Updated: 5/3/2011 8:30:00 AM Gasoline Jumps 8.4¢ to $3.963 a Gallon Diesel resumed its rise after a one-week respite, gaining 2.6 cents to $4.124 a gallon,… Read More »Diesel Resumes Rise, Gaining 2.6¢ to $4.124
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 11-11 Monday, May 2, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver… Read More »New FMCSA Survey Shows Increase in Safety Belt Use Among Commercial Truck and Bus Drivers
Investing in lightweight equipment like this aluminum-and-steel landing gear from Jost could be for naught in some situations. (Photo by Tom Berg) “Trailer Talk” blog… Read More »Sometimes people keep lightweight equipment from paying off
Updated: 4/28/2011 8:50:00 AM Specialty truck maker Oshkosh Corp. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit dropped from a year ago as sales of some military… Read More »Oshkosh's 2Q Income Declines
The American Trucking Associations and the Canadian Trucking Alliance called on the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to abandon proposed wetline regulations. Wetlines… Read More »ATA, CTA Call to on Government to Abandon Proposed Tanker Wetline Regulation
Updated: 4/28/2011 10:00:00 AM The world’s two largest oil companies Thursday reported multi-billion-dollar first-quarter profits, up from a year ago, on higher crude oil prices. Exxon… Read More »Exxon, Shell Post Huge 1Q Profits on High Oil Prices
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html DOT 53-11 Friday, April 29, 2011 U.S. DOT Appoints… Read More »U.S. DOT Appoints Jack Van Steenburg as Assistant Administrator and Chief Safety Officer of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
You can see what’s left of a trailer in this photo of tornado damage in Tuscaloosa, Ala., shot by a WTI Transport employee. By Tom… Read More »Tornado Outbreak Destroys Truckstop, Damages Shippers Throughout the South
Updated: 4/28/2011 10:15:00 AM Pacer International said Thursday it posted a first-quarter profit compared with a loss a year ago. Pacer earned $2 million, or… Read More »Pacer Posts First-Quarter Profit
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 10-11 Friday, April 29, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver… Read More »Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Completes Compliance Sweep of Moving Companies in Nine Major Cities
UPS announced diluted earnings per share of 88 cents for the first quarter of 2011, a 24 percent improvement over the adjusted 71 cents for… Read More »UPS Q1 Earnings Up 24%
Updated: 4/28/2011 8:20:00 AM Norfolk Southern Corp.’s first-quarter profit rose from the same quarter last year on higher freight levels, the Eastern freight railroad said… Read More »Norfolk Southern's 1Q Profit Improves