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%

The March 30 deadline is nearing for registration for the April 19-20 ACOFAS Technician Training Clinic on the government’s new CSA truck safety enforcement regime. The focus of this class is the CSA procedures that… Read More »ACOFAS to Host CSA Technician Training Session

 Updated: 3/18/2011 8:10:00 AM An index of leading economic indicators rose 0.8% in February, the eighth straight monthly increase, the New York-based Conference Board said. The gain followed January’s 0.1% gain, but was just short… Read More »Leading Economic Indicators Improve 0.8%