Engine Smarts by Tom Berg, Senior Editor What’s going on with the latest diesels? The answer depends on who’s doing the talking. In press releases, manufacturers are painting a happy picture with stories of reliable… Read More »Good stories countered by complaints at TMC's Fleet Talk
UPDATED: 10/4/2011 10:20:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Factory orders declined 0.2% in August as vehicle bookings decreased, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. The decline followed a revised 2.1%… Read More »Factory Orders Dip 0.2% in August
By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor The CSA truck safety enforcement program is missing pieces and is behind schedule, so it’s too soon to tell how effective it will be, but data gathered so far… Read More »Watchdog Agency Offers Course Correction on CSA
UPDATED: 10/3/2011 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The trucking joint-venture between Navistar Inc. and Caterpillar Inc. will become a Navistar subsidiary, the two companies said. The companies in… Read More »Navistar-Caterpillar Trucking Joint-Venture Becomes Navistar Unit
Paper logs may be burdensom and subject to interpretation, but at least you know what’s on the page is what you put there. Photo by Jim Park One of the tenets of our legal system… Read More »Can EOBRs be hacked, or their data corrupted?
UPDATED: 9/30/2011 9:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Consumer personal spending edged up 0.2% in August, the Commerce Department said Friday. The slight increase followed a revised 0.7% gain… Read More »Personal Spending Rises 0.2% in August
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will make payments to more than 160 energy producers in 41 states to support the production and expansion of advanced biofuels such as biodiesel. The payments are authorized under the… Read More »USDA to Pay Biofuel Producers in 41 States
UPDATED: 9/30/2011 10:05:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Manufacturing activity in the Chicago area rose in September, the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago said Friday. The group’s business barometer increased… Read More »Chicago Manufacturing Activity Rises
Inland Truck Parts will open a new location in Evansville, Wyo., Oct. 17, providing truck parts and remanufacturing services. It will be managed by area residents Marshal Smouse and Greg Woodin, who between them have… Read More »Inland Truck Parts to Open Store Near Casper, Wyoming
UPDATED: 9/30/2011 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Navistar International Corp. said it plans to sign a lease agreement that would give the company a third plant in Alabama.… Read More »Navistar to Open Third Plant in Alabama
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 31-11 Friday, September 30, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel: 202-366-9999 or 202-306-4580 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Announces… Read More »Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Announces Over $5 Million in Grants to Kansas to Improve Truck and Bus Safety
A new report finds that even with the development of alternative fuels, diesel is still a major driving factor in the U.S. economy and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. “Diesel Powers… Read More »New Economic Report Finds Diesel Industry Provides $480 Billion In Value, 1.25 Million Jobs