Updated: 4/7/2011 11:00:00 AM Move Could Accommodate New Devices, OTA Says The Ontario Trucking Association said it was pleased that the Ontario Ministry of Transportation will begin reviewing whether to permit motor carriers to use… Read More »Ontario to Review Longer Tractors
A PGE truck refuels with liquified natural gas. Companies like PGE would have more incentives to invest in natural gas equipment under the NAT GAS Act. By Tom Nunlist, Associate Editor The New Alternative Transportation… Read More »2011 NAT GAS Act Introduced
Updated: 4/6/2011 3:30:00 PM Oil rose 49 cents Wednesday to a new 30-month high, closing the trading day at $108.83 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bloomberg reported. The gain came amid concerns… Read More »Oil Holds Over $108 Following DOE Inventory Report
Navistar International has received certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its 2011 model year MaxxForce DT mid-range diesel engine at 0.39 g/bHpHr NOx using Navistar’s in-cylinder NOx reduction technology. This certification represents a… Read More »Navistar Receives EPA Certification for MaxxForce DT Mid-Range Diesel Engine At 0.39G NOx
Updated: 4/5/2011 10:10:00 AM The U.S. economy’s service sector declined in March but still showed expansion, the Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday. ISM’s monthly services index fell to a reading of 57.3, from 59.7… Read More »ISM Services Index Slips in March
By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor Two senators have restarted last year’s effort to pass a bill that would mandate electronic onboard recorders on most trucks. Sens. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., reintroduced… Read More »EOBR Mandate Reintroduced in Senate
Updated: 4/4/2011 10:00:00 AM The new 70-mile-per-hour speed limit on the Ohio Turnpike, which the state’s trucking industry opposes, has taken effect, the Associated Press reported. The state’s turnpike commission voted 4-1 in December to… Read More »Ohio Turnpike's 70-mph Speed Limit Takes Effect
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