Updated: 1/11/2011 8:00:00 AM By Aryn PittawayStep-Van Driver FedEx Express This Opinion piece appears in the Jan. 10 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. I have been a courier for FedEx… Read More »Opinion: Enlarging the 'Circle of Safety'
December net orders of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles for North American markets were 27,044 units; up 128 percent year-over-year, according to ACT Research Co. Medium-duty Classes 5-7 net orders fell 9 percent month-over-month from… Read More »December Truck Orders Highest in Four and a Half Years
Updated: 1/11/2011 8:30:00 AM Gas Gains 1.9¢ to $3.089; Fuels Again Hit Highest Levels Since 2008 Diesel rose for the sixth straight week though its increase slowed, gaining 0.2 cent to a national average $3.333… Read More »Diesel Rises 0.2¢ to $3.333 in Sixth Straight Increase
By Deborah Lockridge, Editor While speakers at a heavy-duty aftermarket event in Las Vegas were discussing how concern about government regulations has given business pause, President Obama yesterday signed an executive order aimed at tackling… Read More »President Signs Executive Order Addressing Regulation Concerns
Updated: 1/11/2011 10:20:00 AM Wholesale inventories declined 0.2% in November, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. The decline followed a revised 1.7% increase in October that was originally reported as a 1.9% gain. Economists predicted November… Read More »Wholesale Inventories Decline 0.2%
The America’s Road Team has an important new asset in its campaign for truck safety: a Volvo VN 780 equipped with the company’s leading safety technologies — and Volvo’s No-Regen Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology.… Read More »Volvo Trucks Delivers Safety Technology to America's Road Team
Updated: 1/11/2011 11:15:00 AM Daimler AG boosted its stake in Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Bus Corp. by about $360 million, to benefit from a recovery in global demand for commercial vehicles, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Germany-based Daimler… Read More »Daimler Boosts Stake in Mitsubishi Fuso
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Group is waging a legal battle against upcoming electronic onboard recorder requirements to track driver logs. By TruckingInfo Staff With a proposal to expand the requirement for electronic onboard recorders pending… Read More »Legal Fight Against EOBRs Proceeds
Updated: 1/11/2011 12:00:00 PM Calls Measure Act of Goodwill Toward Ending Border Dispute Mexico will maintain its existing tariffs on U.S. goods but will stop rotating tariffs on other products in a gesture to end… Read More »Mexico Ends Rotating Tariffs in Truck Dispute
Truckers for a Cause will host an educational conference call on “Do’s and Don’ts of submitting comments to FMCSA” Saturday, Jan. 22 at noon central time. John Hill, former FMCSA administrator will be joined by… Read More »Conference Call to Educate Drivers on Submitting Comments to FMCSA
Updated: 1/11/2011 3:00:00 PM Motorists Urged to Stay Off Road Officials are warning that the snowstorm that disrupted travel across the south this weekend has turned into a powerful nor’easter that is bearing down on… Read More »Snowstorm to Hit Northeast with 9 to 18 Inches
The merger of Transport America and Southern Cal will create a company with more than 2,200 drivers. Transport America, Egan, Minn., announced its acquisition of Birmingham, Ala.-based Southern Cal Transport. The merger will create a… Read More »Transport America Buys Southern Cal Transport