At its 2012 convention and expo in Las Vegas, ATD will offer a variety of workshops focusing on how dealers can stay on top of federal regulatory changes, improve employee retention and achieve greater profitability.… Read More »Dealer Workshops to Focus on Federal Policy Changes, Boosting Profitability
UPDATED: 1/13/2012 1:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor ‘America’s Natural Gas Highway’ to Include Major Truck Routes Tweet Print This Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has unveiled a plan for the first phase… Read More »Clean Energy Outlines Plan for Natural Gas Fueling Stations
An Ohio lawmaker has introduced a bill that would raise the speed limit for all vehicles on the state’s interstate highways from 65 to 70 mph, following a similar move by the Ohio Turnpike. Ron… Read More »Proposal Would Raise Ohio Speed Limit
UPDATED: 1/13/2012 5:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Transport Topics Online will be closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Please check back on Tuesday, Jan.… Read More »TTNews.com to Be Closed for MLK Day
Thank you for visiting the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration! You will be taken to http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/dot/120109/ in approximately 10 seconds. If you do not wish to leave the site, please hit your browser’s back button… Read More »Watch the Video of the Motorcoach Hours-of-Service Listening Session Held on January 9, 2012, in Grapevine, Texas
Meritor Wabco announced that Schneider National will buy more than 2,500 OnGuard Collision Safety Systems for all of its Class 8 commercial vehicles. OnGuard is an “always-on” collision mitigation system that provides vehicles with an… Read More »Schneider National Buying 2,500 OnGuard Collision Safety Systems
UPDATED: 1/12/2012 12:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies snack cakes and Wonder bread, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, less than three years after completing… Read More »Hostess Brands Again Files for Bankruptcy
Google’s driverless car on a test course. (Photo by Steve Jurvetson) All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Did you know Google has a fleet of robotic cars? Google’s fleet of robotic… Read More »So when will Google invent a self-driving truck?
UPDATED: 1/11/2012 4:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Dana Holding Corp. estimated its adjusted 2011 earnings will be well over the previous year’s, and that its 2012 sales will… Read More »Dana Estimates Stronger 2011 Earnings
Carrier won’t be making significant equipment investments until they see the rate increases needed to recoup that investment, says TCP. (Photo by Jim Park) The Transport Capital Partners (TCP) 4th Quarter 2011 Business Expectations Survey… Read More »TCP: Carriers Resist Adding Capacity on Poor ROI
UPDATED: 1/10/2012 11:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Gasoline Jumps 8.3¢ in Third Increase Tweet Print This Tom Biery/Trans Pixs Diesel rose 4.5 cents to $3.828 a gallon, its first increase in… Read More »Diesel Rises 4.5¢ to $3.828 in First Gain in Seven Weeks
Dark blue Herculiner material covers the lower third of this steel tanker owned by Peckham Materials. More than six years later, the coating is still in good condition. Trailer Talk blog by Tom Berg, Senior… Read More »Pickup bed coating wards off corrosion from calcium chloride, this fleet manager finds