Volvo AB鈥檚 North American truck deliveries jumped 47% in October over the previous year, the company said Nov. 20.
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Opinion: GSA Opts for Clean-Fueled Vendors
The United States wants to do business with truck fleets that are more fuel-efficient, better for the environment and cheaper to operate.
December 2, 2013Truck Toll Discounts to End Early on Texas Highway
Discounts for truckers on a well-known Texas toll road, State聽Highway 130, are ending Dec. 1, earlier than planned.
November 22, 2013Carriers That Use Driver Screening Program See Lower Crash Rates, FMCSA Says
Trucking companies using the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration鈥檚 Pre-Employment Screening Program reduced their crash rates by 15%, with midsize carriers seeing even greater improvements, according to a recent FMCSA study.
November 20, 2013Safety Systems Shown to Reduce Rollovers, Other Accidents, FMCSA Study Declares
A new study has found trucks using lane-departure warning and roll-stability control systems are less likely to be involved in an accident than those not using the system.
November 11, 2013iTech: Managing a Fistful of Trucks
By Bruce Lilly, Contributing Writer
This story appears in the August/September 2013 issue of iTECH, published in the Oct.
January 1, 2012Knight Says USA Truck Shows 鈥楲imited Improvement鈥
Knight Transportation Inc. said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that takeover target USA Truck Inc.鈥檚 鈥渞ecent financial results demonstrate only limited improvement and that its recent share price surge is unsupported by either industry or company specific fundamentals.鈥
November 4, 2013Truck Drivers Halt Work at Port of Oakland
Some truck drivers at the Port of Oakland stopped working Oct. 21 to protest what they called unsafe working conditions and unfair labor practices, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
October 22, 2013OOIDA Challenges New York Decal Fee
New York state鈥檚 registration and decal fee for out-of-state trucks are 鈥渦nconstitutional highway taxes,鈥 the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association alleged in a class-action lawsuit filed with the state鈥檚 supreme court last week.
October 15, 2013Takeover Target USA Truck Sues Knight
USA Truck Inc. has sued Knight Transportation, which is trying to acquire USA Truck, for breach of contract, claiming that Knight breached a confidentiality agreement between the two companies.
October 11, 2013