Imagine Valmet’s Think City EV with a bite-out-of-the-apple logo on the door. Electric cars are just now hitting the streets. A few of them anyway. They are by no means burning up Main Street. I… Read More »Maybe what we're waiting for is the iCar?
Updated: 3/28/2011 11:30:00 AM UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. Monday announced new flights connecting Asia with North America and Europe. FedEx Express launched a new, dedicated 777F route connecting its world air hub in Memphis,… Read More »FedEx, UPS Set New Asian Flights
Orders for manufactured goods fell in February, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, but shipments were up slightly. New orders for manufactured durable goods in February fell $1.9 billion or 0.9… Read More »Durable Goods Orders Fall, but Shipments Up
Updated: 3/25/2011 8:00:00 AM By Mac McQueenSafety and Compliance Manager Wyoming Casing Service This Opinion piece appears in the March 21 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. As the latest round… Read More »Opinion: Does the U.S. Hate Big Trucks?
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public forum on truck and bus safety May 10-11 in Washington, D.C., to review the progress that has been made since the NTSB held a series of… Read More »NTSB Will Hold Review Forum For Truck and Bus Safety Progess
Updated: 3/22/2011 8:20:00 AM Berkshire Hathaway will acquire Lubrizol Corp., the world’s largest producer of lubricant additives, the companies said. Berkshire will pay about $9 billion, or $135 a share in cash, Bloomberg reported. The… Read More »Berkshire Hathaway to Buy Lubrizol
It was cool but bright the day before ConExpo opened in Las Vegas, and there, gleaming in the sun like a big piece of pewter, was a side-dump trailer whose steel underframe was completely galvanized.… Read More »Galvanized Steel Fights Rust While It Glows in the Sun
Updated: 3/22/2011 9:30:00 AM Gasoline Takes Second Decline in 16 Weeks Diesel slipped a tenth of a cent to $3.907 a gallon, its first drop since November, while gasoline also declined, the Department of Energy… Read More »Diesel Drops for First Time Since November
The Apple iPad, now in its second generation, is being used for a lot more than e-books and web browsing. “All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Who would have guessed that… Read More »Brake and Wheel 'Data Hound' One of Many Businesses Turning to iPad
Updated: 3/22/2011 11:30:00 AM LAS VEGAS — Caterpillar Inc. has introduced the CT660, the first in a line of Caterpillar-branded vocational on-highway truck models. The CT660 is a heavy-duty, “purpose-builtâ€� Class 8 truck developed for… Read More »Caterpillar Introduces Vocational Truck
A bridge snooper inspects a bridge. (Photo by Missouri DOT) U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a new bridge oversight initiative that will let the Federal Highway Administration more closely monitor how states are performing… Read More »FHWA Launches New Bridge Safety Initiative
Updated: 3/22/2011 2:30:00 PM February truck tonnage increased 4.2% from a year ago but slipped from January, American Trucking Associations said Tuesday. The year-over-year increase followed a revised 7.6% gain in January that was below… Read More »February Truck Tonnage Rises 4.2%