Updated: 5/12/2011 10:10:00 AM Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.8% in April, the Labor Department said Thursday. The April increase of prices paid to factories, farmers and other producers follows increases of 0.7% in… Read More »Producer Price Index Rises 0.8% in April
Fewer than 44 percent of fleets maintain their vehicles using software designed for that specific purpose, and one in three still uses paper and pencil or nothing at all, according to a survey by a… Read More »Fewer than Half of Fleets Use Fleet-Specific Software for Maintenance
Updated: 5/6/2011 8:00:00 AM By Ernie BetancourtPresident QuikQ LLC This Opinion piece appears in the May 2 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Traditionally, fuel has been second only to drivers… Read More »Opinion: Fuel's Many Costs
Gina Angsten recently saved 0.7 mpg when she pulled an aero-equipped Duplainville Transport trailer with her already aerodynamic Freightliner Cascadia. “Trailer Talk” blog by Tom Berg, Senior Editor Jack Latimer sells Airtabs, the wishbone-shaped aero… Read More »Here's more scientific and real-world proof that trailer aerodynamics work.
Updated: 5/6/2011 9:00:00 AM Trucking Adds 4,500 Jobs The U.S. economy added 244,000 jobs in April — including 4,500 trucking jobs — but the unemployment rate rose to 9%, the Labor Department said Friday. The… Read More »Economy Adds Jobs; Unemployment Rate Rises to 9%
Prepared Remarks for Anne S. FerroFMCSA AdministratorMotorcoach Bus Safety Media EventWashington, DC Introduction Good morning everyone. Thank you for joining us here today to reaffirm our commitment to commercial motor vehicle safety in general and… Read More »Remarks to the Motorcoach Bus Safety Media Event
By Kimberly Pupillo, Contributor The marketing model of simply blasting out company messages and hoping that someone will listen is outdated. Today, audiences want relevant information delivered in a timely manner, communicated using a platform… Read More »Nine Must-Dos for a Successful Social Media Strategy
Updated: 5/6/2011 11:00:00 AM Trimac Transportation Ltd. reported a first-quarter profit of C$9 million, or 3 Canadian cents per unit, turning around a loss of C$4.1 million, or 31 cents, a year ago. Revenue rose… Read More »Trimac Reports First-Quarter Profit
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 13-11 Monday, May 9, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel.:(202) 366-9999 or (202) 306-4580 FMCSA Enhances Public Access to… Read More »FMCSA Enhances Public Access to Motor Carrier Legal Orders and Decisions through New, Easily Searchable Web Page
By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor Under new guidelines being considered by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, a truck driver who twice fails to have a medical certificate on hand could be placed out of… Read More »CVSA Considering Out-of-Service Citation for Drivers Who Don't Have Medical Certificate
Updated: 5/6/2011 12:30:00 PM Contrans Group said its first-quarter earnings declined, but boosted its dividend and said it saw signs of increased shipping activity. Net income declined to fell to C$3.4 million, or 10 Canadian… Read More »Contrans Says 1Q Income Slips; Boosts Dividend
Leading national fleet operators have announced the formation of the Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) Fleet Forum, a new membership organization dedicated to advancing the use of clean, domestic and low-cost natural gas in the U.S.… Read More »National NGV Fleet Forum Comes Together to Advance Natural Gas Use in Transportation