By TruckingInfo Staff The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) enforcement program has prompted many fleets to concentrate more on their… Read More »Technology, CSA and Driver Qualification
UPDATED: 12/15/2011 4:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Rush Enterprises said it has acquired West Texas Peterbilt, a dealership… Read More »Rush Acquires West Texas Peterbilt
Crude oil analyzer was installed on this Heil tanker by Rush Peterbilt’s shop in San Antonio as part of its work to support the oil… Read More »Oil boom needs special equipment on trailers and trucks
UPDATED: 12/14/2011 3:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The Department of Energy has altered its weekly gasoline price average… Read More »Gasoline Price Update: Price Drops 0.4¢ to $3.286
The turnover rate for truckload drivers at large fleets rose to 89% in the third quarter of 2011, the fourth straight quarterly increase, an indication… Read More »Truckload Turnover Rises for Fourth Straight Quarter
UPDATED: 12/13/2011 4:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This U.S. drivers would not be able to send text messages or… Read More »NTSB Wants Ban on All Phone Use and Texting While Driving
The new Commercial Truck TPMS System with Hook Go features will measure and record tire pressures and internal temperatures. This system is installed inside the… Read More »Esco Enters Commercial TPMS Market
UPDATED: 12/12/2011 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Protesters from the Occupy movement marched on West Coast ports including… Read More »Protesters March on West Coast Ports
Preliminary 2010 fatality and injury data shows that highway deaths fell to 32,885 for the year, the lowest level since 1949. The data also revealed… Read More »Highway Fatalities Drop, Truck-related Deaths Rise
UPDATED: 12/8/2011 12:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This U.S. highway deaths fell to the lowest level in 2010 since… Read More »Highway Fatalities Fall to Record Low; Truck-Related Deaths Rise
By Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Don’t expect trailer-on-flatcar to go away anytime soon, but expect it to increasingly be via 53-foot trailers. In FTR’s… Read More »TOFC still going strong
UPDATED: 12/9/2011 9:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The U.S. trade deficit narrowed by 1.6% in October, shrinking to… Read More »U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows in October