Updated: 4/8/2011 4:30:00 AM FMCSA, FHWA Programs to Remain in Place, DOT Says Federal funding for highway projects and motor carrier safety programs will continue… Read More »Government Shutdown Would Not Affect Federal Transportation Safey Programs
Jerry Kissinger and his 1991 Mack SuperLiner with a million-mile engine. “All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief How much is a… Read More »Got a Million-Mile Engine?
Updated: 4/8/2011 10:15:00 AM Wholesale inventories rose in February while sales fell for the first time in eight months, the Commerce Department said Thursday. The… Read More »Wholesale Inventories Rise 1%; Sales Fall
U.S. Foodservice has bought a company that will provide a supply of B20 biodiesel made from used vegetable oil from fryers. The foodservice distributor bought… Read More »U.S. Foodservice Acquires Waste Vegetable Oil Processing Company for Fuel
Updated: 4/8/2011 10:45:00 AM Oil prices continued to spike Friday, pushing past $111 a barrel in early New York Mercantile Exchange trading, on continued concerns… Read More »Oil Keeps Rising, Tops $111 a Barrel
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A bill was introduced in the Senate Thursday that would put an end to the federal freeze on changes in truck sizes and weights, allowing… Read More »Bill Would Allow States to Raise Truck Weight Limits
Updated: 4/8/2011 11:30:00 AM American Trucking Associations is endorsing a federal proposal that trucking companies use electronic logging devices to monitor drivers’ compliance with hours-of-service rules.… Read More »ATA Backs Electronic Logging to Monitor Drivers' Hours
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html DOT 01-11 Friday, April 8, 2011 Contact: Justin Nisly… Read More »DOT Announces Proposed Agreement on U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Trucking that Emphasizes Safety and Efficiency
By Glen Sokolis Fleet fueling prices are going up. We see it everyday at the pump. We feel it in our wallets. But what exactly… Read More »Fear and Fleet Fueling Prices
Updated: 4/7/2011 11:00:00 AM Move Could Accommodate New Devices, OTA Says The Ontario Trucking Association said it was pleased that the Ontario Ministry of Transportation… Read More »Ontario to Review Longer Tractors
A PGE truck refuels with liquified natural gas. Companies like PGE would have more incentives to invest in natural gas equipment under the NAT GAS… Read More »2011 NAT GAS Act Introduced