Updated: 3/3/2011 10:00:00 AM American Trucking Associations has urged the Obama administration to open up opportunities for domestic oil production as a way to lessen the impact of political tumult in the Middle East. “Recent… Read More »ATA Backs More Domestic Oil Production
Oil prices settled above $102 per barrel on Tuesday for the first time since September of 2008 as fighting escalated in Libya and petroleum demand grew in the U.S. Libyan oil fields produce 1.6 million… Read More »Oil Rises Above $102 as Libyan Supply Fears Escalate
Updated: 3/2/2011 9:00:00 AM U.S. auto sales rose in February, with all major car companies reporting double-digit percentage gains, the Associated Press reported. Automakers said Tuesday that consumers snapped up both cars and trucks, buoyed by… Read More »Automakers Report Big February Sales Gains
Van rates nationwide increased 2.6 percent in the last two weeks as markets affected by recent winter storms recovered. According to TransCore Trendlines, a weekly barometer for truckload freight moved on the spot market, three… Read More »TransCore Reports Van and Flatbed Rates Continue to Rise
Updated: 3/1/2011 11:30:00 AM Crash-test analysis by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows that underride guards on tractor-trailers can fail even in relatively low-speed crashes, and the group is petitioning the federal government to… Read More »Insurance Group Cites Concerns on Underride Guards
“All That’s Trucking” by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief I can’t remember when there was more anticipation about a new truck model coming out. Cat’s new on-highway vocational truck, the CT660, will be officially unveiled… Read More »Aaanticipation …
Updated: 2/28/2011 11:00:00 AM Dana Holding Corp. reported a smaller fourth-quarter loss than a year ago and a net profit for the full year, while boosting its 2011 earnings and revenue outlook. The truck axle… Read More »Dana Reports Smaller 4Q Loss, Boosts 2011 Outlook
Remarks by Anne S. Ferro FMCSA Administrator California Trucking Association Annual Management Conference Santa Barbara, CA January 23, 2011 Introduction Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for inviting me to join you today. I am delighted… Read More »Remarks by FMCSA Administrator Anne S. Ferro at the California Trucking Association Annual Management Conference
Ranco Anvil 34-foot end-dump is part of a demo rig for Paccar’s MX-13 diesel. “Trailer Talk” blog by Tom Berg, Senior Editor Most trailers used for product promotion are vans whose broad sides become rolling… Read More »Las Vegas Pete Uses an 'Anvil' as a Billboard
Updated: 2/24/2011 9:00:00 AM Navistar International Corp. has reached a development agreement with EcoMotors International to help commercialize the engine maker’s “opposed-piston, opposed-cylinderâ€� engine technology. EcoMotors’ first commercial vehicle product to use the technology, which… Read More »Navistar Enters Engine Deal with EcoMotors
Observant workers, diligent screening, and established security protocols in place and Con-Way Freight’s Lubbock Texas service center combined to foil a terrorist bomb plot. On Thursday, the FBI arrested Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, a 20-year-old Saudi… Read More »Con-Way Freight Helps Foil Terrorist Bomb Plot
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 03-11 Friday, February 25, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel: (202) 366-9999 or (202) 306-4580 FMCSA Enhances Pre-Employment Screening… Read More »FMCSA Enhances Pre-Employment Screening Program's Driver Data