Washington State enforcement officers with a truck wrapped with the TACT safety message. “All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief “Although semi trucks can be intimidating, most truck crashes turn out to… Read More »Washington officials turn "share the road" mentality into top safety numbers

 Updated: 6/9/2011 2:00:00 PM Roadcheck 2011, the annual three-day concentrated inspections of trucks and buses in North America, wraps up Thursday, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said. During the annual event, inspectors check trucks, buses… Read More »Three-Day Roadcheck Wraps Up Thursday

By TruckingInfo Staff Research into driver fatigue that federal authorities recently added to the hours of service docket is faulty and should not be used to make policy changes to the hours rule, the American… Read More »Federal HOS Research Studies Flawed, ATA, NIT League Charge

 Updated: 6/9/2011 4:30:00 PM A former Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration official is taking aim at four studies the agency used to support its hours-of-service proposed rule, American Trucking Associations said Thursday.  One day after… Read More »Former FMSCA Official Hits Studies Used in HOS Rule Analysis

For Mail Contractors of America driver Jim Glauser, staying safe on the road has always been a top priority, and doing so enabled him to recently reach the 1 million-mile mark. . His company, Mail… Read More »'Pay Attention,' Advises Million-Mile Mail Contractors Driver Jim Glauser

 Updated: 6/10/2011 10:45:00 AM Will Expand Output at Ore., N.C., and Mexico Plants Daimler Trucks North America said Thursday it plans to sharply increase production and hire about 1,400 new workers at three truck plants,… Read More »Daimler to Boost North American Truck Production, Hire 1,400 Workers

By Truckinginfo Staff Commuters in the Toronto area had to endure a four-hour, mid-day closure of the westbound Queen Elizabeth Highway after an SUV driver made a panic stop in the center lane of the… Read More »Toronto Traffic Fowled by Four-truck Pile Up

 Updated: 6/9/2011 8:40:00 AM Initial jobless rose by 1,000 to 427,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists had forecast the rate to drop to 419,000, Bloomberg reported. The four-week moving average, a less… Read More »Initial Jobless Claims Increase By 1,000

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 19-11 Thursday, June 9, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel.:(202) 366-9999 or or (202) 306-4580 FMCSA Declares JCT Motor… Read More »FMCSA Declares JCT Motor Coach, Inc. an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety and Orders the Bus Company to Immediately Cease All Operations

Old Dominion Freight Line opened a new container drayage site to serve all ports and container yards in the Mobile, Alabama, area. The new site, the second opened this year, will offer pick-up and delivery… Read More »Old Dominion Opens New Container Drayage Facility in Alabama

 Updated: 6/8/2011 4:30:00 PM American Trucking Associations and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association have together written to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asking the agency to begin researching how standards for crashworthiness for heavy… Read More »ATA, OOIDA Call on NHTSA to Examine Truck Crashworthiness Standards

By Tom Nunlist, Associate Editor “Managing fuel is really a proxy for how well you manage your overall business,” said Vin McLoughlin, chairman of Cardinal Logistics. “But it’s not that easy.” Numerous factors affect a… Read More »Cardinal Logistics Looks Under Every Rock for Fuel Economy