UPDATED: 9/2/2011 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The U.S. unemployment rate held at 9.1% in August, while payrolls also remained unchanged, the Labor Department said Friday. Trucking jobs… Read More »Trucking Jobs Slip by 900; August Unemployment Rate Holds at 9.1%
Marangoni Tread North America has expanded its retread plant in Madison, Tenn. This $10 million commitment to the North American market has allowed MTNA to increase production capacity of Ringtread, its splice-less retread technology, by… Read More »Marangoni Expands North American Operations
UPDATED: 9/2/2011 12:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The National Transportation Safety Board is urging regulators to require rollover-prevention technology on fuel-tanker trucks, following its probe of a 2009… Read More »NTSB Recommends Anti-Rollover Retrofits for Tanker Trucks
Pilot Flying J now offers Diesel Exhaust Fluid at the pump at more than 600 fueling lanes at 135 nationwide locations. The company claims to now have the nation’s largest network of DEF pumps. With… Read More »Pilot Flying J Now Offers At-the-Pump DEF at 135 Locations
UPDATED: 9/2/2011 1:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Heartland Express said Friday that CEO Russell Gerdin, 70, has retired due to health reasons. He is succeed by Michael Gerdin,… Read More »Heartland CEO Russell Gerdin Retires
Navistar’s International MaxxForce engines ranked highest in customer satisfaction in the survey. Heavy-duty truck engine quality has improved from 2010, after technology changes related to emissions standards revisions caused a spike in engine-related problems during… Read More »J.D. Power: Heavy-Duty Engine Quality Has Improved from 2010
UPDATED: 9/2/2011 1:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Weekend Travel Predicted to Decline Tweet Print This With gasoline at its second-highest level for a Labor Day weekend, travel is forecast to be… Read More »Gasoline Price Close to Labor Day Record
We debut a new logo with our September cover. “All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief LOL. KFC. GHG. 3PL. VMT. HDT. It’s hip to be an acronym in these days of… Read More »What's in a name?
UPDATED: 9/1/2011 1:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The 2011 Transport Topics 100 listings of the top U.S. and Canadian for-hire and private trucking fleets are now available online.… Read More »Transport Topics 100 Available Online
Welcome to the website of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC). The MCSAC was established by the Secretary of Transportation on September 8, 2006,… Read More »The MCSAC meeting is cancelled for Monday, August 29, 2011 but will resume as scheduled on Tuesday, August 30th at 8:30 a.m.
The Obama Administration is eliminating dozens of burdensome regulations on traffic signs, which cash-strapped state and local governments expect will save them millions of dollars. The U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing that communities replace… Read More »DOT Proposes to Eliminate Deadlines for Replacing Traffic Signs
UPDATED: 8/31/2011 3:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This President Obama urged Congress Wednesday to pass a highway funding bill that includes an extension of the federal gasoline tax, claiming… Read More »Obama Calls for Highway Bill to Fund Transportation, Infrastructure Projects