U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 09-12 Monday, May 7, 2012 Contact: Shashunga Clayton Tel.: (202) 366-9999 U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Judson Mobley… Read More »U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Judson Mobley Logging, Inc. to Shut Down
BAE HybriDrive in this Kenworth T800 dump supplies only propulsion power, but could be set up to help tip the bed. For now the Cummins engine, running through a PTO, spins the hydraulic pump that… Read More »Test Drive: BAE HybriDrive — New and Smooth
5/7/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Gasoline’s national average pump price fell 7 cents in the past two weeks to $3.85 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg… Read More »Gasoline Continues Lower Trend, Lundberg Survey Reports
The average U.S. diesel exhaust fluid pump price remained at $2.74 per gallon between March and April 2012, after declining by 1 cent between February and March, according to discoverDEF.com. However, a number of major… Read More »DEF Prices Steady in March/April, Will Increase In May
5/4/2012 1:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The April unemployment rate fell to a three-year low 8.1% and the trucking industry gained 1,800 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday. The U.S.… Read More »Trucking Adds Jobs as Unemployment Falls to Three-Year Low 8.1%
By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor Federal safety data indicate that carrier registrations have jumped by 7.5% over the past 14 months, possibly reflecting a move by drivers to go into business for themselves, according… Read More »CSA Data May Indicate Move by Drivers to Independent Owner-Operators
5/4/2012 2:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Truck producers received 17,200 new orders in April for Class 8 vehicles, a 55% drop from 38,094 in April 2011, ACT Research… Read More »Heavy-Duty Truck Orders Drop 55% in April
This tractor was built to haul cargo containers to and from ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and it does so regularly and reliably, its owner says. By Tom Berg, Senior Editor Driver Tim… Read More »Hydrogen Fuel Cells Could be SoCal Fleet's Future
5/4/2012 9:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The April unemployment rate fell to a three-year low 8.1% and the trucking industry gained 1,800 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday. The U.S.… Read More »Unemployment Declines Again; Trucking Adds Jobs
Fuel savings have more than paid for installation of 460-volt, 3-phase wiring and outlets at the fleet’s home terminal in Troy, Mo. Trailer TRUs run on electrical stand-by power while they’re parked on weekends. Trailer… Read More »Witte Bros. plugs in to keep cold cargoes cold
5/3/2012 9:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington said its first-quarter profit declined from a year ago as air freight volumes fell. Net income… Read More »Expeditors' First-Quarter Profit Declines
The City of Austin has bought four hybrid refuse vehicles from the Hybrid Drives Division of Parker Hannifin Corp. in partnership with Autocar. The four new Autocar E3 trash trucks will not only save the… Read More »Parker Hannifin Helps Lowers City of Austin C02 Emissions by 55 Tons