By Truckinginfo Staff The 28th annual Goodyear North America Highway Hero is an Olympia, Wash. truck driver who helped save the lives of two people in a car moments before their vehicle, which was lodged… Read More »Goodyear Names Washington Truck Driver Highway Hero

 Updated: 3/31/2011 11:30:00 AM American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves told a House of Representatives panel Thursday that policymakers need to ensure the trucking industry has access to affordable diesel. “There is no single solution… Read More »Graves Tells Congressional Panel Trucking Needs Affordable Diesel Fuel

The U.S. Energy Information Administration this week reported a record-setting 5.8-percent decline in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2009. Since 1990, U.S. GHG emissions have grown at an average annual rate of 0.4 percent. This… Read More »Government Reports Record-Setting Decline in GHG Emissions

 Updated: 3/31/2011 2:45:00 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Daimler Trucks raised its estimate for 2011 industrywide sales of Class 6-8 trucks in North America to a gain of 30% to 35% over last year, to 286,000 trucks,… Read More »Daimler Raises North America Truck Sales Estimate

Con-way Truckload announced that 71 percent of its 3,000-driver fleet is using electronic logs (e-logs), with full integration of the technology expected in June 2011. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is expected to make… Read More »Con-way Expects Full E-log Implementation by June

By Truckinginfo Staff Noting that international events have people thinking about energy safety and security, President Obama Wednesday called for slashing oil imports by one-third by 2025 as part of his administration’s Blueprint for A… Read More »President Calls for Cutting Oil Imports

 Updated: 3/31/2011 2:00:00 PM Company Revises 2Q Guidance, Will Close Euro Axle Business Vehicle parts supplier ArvinMeritor Inc. said it has changed its name to Meritor Inc., and separately lowered its second-quarter earnings outlook and… Read More »ArvinMeritor Changes Name to Meritor Inc.

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 08-11 Thursday, March 31, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel: (202) 366-9999 or (202) 306-4580 FMCSA Declares Super Luxury… Read More »FMCSA Declares Super Luxury Tours, Inc. an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety and Orders the Bus Company to Immediately Cease All Operations

Cummins not only makes engines, it also makes aftertreatment and other components used on competing engines. “All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Now that every truck maker has its own captive… Read More »How Cummins is beating vertical integration

 Updated: 3/30/2011 8:15:00 AM American Trucking Associations Chairman Barbara Windsor told a congressional panel Tuesday that the trucking industry needs a new surface transportation bill, with a focus on highways, as soon as possible. Windsor,… Read More »ATA Chairman Makes Trucking's Case for Highway Bill at Congressional Hearing

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 07-11 Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel: (202) 366-9999 or (202) 306-4580 Federal Motor Carrier Safety… Read More »FMCSA Places Super Luxury Tours Bus Company Out-of-Service for Violating Federal Safety Regulations

Many maintenance shops buy more parts than necessary, in effect storing company cash on parts room shelves. Even when buying ahead, they sometimes pay too much, says Dave Reed, maintenance consultant for trucking maintenance software… Read More »Arsenault: Don't Over-Buy on Parts