The American Trucking Associations says detention time is an issue to be negotiated between carriers and shippers, and the federal government should stay out of it. ATA’s Board of Directors voted to oppose efforts at… Read More »ATA Opposes Efforts to Regulate Detention Time

 Updated: 5/19/2011 10:00:00 AM Truck and engine manufacturer Paccar Inc. said it has reached agreement to lease new Kenworth T800 day cab tractors with 15-liter liquefied natural gas engines to a division of truckload carrier… Read More »C. R. England to Lease Kenworth LNG Tractors

“Trailer Talk” blog by Tom Berg, Senior Editor Some truckers are so proud of the equipment they operate that they want scale models to display in their homes or offices. One man who makes that… Read More »Beautiful custom-built models start with long sheets of styrene

 Updated: 5/18/2011 8:00:00 AM By Richard MoskowitzVice President and Regulatory Affairs Counsel American Trucking Associations This Opinion piece appears in the May 16 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Recent events… Read More »Opinion: Domestic Energy Production Besieged

TransCore’s North American Freight Index showed a 14 percent decline in spot market truckload freight volume for the month of April compared to March, but a 12 percent increase compared to April 2010. Freight volumes… Read More »TransCore's North American Freight Index Dips in April Due to Extreme Weather

 Updated: 5/17/2011 8:40:00 AM Decline Is Biggest in a Year; Gas Dips a Half-Cent to $3.96 Diesel’s national average price fell 4.3 cents to $4.061 a gallon, its third decline in four weeks and the… Read More »Diesel Fuel Price Drops 4.3¢ to $4.061 a Gallon

NAFA will use its board members as ambassadors to the fleet management community. When Douglas Weichman became NAFA’s 32nd president during the Association’s Annual Business Meeting last month, he introduced NAFA’s Board of Trustees as… Read More »NAFA's Board Of Trustees Aims To Elevate Status Of The Association

 Updated: 5/13/2011 4:30:00 PM Intermodal traffic volume rose 9% in the first quarter, the fifth straight year-over-year increase, the Intermodal Association of North America said Friday. International container volume rose 9.6% in the quarter to… Read More »Intermodal Volume Rises 9% in First Quarter

A MaxxForce 15 engine awaits a driver at Navistar’s Heavy Duty Boot Camp, held in Tooele, Utah, near Salt Lake City. By Jim Park, Equipment Editor Navistar dealers from across the U.S. and Canada have… Read More »Navistar Hosts Heavy-Duty Boot Camp for Dealers, Sales Reps

 Updated: 5/12/2011 9:00:00 AM Initial jobless claims fell 44,000 to 434,000 for the week ended Saturday, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists had forecast the rate to rise to 430,000, Bloomberg reported. The four-week moving… Read More »Initial Jobless Claims Fall 44,000

By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering using its CSA data correction system to gather information about a carrier’s accountability in the event of an accident. The agency’s… Read More »FMCSA Considering Using DataQ's to Transmit Crash Accountability Information

 Updated: 5/12/2011 10:00:00 AM Business inventories rose 1% in March, the Commerce Department said Thursday. The increase followed a revised 0.7% gain in February that was more than initially estimated. The increase was above economists’… Read More »Business Inventories Rise 1%