Retail DEF prices increase at year’s end
The average retail price for diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) in the U.S. increased slightly as 2011 drew to a close, with prices at the pump bumping up three cents per gallon between November and December to $2.76/gal., according to Chris Goodfellow, emissions analyst with global consulting firm Integer Research...
Major Vermont highway finally reopens
Vermont Route 107 between Bethel and Stockbridge — a major east-west route through the state closed for four months due to damage caused by Hurricane Irene — finally reopened Thursday...
FMCSA official sentenced for accepting trucking company bribes
A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration official in New York has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for accepting bribes from trucking companies to postpone safety inspections...
Avoid the hustle
With the entire freight landscape going through major changes, from hours-of-service rules to looming EOBRs, fewer available qualified truck drivers,...
Losing it
The Truckload Carriers Assn. has selected 11 companies to participate in its Trucking's Weight Loss Showdown. The contest boasts prizes for the fleet...
Rolling against MS
Saginaw, MI-based Champagne & Marx Excavating specializes in running double-dump trailers capable of hauling payloads of 50 tons. But its fleet of doubles...
Off the ice
Going for some severe-service cred for its latest offering, Maxwell Technologies has inked legendary ice-road driver Alex Debogorski, a star of the History...
A happy new year
I strongly suspect you're tired of reading about the economy. I know I'm tired of writing about it. For the last three years, though, it's been the unavoidable...
Waiting game
The European sovereign debt crisis should be coming to a head during the first half of 2012, and how Europe handles the crisis has large implications...
The Connected Truck
The common perception is that once a truck leaves the loading dock or terminal, it's essentially on its own, isolated and out of touch until it reaches...
CSA 'raising all boats,' says Schneider's Osterberg
On the one-year anniversary of CSA, it would be tough to find anybody who thinks it has been an absolutely perfect fit...
Trucks to face Canadian border crossing delays in Washington
All commercial traffic entering Canada will face additional delays at the at the Pacific Highway Port of Entry (State Route 543 in Blaine, WA) beginning Tuesday, Jan. 3 until Friday, Jan. 20...
Maryland readies new toll rates for multi-axle vehicles
The Maryland Transportation Authority (MTA) is prepping a bevy of two-stage toll rate changes for multi-axle vehicles, with some tolls falling and some rising at key bridge crossing locations within the state...
New Illinois truck speed limits effective Jan. 1
Trucks will be allowed to travel 65 mph on a number of four-lane non-Interstate highways in Illinois beginning Jan. 1 under state Senate bill 1913...
Top truckers offer winter safety tips
America's Road Team Captains, professional truck drivers chosen by the American Trucking Assns. for their exemplary safety records...
NLRB finalizes ‘ambush elections’ union rule
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a final rule in the Federal Register on Dec. 22, 2011, that changes the union representation and election process in an effort to reduce "unnecessary litigation in representation cases"...
Maryland expands emergency truck parking
The Maryland DOT (MDOT) in conjunction with the Maryland Trucking Assn. (MMTA) and I-95 Corridor Coalition announced a new pilot program to provide emergency truck parking in select park...
NY 'Move Over' law expanding
New York's "Move Over" law, originally requiring motorists to change lanes and take caution on the road when approaching a vehicle with flashing red lights...
CA dump truck association changes name
The California Dump Truck Owners Assn. has announced it will now be known as the California Construction Trucking Assn. (CCTA) to better reflect the association’s expanding membership in the construction industry...
OrbComm to acquire Par Logistics Management Systems
OrbComm, a global satellite data communications company, has reached agreement to purchase Par Logistics Management Systems (Par LMS) from Par Technology Corp...
FMCSA shuts down Pennsylvania bus company
A Pennsylvania-based bus company has been ordered to shut down following a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration review of hours-of-service compliance and drug and alcohol testing regulations within the company...
Proposed rule for stability control nears
A rule that could mandate electronic stability control systems on tractor-trailers has been sent to the White House's Office of Budget and Management for review...
ATA asks Supreme Court to toss part of port’s Clean Trucks Program
The American Trucking Assns. filed a petition late last week asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider overturning several aspects of the Port of Los Angeles' version of the Clean Trucks Program...
Deadline looms for California truck regulations
Deadlines are looming for owner-operators and small fleet owners to meet the California Air Resources Board’s Truck and Bus regulation. The regulation requires installation of particulate matter (PM) retrofits beginning Jan. 1, 2012...
Rebate offered to OOIDA members buying new sleepers
Kenworth Truck Co. is once again offering a rebate to members of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Assn. (OOIDA) on the purchase of a qualifying sleeper tractor...
Tolls to begin on Seattle 520 bridge
On Dec. 29 drivers will have to pay to cross the old Highway 520 floating bridge in Seattle, WA. Tolls will vary by time of day among several rates...
Chuck Bosselman to receive NATSO Hall of Fame award
Chuck Bosselman, chairman of the Bosselman Companies, will receive the NATSO Hall of Fame award at The NATSO Show, to be held in February at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas...
Debate over tolls continues to deepen
The debate over whether or not to boost highway tolls in order to generate more money for transportation infrastructure projects continues to deepen ...
HOS rule met with widespread negativity
Despite retaining the 11-hour daily driving limit, many trucking and business organizations openly frowned on the hours-of-service (HOS) regulatory overhaul unveiled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) yesterday. And though safety and labor groups are withholding comment on the final rules for now – slated to go into effect in July 2013 – it is expected they will also react negatively, as they sought to reduce the daily driving to 10 hours...
Diamond Companies hires executive vp
Diamond Companies, a holding company for a chain of International Truck and IC Bus dealerships, has hired Sam Jenkins as executive vice president...
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