Commentary by Rolf Lockwood, Editor at Large Some time soon, if we don’t already, we’ll have a rulemaking proposal that ultimately will put a stability-control system on every new tractor, and maybe retrofit such a… Read More »Stability Control: Cheap Insurance
UPDATED: 1/27/2012 10:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Economy Expands at 1.7% for 2011, Commerce Department Says Tweet Print This The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.8% annual rate in the fourth… Read More »GDP Rose 2.8% in Fourth Quarter
At a UPS facility in Las Vegas, President Obama’s podium included two of UPS’s Kenworth T800 LNG trucks. On Thursday, President Obama visited a UPS facility in Las Vegas to pitch a plan to boost… Read More »President Obama Talks Alternative Fuel in Las Vegas
UPDATED: 1/27/2012 10:45:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This TT File Photo J.B. Hunt Transport Services’ fourth-quarter profit rose 25% on higher freight income from its trucking and intermodal businesses.… Read More »J.B. Hunt's 4Q Income Rises 25%
Reported volumes of used Classes 3-8 truck sales improved in December. Volumes were consistent among channels on a sequential basis. All three segments, auction, retail and wholesale, saw increases compared to November’s activity. However, all… Read More »December Used Truck Volumes Better than November, but Lag Year-over-Year
UPDATED: 1/27/2012 11:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Tom Biery/Trans Pixs Arkansas Best Corp. said Friday its fourth-quarter net income improved on stronger less-than-trucking unit performance. Net income was… Read More »Arkansas Best Swings to 4Q Profit
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By Tom Berg, Senior Editor Engineers at Cummins have retuned their-heavy duty ISX11.9 diesel for better performance and fuel economy, and marketers have stepped up promotion of the engine by renaming it the ISX12. Recalibrating… Read More »Cummins Retunes ISX11.9 for Better Economy, Renames It ISX12
UPDATED: 1/26/2012 5:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Tom Biery/Trans Pixs Werner Enterprises’ fourth-quarter net income rose to $29.4 million, or 40 cents per share, from $24.1 million, or… Read More »Werner's Fourth-Quarter Profit Improves
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 01-12 Thursday, January 26, 2012 Contact: Candice T. Burns Tel.: (202) 366-9999 Double Happyness Bus Company Ordered to… Read More »Double Happyness Bus Company Ordered to Immediately Cease All Operations; FMCSA Obtains Temporary Restraining Order to Shutdown Company
FMCSA released updated FAQs on its new handheld mobile telephone ban to clarify that the use of the push-to-talk function on mobile phones is permitted, under certain limited conditions. Drivers are allowed to use the… Read More »FMCSA Clarifies Push-to-Talk Guidance
UPDATED: 1/25/2012 4:40:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Bruce Harmon/Trans Pixs Knight Transportation reported a third-quarter profit of $17.5 million, or 22 cents a share, from $14.2 million, or… Read More »Knight Transportation's 4Q Income Rises