Cummins not only makes engines, it also makes aftertreatment and other components used on competing engines. “All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in… Read More »How Cummins is beating vertical integration
Updated: 3/30/2011 8:15:00 AM American Trucking Associations Chairman Barbara Windsor told a congressional panel Tuesday that the trucking industry needs a new surface transportation bill,… Read More »ATA Chairman Makes Trucking's Case for Highway Bill at Congressional Hearing
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 07-11 Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver… Read More »FMCSA Places Super Luxury Tours Bus Company Out-of-Service for Violating Federal Safety Regulations
Many maintenance shops buy more parts than necessary, in effect storing company cash on parts room shelves. Even when buying ahead, they sometimes pay too… Read More »Arsenault: Don't Over-Buy on Parts
Updated: 3/29/2011 8:00:00 AM By John ByrneVice President and CEO Byrne Transportation Services LLC This Opinion piece appears in the March 28 print edition of… Read More »Opinion: Setting Aside? Count Trucking In.
Imagine Valmet’s Think City EV with a bite-out-of-the-apple logo on the door. Electric cars are just now hitting the streets. A few of them anyway.… Read More »Maybe what we're waiting for is the iCar?
Updated: 3/28/2011 11:30:00 AM UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. Monday announced new flights connecting Asia with North America and Europe. FedEx Express launched a new,… Read More »FedEx, UPS Set New Asian Flights
Orders for manufactured goods fell in February, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, but shipments were up slightly. New orders for… Read More »Durable Goods Orders Fall, but Shipments Up
Updated: 3/25/2011 8:00:00 AM By Mac McQueenSafety and Compliance Manager Wyoming Casing Service This Opinion piece appears in the March 21 print edition of Transport… Read More »Opinion: Does the U.S. Hate Big Trucks?
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public forum on truck and bus safety May 10-11 in Washington, D.C., to review the progress that… Read More »NTSB Will Hold Review Forum For Truck and Bus Safety Progess
Updated: 3/22/2011 8:20:00 AM Berkshire Hathaway will acquire Lubrizol Corp., the world’s largest producer of lubricant additives, the companies said. Berkshire will pay about $9… Read More »Berkshire Hathaway to Buy Lubrizol
It was cool but bright the day before ConExpo opened in Las Vegas, and there, gleaming in the sun like a big piece of pewter,… Read More »Galvanized Steel Fights Rust While It Glows in the Sun