Truck tonnage fell 9.2% in February compared with a year ago, though it rose 1.7% from January, American Trucking Associations said.
March 27, 2009BusinessSafety
Rail, Intermodal Traffic Continue to Fall
Rail and intermodal traffic continued to decline along with the economy last week, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday.
March 27, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
China Auto Production Tops U.S., Group Says
China passed the United States last year to become the world’s second largest auto-producing nation behind Japan, according to a California research firm.
March 27, 2009GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTechnologyEquipmentSafety
House Bill Would Extend Size, Weight Limits
A House bill would freeze the truck size and weight limits of 53 feet for trailers and 80,000 pounds for the entire national highway system.
March 26, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
LaHood Says U.S. Seeking to Revive Mexican Trucking Plan
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wants to revive the cross-border trucking program with Mexico that lets some carriers from that country deliver goods into the United States beyond a set border zone, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
March 24, 2009BusinessGovernmentSafetyFuel
EPA Eyes Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency may seek to limit greenhouse gas emissions, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
March 24, 2009BusinessSafety
Volvo Gives Tractor to ATA for Road Team
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Volvo Trucks North America gave a new highway tractor to American Trucking Associations on March 19, providing the federation with a second power unit to pull its image trailer, a rolling demonstration for highway safety.
March 23, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernmentEquipment
Obama Views New Hybrid Trucks in California
President Obama visited a California center featuring new hybrid trucks Friday, including plug-in hybrid with an engine developed by Eaton Corp. and the Electric Power Research Institute.
March 23, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
Alabama Gov. Signs Steel-Coil Control Law
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley (R) signed into law a measure requiring truck drivers transporting steel coils to be properly trained so that coils are tied down securely, according to the governor’s Web site.
March 23, 2009BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Technicians to Face More Fault Codes With Use of OBDs, Engine Makers Say
Truck technicians next year will have to deal with a pronounced increase in engine fault codes because of the onboard diagnostics systems added to 2010 and later model engines, engine makers said.
March 23, 2009