National Truck Driving Championships underway in Ohio 

More than 400 top professional truck drivers from across the United States are competing in the 2010 National Truck Driving Championships (NTDC), which run August 3-7 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus OH. The "Super Bowl of Safety" is sponsored annually by the American Trucking Associations...

PHMSA beginning 2012 ERG update process 

Efforts are underway to gather updates for the 2012 Emergency Response Guidebook, and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)is soliciting comments and recommendations from those who use the guidebook...

Driver appreciation events
can be registered online 

As National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (NTDAW) approaches (September 19-25, 2010), companies across the United States and Canada will host special events and promotions in honor of professional truck drivers...

Price of diesel fuel rises
for first time in six weeks 

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide increased after five straight weeks of decline, rising 2 cents to $2.919 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

TransCore Freight Index
surges 112% in June 2010 

Price of diesel fuel falls
for fourth straight week 

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide fell for the fourth straight week and ninth in the past 10, dipping 0.4 cent to $2.899 a gallon, the smallest of its recent declines, according to US Department of Energy information...

Heavy-duty vehicle demand
improvement continuing 

A number of freight transportation and commercial vehicle market factors are aligning and setting the stage for continued improvement in demand for heavy-duty vehicles in the second half of 2010 and into 2011...

Survey: Truckers’ interest
in acquiring carriers rises 

Transport Capital Partners LLC (TCP) has recently completed its Business Expectation Survey for the second quarter of 2010, which found that almost half of carriers surveyed are translating optimism for the year ahead into interest in buying another company...

Price of Bridgestone
products increases 

Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS), a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, has increased prices on its Bridgestone brand products...

Storms cause severe transport disruptions across northern Mexico 

Truck and rail service in northern Mexico was severely disrupted by damage resulting from a tropical depression that moved through the region on July 8 and Hurricane Alex, which made landfall on June 30...