Price of diesel fuel drops
for first time in two months
Jun 30, 2009

The average price of diesel fuel nationwide dropped for the first time in eight weeks, decreasing 0.8 cents to $2.608 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

Ruan lights up Des Moines IA
for first-ever Founder’s Days
Jun 29, 2009

Ruan Transport Corporation will dazzle central Iowans this July by lighting up the Des Moines skyline—not with fireworks, but with an illumination befitting the Ruan building and the firm’s legacy that began in Des Moines....

Requirements straightforward
for quality brake inspections
Jun 29, 2009

Brakes comprised the largest percentage, about 52.5%, of out-of-service violations (OOSV) cited in roadside inspections conducted during Roadcheck 2008...

Fleet execs experience braking
innovations of Meritor WABCO
Jun 29, 2009

More than 55 motor carrier executives from the Northeast, Midwest, South, and Canada experienced first-hand the performance and benefits of advanced braking systems for truck trailers at a ride-’n-drive demonstration in the Detroit suburb of Romeo MI recently...

Hi-G-Tek providing ISO
18000-7 standard products
Jun 29, 2009

Hi-G-Tek, a developer of active-RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) sensing and control systems for tracking cargo and sensitive materials, is offering its 18.7 Secure Series...

Aero Clad bumper
for Volvo VNL trucks
Jun 29, 2009

Hendrickson Bumper and Trim unveils its Aero Clad bumper with stylish air dam for 2003 and newer Volvo VNL on-highway trucks...

New Private Fleet Assessment
Program helps drive excellence
Jun 29, 2009

The Private Fleet Assessment Program, a web-based management resource designed to help private fleets to world-class performance, has been launched by the National Private Truck Council (NPTC), Optima Associates, and Schneider National Inc...

Schneider National
provides Best Doctors
to its employees
Jun 29, 2009

Best Doctors Inc, a medical consultation service that empowers employees to take an active role in their medical decisions, announced that Schneider National Inc has made the Best Doctors benefit available to its associates and their dependents...

Eastman again honors
Penske performance
Jun 29, 2009

For the second straight year, Penske Logistics is a recipient of Eastman Chemical Company’s Supplier Excellence Award...

Groendyke renewable
fuels service grows
Jun 29, 2009

Groendyke Transport, as one of the top five largest tank truck carriers, has expanded its presence in the transportation of renewable fuels. The company, with a strong operational footprint in the central United States, is well-positioned to serve the needs of feed stock and quality renewable fuels producers...

Mack Trucks plans to consolidate
entire production at Macungie PA
Jun 25, 2009

Mack Trucks Inc announced that the company will move forward with its previously announced plan to consolidate production of its entire product line at its assembly facility in Macungie PA....

Mack has special financing
package for vocational trucks
Jun 25, 2009

Mack Trucks Inc and Mack Financial Services are offering special financing arrangements for a limited time on qualifying MACK Granite and Titan by Mack vocational trucks and tractors through the Granite & Titan Sell-a-Thon program...

Arrow offers four-year
engine warranty option
Jun 25, 2009

Arrow Truck Sales Inc announces a four-year/400,000 mile comprehensive engine warranty option on pre-owned units. This program provides extended protection for the equipment purchaser who wants to take the worry out of buying used...

PHMSA hazmat fee
will stay unchanged
Jun 25, 2009

Based on revised estimates of unexpended balances from previous years and revenues expected to be generated at current hazardous materials registration fee levels, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has decided that an increase is not necessary to fund the national Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) grants program at its authorized level of $28,318,000 for fiscal year 2009...

ATA applauds House panel
for its transportation plan
Jun 25, 2009

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) applauds the leaders of the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Highways and Transit Subcommittee for its draft of a transportation and infrastructure plan for the future...

ATA seeks action
to control energy
commodity speculation
Jun 25, 2009

In an effort to mitigate dramatic spikes in fuel prices similar to those in 2008, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) has called on Congress to increase the transparency of futures markets and impose reasonable aggregate position limits on energy commodities...

NACD concerned over changes
to chemical security program
Jun 23, 2009

In preparation for a June 18, 2009, full House Homeland Security Committee mark-up of HR 2868, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act, the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) sent a letter to the committee members outlining several concerns about the bill...

Commercial vehicle inventory
levels reach a 41-month low
Jun 23, 2009

Class 5-7 retail sales were off 54 percent from May 2008, but continued low production output has reduced inventory levels to a 41-month low...

Commercial vehicle
safety belt use
reaches 72% in ‘08
Jun 23, 2009

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced that safety belt use by drivers of medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles increased to 72% in 2008. That is up 7 percentage points from 65% the previous year...

Diesel fuel price rises
seven weeks in a row
Jun 23, 2009

The average price of diesel fuel nationwide climbed for the seventh consecutive week, advancing 4.4 cents to $2.616 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information. In the past seven weeks, diesel has risen 43.1 cents...

Congress issues draft legislation
that would ban tank trailer wetlines
Jun 23, 2009

Petroleum haulers and other tank trailer owners got good news and bad news on the wetlines issue from the US House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...

Kenworth’s efforts garner
Clean Air Excellence Award
Jun 17, 2009

PACCAR’s Kenworth Truck Company was recently honored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the Clean Air Excellence Award...

Mack demonstrates hybrid
technology on Capitol Hill
Jun 17, 2009

Mack Trucks Inc gave federal legislators and policymakers a first-hand look June 11 at its parallel diesel-electric hybrid technology for heavy-duty trucks...

Commercial vehicle forecast
remains soft through 2010
Jun 17, 2009

The forecast for commercial vehicle sales and production continues to soften in 2009 and 2010, according to ACT Research Company (ACT). In its recently published North American Commercial Vehicle Outlook...

Baystate Biofuels breaks
ground on new terminal
Jun 17, 2009

Baystate Biofuels LLC has broken ground on a facility to distribute biodiesel and blended diesel anywhere in New England. The terminal at Osgood Landing in North Andover will be the first full-scale commercial facility in Massachusetts dedicated to biodiesel distribution...