ArvinMeritor wins lawsuit against Eaton

ArvinMeritor Inc announced that a jury has ruled in favor of ZF Meritor LLC, a venture between ArvinMeritor and ZF Friedrichshafen AG, and Meritor Transmission Corporation, an ArvinMeritor company, in the companies’ antitrust lawsuit against Eaton Corporation...

Commercial vehicle markets on a slow road to recovery

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...

Trimac plans to purchase assets of StarTrans Inc

Trimac Transportation has formed a new operating entity, Trimac Dry Bulk Group Inc, and that new entity has entered into an asset purchase agreement with StarTrans Inc for purchase of the business and certain of the assets of StarTrans...

FMCSA plans pre-employment screening program for drivers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will launch a new Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program that will allow commercial motor carrier companies to electronically access driver inspection and crash records as a part of the hiring process...

ATA board overwhelmingly backs anti-texting legislation

The American Trucking Associations Executive Committee voted overwhelmingly to support a bill introduced by US Sen Charles E Schumer (D-NY) to ban texting by all drivers...

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

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...

Class 8 net orders increase for fourth month in a row

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing Class 8 net orders for all major North American OEMs totaled 10,817 units in September 2009—the fourth consecutive month that orders have shown a month-over-month increase...

TMW, NAVTEQ complete data licensing agreement

TMW Systems announced the completion of a multi-year agreement to license NAVTEQ map data for a development program that will bring new geographic visualization and routing tools to customers of TMW’s extended software product portfolio...

DOT summit spotlights distracted-driving issue

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

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...

ATA: Pro-union groups
mislead about port issues

In six press releases from various union and pro-union sources, backers of the Teamsters’ effort to change federal law in order to organize port drayage truck drivers are misleading the public and encouraging use of taxpayer money to help organize unions, according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA)...

Dupré Logistics receives seven awards from ATA

The American Trucking Association’s Safety Management Council recently presented Dupré Logistics with seven awards recognizing superior safety achievements during the 2009 Safety & Human Resources National Conference & Exhibition in Baltimore MD....

Price of diesel fuel falls for fifth straight week

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...

Port terminal operators meet
CARB clean trucks deadline

Marine terminal operators at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach CA announced they have met the deadline to comply with a new clean trucks regulation from the California Air Resources Board (CARB)...

Transplace highlights
effect of NAFTA
on exports, trade

Dallas TX-based Transplace experiences firsthand the city’s connection of major interstates, multiple airports, extensive rail systems, and close proximity to Gulf of Mexico freight ports...

CB&I is awarded contract for Gorgon LNG project

CB&I has been awarded a contract valued at approximately US$550 million by Chevron Australia Pty Ltd for the LNG and condensate storage tanks at the Gorgon LNG liquefaction project on Barrow Island in Australia...

Detroit Diesel applies to EPA for DD13, DD15 certification

Having recently completed more than 25 million miles of testing with its BlueTec emissions control system, Detroit Diesel Corporation has filed applications with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resource Board (CARB) for 2010 certification of Detroit Diesel DD13 and DD15 engines with BlueTec emissions control systems...

Port trucker wins court fight
over driver misclassification

Trucking companies in the Port of Los Angeles won a court victory recently against the state of California...

Ferrellgas Partners acquires Vanson LLC

Ferrellgas Partners LP, one of the nation’s largest propane retailers, announced the acquisition of Vanson LLC, which serves approximately 29,000 customers ...

Kenworth receives Green Washington award for ‘09

Kenworth Truck Company was honored with the 2009 Green Washington manufacturing award from Seattle Business magazine during a special awards banquet in Seattle WA recently...

Odyssey sets transaction milestone

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation (OL&T) reached a new milestone when the firm and its affiliates recorded 10 million transactions processed per year with their clients and carriers...

Video contest aims to show why truck drivers are essential

The American Trucking Associations will sponsor a video contest for National Truck Driver Appreciation Week 2009...

PHMSA will discuss electronic hazmat shipping documents

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)will hold a public meeting October 13–14 in Washington DC to discuss an upcoming proof-of-concept study on the use electronic documents for hazardous materials shipments...

Price of diesel fuel sinks for four weeks in a row

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide fell for a fourth straight week, decreasing 2.1 cents to $2.601 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

ATA Truck Tonnage Index climbs 2.1% in August

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.1% in August, matching July’s increase of the same magnitude...