commercial vehicles have joined BT over the first three months of this year. More than 500 new Ford Transit Custom and 200 Ford Transit vans are among the order, with the balance made up of Ford Fiesta vans.

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Global Fleet•by Staff•April 6, 2015

TomTom Acquires Australian Navigation Company

TomTom announced that it has the acquired Location Navigation, including the WhereIs map assets of Australia from Sensis. TomTom will acquire all business activities of Location Navigation including its mapping IP and customer database.

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Fuel•by Staff•April 3, 2015

New Vehicle Fuel Economy Improves to 25.4 MPG

The average fuel economy for new vehicles increased 0.2 mpg to 25.4 mpg in March, according to the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute.

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Safety•by Staff•April 3, 2015

Feds Launch Anti-Distracted Driving Campaign

April is Distracted Driving Awareness month, which brings stricter enforcement of laws targeting driver cell phone use.

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Safety•by Staff•April 3, 2015

Female Drivers More Likely to Use Cell Phones

A research project, conducted from 2011-2013 in six major Texas cities, also found that drivers under 25 and drivers traveling without passengers were at a greater risk for cell phone use.

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Green Fleet•by Staff•April 3, 2015

Virginia Clean Cities Counts 25,000 Alt-Fuel Fleet Vehicles

The Commonwealth of Virginia was home to 24,642 alternative fuel vehicles in 100 fleets along with 431 alt-fuel stations by the end of 2014, according to Virginia Clean Cities (VCC).

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Operations•by Staff•April 3, 2015

DOT: Patch Highway Fund If It Leads to Real Fix

Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx has signaled that he does not oppose Congress applying a short-term fix to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent before it runs out entirely this summer.

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Operations•by Staff•April 3, 2015

Feds Award $500M in Grants for Transportation Projects

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that $500 million will be made available for surface-transportation projects under the TIGER competitive-grant program this year.

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Telematics•by Staff•April 3, 2015

Actsoft Provides Fleet Management Software to U.S. Cellular Customers

Actsoft, Inc. has agreed to a two-year commitment with U.S. Cellular that will allow its customers who manager fleet vehicles to access the company's Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Mobile Resource Management (MRM) solutions.

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