In search of truckers behaving heroically along American roads 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company continues to honor deserving truck drivers with its recognition program for those who perform good deeds along the...

Medium-duty forecast keeps weakening 

The forecast for heavy-duty trucks and trailers remains steady, but the medium-duty forecast continues to slide, according ACT Research Company. In its...

Truck Driver Appreciation Week 

The American Trucking Associations announced the dates for National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (NTDAW) 2009, which celebrates the 3.5 million professional...

Class 8 vehicle net orders remain weak in June 09 

Heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicle net orders for June 2009 were 51% below the prior-year period, but there were some bright spots in the underlying...

ATA view 

A Good highway system takes money, and the federal fuel tax remains the most cost-effective way to fund essential highway infrastructure projects. That...

Price of diesel fuel rises
after four-week decline
 

The average price of diesel fuel nationwide climbed 3.2 cents to $2.528 a gallon after a four-week decrease, according to US Department of Energy information...

Partnership condemns VDOT
for closing Interstate rest areas
 

The Partnership to Save Highway Communities condemned the Virginia Department of Transportation for its decision to proceed with closing rest areas along Interstate highways despite...

Navistar, ArvinMeritor
form supply agreement
 

Navistar and ArvinMeritor Inc announced that under the terms of a new long-term supply agreement, Meritor axles are now in standard position on International medium-duty trucks and IC Bus brand school and commercial buses...

FMCSA would allow
Canadian insurance
for Canadian fleets in US
 

Canada-domiciled trucking companies would be allowed to operate in the United States with insurance provided through Canadian insurance companies if a Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) is adopted...

House approves bill to bring
more NGVs to market faster
 

The US House of Representatives, by unanimous consent, passed HR 1622, a bill that would direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct a five-year program of natural gas vehicle research, development, and demonstration...

NATSO hails conference
for taking ATC from agenda
 

The National Association of Truck Stop Operators (NATSO), congratulated the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) for its decision to remove automatic temperature compensation (ATC) for retail fuel pumps as a method of sale from its agenda...

TRALA against accounting
via one-size-fits-all method
 

The Truck Rental and Leasing Association (TRALA) submitted comments to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) arguing against a one-size-fits-all approach to accounting for leases utilized in the truck leasing industry...

Alert truck drivers prevent
further devastation in Detroit crash
 

A fiery crash near Detroit last week shows the need for greater automobile driver safety awareness and education that is advocated in the American Trucking Associations’ 18-point safety agenda...

Price of diesel fuel drops
for four weeks in a row
 

The average price of diesel fuel declined 4.6 cents to $2.496 a gallon, its fourth straight decline, according to US Department of Energy information...

Class 8 vehicle net orders
remain weak in June ‘09
 

Heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicle net orders for June 2009 were 51% below the prior-year period, but there were some bright spots in the underlying data, according to the State of the Industry report released by ACT Research Co LLC. Medium-duty Classes 5-7 net orders continued weak...

Climate change laws mean
higher consumer costs: ATA
 

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) told the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works that climate change legislation would impose significant costs on American consumers...

Kenworth T370 hybrid
qualifies for tax credit
 

Purchasers of certain Kenworth medium duty diesel-electric hybrid tractors in the United States are now eligible for a tax credit of $9,000, the maximum available, under a qualified hybrid motor vehicle credit offered by the federal government...

Champion Laboratories brings
‘care packages’ to US troops
 

Champion Laboratories Inc has created and delivered “care packages” for United States troops stationed in Iraq. The 30 care packages—20 for men and 10 for women—consisted of wish-list items such as shampoo, toothpaste, hand sanitizer, hard candy, and books...

Partnership urges preserving
Interstate commercialization ban
 

The Partnership to Save Highway Communities urged the leadership of the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) to maintain the prohibition on commercial activity along the Interstate right-of-way in the upcoming extension of the current highway reauthorization law...

Freightliner debuts M2 112
natural gas-powered truck
 

Freightliner Trucks introduced its first natural gas-powered truck, the Freightliner Business Class M2 112 NG, ideal for port operations, natural gas utilities, and municipalities. An OEM factory-built product, this truck is powered by the Cummins Westport ISL G...

Flying J agrees to merge
with Pilot Travel Centers
 

Flying J Inc and Pilot Travel Centers LLC have entered into a preliminary merger agreement that will provide a framework for Flying J’s core travel plaza business to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection...

FTR Trucking Conditions Index
decreases slightly in May 2009
 

The FTR Trucking Conditions Index eased down two points in May 2009 to a reading of –22, reflecting the effects of continued overcapacity in the trucking industry...

Medium-duty forecast
continues weakening
 

The forecast for heavy-duty trucks and trailers remains steady, but the medium-duty forecast continues to slide, according ACT Research Company. In its latest release of the ACT NA Commercial Vehicle Outlook, ACT forecasts that Classes 5-7 medium-duty production will be off 44% in 2009 before regaining half of that decline in 2010...

Wanted: Nominations
for Trucking Image Award
 

The American Trucking Associations is seeking nominations for the third annual Mike Russell “Good stuff” Trucking Image Award. The award honors those that creatively generate positive awareness of the trucking industry...

US size, weight limits impede
truck productivity, study finds
 

US trucks would be more fuel-efficient and emit fewer greenhouse gases if they were as productive as trucks in Europe, Canada, and Australia, according to preliminary results of a multi-nation study...

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