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Class 8 pre-buy boosts 2009 truck demand
Nov 1, 2009, By Charles E Wilson

It looks like we are in the midst of a modest pre-buy in advance of the 2010 truck models with diesel engines that meet the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) 2010 emission requirements. Class 8 net orders for all major North American truck builders totaled 21,792 units in October, reflecting a clear surge in order activity, according to FTR Associates data...

Cap-and-trade will do little
to cut emissions, ATA says
Oct 29, 2009

Proposed cap-and-trade legislation will impose significant costs on the trucking industry and all consumers while doing little to reduce carbon emissions from trucking, American Trucking Associations (ATA) First Vice-Chairman Barbara Windsor said at a press conference on Capitol Hill...

ATA urges improvement
in border infrastructure
Oct 29, 2009

Improving security and efficiency of freight transportation across borders will require more funds for infrastructure, more reasonable enforcement of trade security program rules, and giving the lead role in coordinating federal efforts to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, Celadon Group Inc Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Stephen Russell told a congressional panel...

ATA Truck Tonnage Index slips 0.3% in September
Oct 28, 2009

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.3% in September 2009 after increasing 2.1% in both July and August. The latest decline lowered the SA index to 103.9 (2000=100)...

Price of diesel fuel surges 10.5 cents for a 2009 high
Oct 22, 2009

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide jumped 10.5 cents to $2.705 a gallon, its highest price since November 17, 2008, when it was $2.809, according to US Department of Energy information...

Commercial vehicle markets on a slow road to recovery
Oct 13, 2009

After three consecutive years of double-digit production declines, including more than 40% declines in 2009, the medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle markets are at the beginning of a three-year period of steady growth, according to ACT Research Co...

Surface trade with Canada, Mexico falls 28% in July ‘09
Oct 9, 2009

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 28% lower in July 2009 than in July 2008...

DOT summit spotlights distracted-driving issue
Oct 7, 2009

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called for regulations to ban cell phone use while operating commercial vehicles. The call to action came during a special distracted-driving summit meeting convened September 30-October 1 by the Department of Transportation (DOT)....

Errors mar New York Times
distracted-driving articles
Oct 7, 2009

The New York Times’ September 28 story about truck driver distraction presented misleading characterizations of American Trucking Associations (ATA) policies and views on the subject, and included factual errors on truck crash data compiled by federal safety officials...

Price of diesel fuel falls for fifth straight week
Oct 6, 2009

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide dropped for a fifth straight week, declining 1.9 cents to $2.582 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

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