National Idling Reduction NetWork News
If you care about keeping up with the news about idle reduction systems, regulations, special grants and projects, and even fines issued for idling, the...
Going Places
Phil Carlin has been appointed president of OPW Fuel Management Systems Inc. Freightliner LLC has named Melissa Kellogg director of product marketing...
Fleet Owner wins national editorial awards
The American Society of Business Press Editors (ASBPE) has recognized Fleet Owner with six Azbee Awards for Editorial and Design Excellence, including...
Compliance eats up more time
Small transportation businesses are especially hard hit by government regulations, despite federal efforts to reduce cumbersome compliance procedures,...
FedEx puts LTL rates in play
An announcement by FedEx Corp. that it was reducing fuel surcharges for its LTL freight by 25% should lead to similar moves by the other major carriers...
Driver pay: Schneider ups the ante
Despite a sluggish freight market, Schneider National is going ahead with an across-the-board pay raise for its drivers. The increase, which takes effect...
SAE adds brakes to list of e-seminars
SAE International announced that it is now offering two brake seminars in its online learning format, with content accessed via the Internet or CD-ROM....
J.J. Keller launches online safety news service
J.J. Keller & Assoc. has introduced Transport Safety Pro Advisor Online Community, an online service that provides information on safety issues, including...
HOS rules quashed
We should have a better understanding this month of whether the current hours-of-services regulations mandating an 11-hour driving day will stand, or...
Mexican demo project back on track
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced in the August 17 Federal Register that it will go forward with a project to demonstrate...
HOS clock ticking again
With the court ruling on July 24 that struck down the federal hours-of-service (HOS) rules for truck drivers having been determined on narrow legal grounds,...
DOT amends regs per SAFETEA-LU
The Feral Motor Carrier Safety Administration has adopted as final several amendments to its regulations as required by SAFETEA-LU, the highway legislation...
Con-way buying CFI
Con-way Inc. plans to buy privately held truckload carrier Contract Freighters Inc. (CFI) for $750 million in a bid to build its presence in the TL market...
Tax file: Feds target fuel, phone tax fraud
The Justice Department recently moved against several tax preparers it alleged were preparing fraudulent claims for federal fuel and telephone excise...
Legislating higher MPG
In late June, the U.S. Senate voted to substantially increase the fuel efficiency of cars, light trucks and SUVs from the current average of 25 MPG to...
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