“All That’s Trucking” by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief, Evan Lockridge, Contributing Editor When people ask me about trucking, I often tell them it’s not like “Smokey and the Bandit.” But if you read this… Read More »Speed, fuel economy and pay

 Updated: 7/8/2011 10:10:00 AM Wholesale inventories rose 1.8% in May, led by the biggest jump in automobile inventories in five years, the Commerce Department said Friday. Sales slipped 0.2%, the first downturn in three months,… Read More »Wholesale Inventories Rise 1.8%

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 26-11 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Contact: Duane DeBruyne Tel.: (202) 366-9999 FMCSA Announces Redesigned “Protect Your Move” Web… Read More »FMCSA Announces Redesigned "Protect Your Move" Website

Tom Solso, Cummins chairman and chief executive officer since 2000, is retiring and will be succeeded by President and Chief Operating Officer Tom Linebarger. Linebarger, 48, has been with Cummins 17 years, and was formerly… Read More »Tim Solso to Retire as Cummins Chairman and CEO

 Updated: 7/8/2011 10:20:00 AM Dupré Logistics LLC said it has added dedicated cryogenic transportation to its service offerings. The Lafayette, La., trucking company said the service is geared to the industrial gas segments of the… Read More »Dupré Logistics Offers Cryogenic Transport

Thanks in part to efforts by the Women in Trucking Association, two online dialogues will be held focusing on recruitment of women for blue-collar transportation jobs. WIT helped organize the inaugural roundtable for women working… Read More »Women in Trucking Helps Create Forums to Recruit Women in Transportation Careers

 Updated: 7/8/2011 12:15:00 PM Echo Global Logistics said Thursday it has acquired Phoenix truckload brokerage firm Advantage Transport for an undisclosed sum. Advantage Transport’s owners, Joe Larson and Matt Steckner, are staying on as regional… Read More »Echo Global Logistics Buys Advantage Transport

Last year’s national truck driving championships. “All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief What a great idea to help educate the public about trucking: Get reporters behind the wheel of a big… Read More »A reporter gets taste of driving a big rig

 Updated: 7/8/2011 2:00:00 PM Two months after exiting Canada’s domestic market, DHL Express said it is leaving China. Sinotrans Transportation Development Co., the Chinese joint venture partner of DHL, announced it is selling three express… Read More »DHL Pulls Out of China's Domestic Market

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Roadcheck 2011 produced the lowest out-of-service rates recorded in its history. Results from the CVSA’s Roadcheck 2011, the three-day, commercial vehicle safety enforcement and education campaign, reveal that the commercial… Read More »Roadcheck 2011 Saw Lowest Out-of-Service Rates Ever

 Updated: 7/8/2011 2:15:00 PM The U.S. unemployment rate rose a tenth of a point in June to 9.2%, the highest level this year, while the economy added 18,000 jobs to payrolls, the Labor Department said… Read More »Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.2% in June; Trucking Adds 4,400 Jobs

The California Air Resources Board today announced that Cummins paid $500,000 for failing to properly retest its engines already in use. Cummins violations include: * Not testing at least four engines in selected engine families;… Read More »Cummins Pays $500,000 in Penalties to California, EPA