4/17/2012 5:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This CSX Corp. on Tuesday said its first-quarter earnings rose on higher volume, pricing gains and fuel recovery. CSX earned $449 million, or… Read More »CSX Reports Gains in 1Q Income, Revenue
Daimler Trucks North America already has announced that its complete vehicle lineup is certified to the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Standard 2014, led by the Freightliner Cascadia Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent announced Canada’s alignment with… Read More »Canada Aligns GHG Emissions Regs with U.S.
4/16/2012 11:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Canadian officials have proposed regulations that would align that country with the greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks that the U.S.… Read More »Canada Plans Greenhouse Gas Trucking Emissions Regulations Similar to U.S.
The northbound and southbound Santa Ana Freeway (Interstate 5) between Valley View Avenue and Carmenita Road will be fully closed the night of April 17 from 11:45 p.m. to 4 a.m. On ramps will be… Read More »Part of California's Santa Ana Freeway/I-5 to Close on April 17
4/13/2012 10:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Consumer confidence decreased this month, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday. The April preliminary index declined… Read More »Consumer Confidence Declines
Take a look in the mirror and stop blaming other groups for trucking-related labor problems, says a new report by the Canadian Trucking Alliance. The CTA Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Driver Shortage report… Read More »Canadian Trucking Alliance Tells Carriers to Take Responsibility for Driver Shortage
4/13/2012 10:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Bruce Harmon/Trans Pixs U.S. intermodal traffic rose 1.1% in the first week in April compared with a year ago, the Association of… Read More »Intermodal Traffic Rises 1.1% for Week
All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Truckers often lament that they are no longer viewed as the “knights of the road.” You’ve seen pictures of those knights, back in the ’50s:… Read More »Dressed for Success
4/13/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This German truck maker MAN SE said Volkswagen AG has boosted its majority stake in the company to 73% of its common shares,… Read More »Volkswagen Boosts Stake in MAN
Can so-called virtual vertical integration work as well as vertical integration done with components all built by the same company, like this Detroit transmission, designed to work with Detroit engines and axles? Engine Smarts column… Read More »'Virtual' Vertical Integration?
4/12/2012 9:40:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Kenworth Truck Co. Kenworth Truck Co. said Wednesday it is laying off 10% of workers at its Class 8 assembly plant in… Read More »Kenworth Laying Off 10% of Workers at Ohio Truck Plant
The Missouri DOT does a bridge inspection. Many of the nation’s bridges are deemed functionally or structurally deficient. All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Kudos to U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins for… Read More »Thinking big on infrastructure