Owner of reefer equipment unable to comply with the Dec. 31 2011 deadline due to delays in delivery, installation, or financing, reefer owners may apply for a compliance extension. Back on Oct. 21, 2011, the… Read More »CARB TRU Compliance Extension Application Forms now Available
UPDATED: 12/2/2011 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Tom Biery/Trans Pixs Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) said this week he will not introduce a highway bill until next year, with… Read More »Mica: No Highway Bill Until New Year
CK Commercial Vehicle Research surveyed 64 representative small, medium and large for-hire as well as private and government fleets for its 2011 annual fleet study. The fleets surveyed operate 101,000 Class 8 and 70,000 medium-duty… Read More »CKCVR Annual Fleet Study Shows Solid Demand for Class 8 Trucks in 2012
UPDATED: 12/2/2011 11:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The unemployment rate dropped in November to 8.6%, the lowest in more than two and a half years, while the economy added… Read More »Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.6%; Trucking Adds 3,600 Jobs
Mercedes-Benz concept trailer slashes wind drag 18%. All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief I grew up reading a lot of sci-fi, so I”m intrigued by portrayals of futuristic trucks and transportation.… Read More »Visions of the Future
UPDATED: 12/2/2011 2:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The regulation banning truck drivers from using handheld phones while they drive will take effect Jan. 1, the Federal Motor Carrier… Read More »Truckers' Handheld Cellphone Ban Takes Effect Jan. 1
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 36-11 Friday, December 2, 2011 Contact: Candice T. Burns Tel: 202-366-9999 Oregon Bus Company Ordered to Immediately Cease… Read More »Oregon Bus Company Ordered to Immediately Cease All Operations; FMCSA Obtains Temporary Restraining Order to Shut Down Company
Detroit Diesel marked the production of the 100,000th engine to come off the DD Platform assembly line at its Redford, Mich., manufacturing facility. The DD Platform of Detroit heavy-duty engines — which includes the DD13,… Read More »100,000 DD Engines and Counting
UPDATED: 12/1/2011 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor 1 for 300 Move Aimed at Boosting Shares’ Price Tweet Print This YRC Worldwide’s shareholders approved a reverse split that would boost its per-share… Read More »YRC Shareholders Approve Reverse Stock Split
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By Jim Beach, Contributing Editor Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Driver monitoring has evolved tremendously in recent years. Some carriers still rely on reports from a 1-800 “how’s my driving” number to find out when… Read More »Monitoring Driver Behavior can Improve Safety and Reduce Costs
UPDATED: 11/30/2011 4:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Hino Trucks has signed a multi-year contract that makes Allison Transmission the exclusive supplier of transmissions for all Hino conventional trucks… Read More »Hino Trucks Signs Transmission Pact With Allison