Women in Trucking gains 1,000 members

Women In Trucking, a non-profit organization, is celebrating its one-year anniversary and has hit a record 1,000 corporate and individual members...

Freight-Tracking joins ATA

Web-based shipment tracking firm Freight-Tracking.com has joined the American Trucking Associations...

ATRI/FMCSA team up
on onboard systems

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) teaming up on the design of field tests for onboard safety systems (OSS)...

PCA predicts slowdown
in cement consumption

Portland Cement Association (PCA) Economic Research report predicts decline in construction activity, cement consumption...

Fuel surpasses labor expense
for many commercial carriers

For a number of motor carriers, fuel has now surpassed labor as their largest expense, according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA)...

DHS adds TWIC program to 3 more ports

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun the initial enrollment for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) at three ports...

DGAC celebrates 30th anniversary

The Dangerous Goods Advisory Council (DGAC) is celebrating three decades of service to the hazardous materials industry this year...

More truckers buckling up

The number of professional truckers buckling up their seat belts jumped dramatically in 2007 to a record level of 65 percent...

DHS offers amendment
to employment regulation

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing to amend its regulations that provide a safe harbor from liability...

NACD files comments on
loading/unloading notice

The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) has expressed support for performance standards to address hazmat product loading...

ATA, others urge petroleum reserve release

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is calling for federal officials to release petroleum from various reserves to give some relief to high fuel prices...

Diesel takes aim
at $4 per gallon

The average price of onroad diesel takes aim at $4 per gallon, reaching $3.989 last week, according to the Department of Energy...

Marathon converting
15 terminals to ethanol

Marathon Oil Corp, Findlay OH, announced that it will convert 16 Midwest terminals to 100 percent ethanol blended fuel (E-10 gasohol), beginning May 1, 2008...

Record high fuel bill
seen in 2008 by ATA

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is projecting a record high diesel fuel bill in 2008, up to $135 billion...

Schneider adds fuel
to its bulk services

Schneider National Inc, Green Bay WI, has added fuel-hauling capabilities to its bulk division, according to Schneider information...

Sunoco names carrier winners
in annual safety award program

Sunoco Inc, Philadelphia PA, has named winners of its 2007 Carrier of the Year awards...

Comments solicited
on NAFTA audits

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is asking for public comments on the pre-authority safety audits for Mexico-domiciled carriers...

CDL comment period
extended to May 23

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has extended the time for comments on its proposal for minimum training requirements...

Volvo, UAW reach tentative agreement

Volvo Trucks North America and the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative agreement on terms of a new three-year agreement...

Gulf climate change could disrupt trucking

Potential changes in climate over the next 50 to 100 years could disrupt transportation services in the Gulf Coast region...

Freight Index rises in January

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 2.4 percent in January from its December level...

Alcoa forms new business unit

Alcoa, Pittsburgh PA, has combined its wheel products business with its auto and truck structures business to form a new business unit, called Wheel and Transportation Products...

NAFTA surface trade rises 4.9 percent in 2007

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, was 4.9 percent higher in 2007...

DHS adds TWIC program to 7 more ports

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) added Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) for seven ports...

NAFTA surface transportation rises in December

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 3.1 percent higher in December 2007...