In an environment that should support healthy demand, ACT Research says a lack of confidence by the credit-buyer side of the market is at the root of the three-month downturn experienced in the Class 8… Read More »Low Confidence Causes Weak Orders, Says ACT Research
6/22/2012 8:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Kenworth Truck Co. said its new T680 heavy-duty truck has been SmartWay-certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The SmartWay Transport Partnership… Read More »Kenworth T680 Earns EPA SmartWay Designation
In front of the new Kenworth T680, from left, Reid Nabarrete, Kenworth assistant general manager for operations, and Jean Jacoby, associate dean of the College of Science and Engineering at Seattle University. Seattle University recently… Read More »Kenworth Helps Students with Real-World Engineering Projects
6/22/2012 10:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Gasoline could fall below $3 a gallon by the fall, in contrast to predictions earlier this year that it would approach $5,… Read More »Gasoline Could Drop Below $3 by the Fall
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html DOT 70-12 Friday, June 22, 2012 Contact: Candice T. Burns Tel.: (202) 366-9999 FMCSA Final Rule Helps Consumers Protect… Read More »FMCSA Final Rule Helps Consumers Protect Their Household Goods Move and Eliminates Unnecessary Burdens for Moving Companies
All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief A Titan by Mack now greets visitors to the Levitt Pavilion at SteelStacks, an arts and cultural center and the former site of Bethlehem Steel… Read More »Talk about a food truck…
6/21/2012 2:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This UPS Inc. UPS Inc. said its approximately $6.5 billion offer for Dutch package firm TNT Express will begin Friday and run through… Read More »UPS' $6.5 Billion Offer for TNT Begins Friday
Working together, Kentucky and Indiana will build a new I-65 bridge over the Ohio River, reconstruct the I-64/I-65/I-71 Kennedy Interchange and build a new SR-265 East End facility. The Federal Highway Administration yesterday announced decisions… Read More »Tolls to Be Part of Two Major Bridge Projects
6/20/2012 12:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Frank Polich/Bloomberg News Oil fell Wednesday after a Department of Energy report showed supplies rose to near a 22-year high, Bloomberg reported.… Read More »Oil Price Drops Following DOE Report on Supply Gain
Jefferson County, Ala., home to Birmingham, is one of the areas the EPA projects will fail to meet the proposed standards. By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new standard for… Read More »New EPA Emission Proposal Seen Having Little Impact on Trucking
6/19/2012 12:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Bruce Harmon/Trans Pixs FedEx Corp. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit slipped to $550 million, or $1.73 per share, from $558 million, or… Read More »FedEx Reports Higher Adjusted 4Q Profit
By TruckingInfo Staff The court battle over the hours-of-service rule gets under way in July, according to a schedule posted last week by the appeals court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of… Read More »HOS Court Battle Starts Next Month