Survey: trucker interest in technology varies

Transport Capital Partners, LLC (TCP) recently completed its Business Expectation Survey for the 2010 second quarter and found that carriers surveyed are considering engines, electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs), and credit availability as they plan for the year ahead for equipment...

FMCSA changes insurance requirements for Canadian companies

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has changed its regulations to allow Canada-domiciled motor carriers and freight forwarders to use insurance policies issued in Canada as acceptable evidence of financial responsibility...

Westway Group receives Safety Leadership Award

Westway Group Inc has been recognized with the Safety Leadership Award by the National Safety Council at a number of facilities. This award honors companies that have achieved five consecutive years without an occupational injury or illness resulting in days away from work or death...

OPW unit schedules two
virtual training seminars

OPW Fuel Management Systems, a business unit of OPW Fueling Components, has scheduled a pair of web-based product training seminars for July 2010...

ATA applauds DOT efforts
toward safe truck parking

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) greatly appreciates the latest efforts by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and Secretary Ray LaHood to provide professional truck drivers with safe places to stop and rest along the National Highway System ...

Commercial trailer orders
continue strong in May

May 2010 commercial trailer net orders were up 59% from the prior-year month, continuing a healthy rebound from a very weak 2009, according to ACT Research Co. Through May, year-to-date net orders for trailers are up 69%...

Canadian Freight Index up
for fifth month in a row

TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index has climbed for the fifth straight month, showing significant improvement year over year with a 73% increase in spot market freight availability...

Rivetless front, rear
covers on S-ABAs

Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems introduces rivetless front and rear covers for S-ABA...

Trilliant 36 version
for corrosive conditions

Grote Industries has introduced a new version of its Trilliant 36 LED WhiteLight conversion bulb. The product is designed to operate in adverse conditions where sodium chloride, high humidity, and other corrosive elements wreak havoc on most PAR 36 incandescent work lamps...

Girard Equipment USA
adds CCT as distributor

Girard Equipment USA has added Central Connecticut Tank Fabrication and Truck Repair LLC (CCT) as an authorized distributor. Girard embraces this partnership and believes this relationship will generate greater availability of Girard products backed by service from CCT...

EPA salutes Detroit Diesel
plant for energy efficiency

Detroit Diesel’s Engine Manufacturing Center in Redford MI has been recognized by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as one of the first manufacturing facilities to meet the Energy Star Challenge for Industry...

Terror threat warning issued for New York City area

Lest we forget that terrorists continue to target the United States for attack, federal authorities issued an alert on June 23 warning of a possible terrorist attack on metropolitan New York City. No date or time was given for the alleged terrorist attack...

TMW teams with Roush,
KSM Transport Advisors

TMW Systems Inc has announced a strategic alliance with KSM Transport Advisors LLC (KSMTA). The alliance is built on TMW’s long-standing relationship with David Roush, newly appointed vice-president for KSMTA...

Truckers again face driver
shortage, survey indicates

Transport Capital Partners LLC (TCP) has completed its Business Expectation Survey for the second quarter of 2010, which found that two-thirds of carriers surveyed are experiencing a return of the driver shortage...

CSA 2010 needs further
improvements, ATA says

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) fully supports CSA 2010’s objectives of targeting unsafe operators, changing their behavior, and removing the most egregious actors from the road...

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
dips slightly in May 2010

The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.6 percent in May 2010, which was the first month-to-month drop since February of this year...

Price of diesel fuel drops
sixth time in seven weeks

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide fell half a cent to $2.956 a gallon, marking the sixth decline in seven weeks, according to US Department of Energy information...

Brenner cuts DOT407 weight with Lean Duplex 2

With the introduction of Lean Duplex 2 stainless steel, Brenner Tank LLC has trimmed about 700 pounds from the typical DOT407 chemical tank trailer constructed of 316 stainless steel...

Miller Transporters wins
Responsible Care award

At the 2010 Responsible Care Conference and Expo, Miller Transporters Inc was recognized as a winner of the inaugural Responsible Care Partner of the Year award presented by the American Chemistry Council (ACC)...

Flint Hills Resources firms
receive 57 awards for 2009

Flint Hills Resources LLC companies have earned 57 local-, state-, and national-level awards for compliance and safety and environmental excellence for 2009 performance...

GreenRoad earns award
from Frost & Sullivan

GreenRoad has received the 2010 Technology Innovation and Green Excellence of the Year Award from Frost & Sullivan. The firm was selected for its groundbreaking use of technology to improve sustainability of fleets and reduce emissions from vehicles worldwide...

Detroit Diesel will
invest in engine plant

Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) will invest approximately $194 million to expand operations at its manufacturing facility in Redford Township, Michigan. The announcement was made in an all-employee town hall meeting...

Truckers report high
optimism, survey says

Transport Capital Partners, LLC (TCP) has recently completed its Business Expectation Survey for the second quarter of 2010, which found that 88% of carriers surveyed expect volumes to increase over the next year, and 84% of the carriers expect rate increases over the same period...

PAN 22 provided
on three suspensions

Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems has announced the availability of its patented single piston PAN 22 Series air disc brake on three Meritor trailer suspensions: the new Meritor Trailing Arm air suspension 23,000-lb unit...

Pace of petrochemical price
decline accelerates in May

In May 2010, prices fell at a faster pace in the $3 trillion global petrochemicals market with the average daily price of Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI) dropping 7.5% from $1,237 per metric ton (/mt) in April to $1,144/mt...