Old Dominion Freight Line kicked off its third annual truck tour with a stop in Tampa on Wednesday. The Old Dominion Tampa Service Center hosted… Read More »Old Dominion Kicks off Nationwide Truck Tour in Tampa
Updated: 4/14/2011 8:35:00 AM Initial jobless claims jumped by 27,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. New claims increased to 412,000 for the week… Read More »Initial Jobless Claims Rise for Week
Starting April 25, weather permitting, routine bridge inspections on Interstate 80 over the Des Plaines River in Joliet, Ill., will require daily lane closures for… Read More »Expect I-80 Delays in Illinois for Inspections and Construction
Updated: 4/14/2011 9:00:00 AM Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.7% in March, led by cost increases in energy and light trucks and automobiles, the… Read More »Producer Price Index Rises 0.7% in March
Hiring in the trucking industry picked up in the fourth quarter of 2010. Coupled with an increase in the turnover rate for linehaul truckload drivers,… Read More »ATA: Increased Hiring and Rising Turnover Indicate Economic Recovery
Updated: 4/14/2011 1:00:00 PM J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported record income for its first quarter, as its trucking, intermodal and dedicated contract services segments all… Read More »J.B. Hunt Reports Record 1Q Income
A. Duie Pyle, a Northeast transportation and logistics provider, is reducing its impact on the environment as the company’s largest warehouse facility churns out solar… Read More »A. Duie Pyle Goes Solar
Updated: 4/12/2011 2:20:00 PM Truck traffic crossing the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, slipped 1.4% in March from a year ago, the company… Read More »Ambassador Bridge Truck Traffic Crossings Slip 1.4% in March
By TruckingInfo Staff The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is asking for additional comments on whether its proposed mandate for electronic onboard recorders sets up… Read More »FMCSA Seeks Comments on EOBRs and Driver Harassment
Updated: 4/12/2011 1:50:00 PM ATA Praises Safety Efforts of Trucking Industry The rate of highway fatalities from accidents involving large trucks fell 14.1% to the lowest… Read More »Truck-Involved Highway Fatality Rate Falls to Record Low
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 09-11 Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Contact:Candice Tolliver Tel.:(202)… Read More »U.S. DOT Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and State Law Enforcement Agencies Conduct Thousands of
Surprise Passenger Carrier Safety Inspections Nationwide
R/S Godwin’s HybriDump uses an aluminum tailgate and sides with a Hardox steel floor. Should it be the ComposiDump? “Trailer Talk” blog by Tom Berg,… Read More »'Hybrid' replacing 'composite' in the trailer and body business