Tonnage Down 0.7% Month Over Month, Up 4.1% Year Over Year
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index dropped 0.7% in May after falling 1.1% in April.
Oregon DOT: 242 is Not a Truck Route
The Oregon Department of Transportation wants to remind commercial drivers that Oregon 242 is not a truck route.
Utility Enhances Side Skirt
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company says has enhanced the USS-120A, Utility’s aerodynamic side skirt, including the ability to flex more freely on impact.
New EPA Emission Proposal Seen Having Little Impact on Trucking
The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new standard for fine particle pollution is not likely to have much impact on highway trucking, although it could lead to retrofit requirements and anti-idling regulations in a few places.
Mexican agent testifies about US trucker’s arrest
Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak was on life support after suffering a stroke in prison Tuesday, deepening the country’s uncertainty just as a potentially explosive fight opened over who will succeed him.
Trucker Tip #1: Don’t patch fuel tank with duct tape
Officials in southern Montana say a Canadian truck driver found that out the hard way when he tried to stop a fuel tank leak with the all-purpose tape before going to sleep at a truck stop near Livingston.
Mack Titan takes centre stage at SteelStacks area of Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Visitors to the Levitt Pavilion in the SteelStacks area of Bethlehem are now greeted by a Mack Titan truck attached to a concession stand.
US for-hire truck tonnage falls 0.7% in May
ARLINGTON, Va. — US for-hire truck tonnage decreased 0.7% in May after falling 1.1% in April, according to the American Trucking Associations.
John "Hans" Schaupp Elected Chairman of NTTC
The National Tank Truck Carriers elected John “Hans” Schaupp chairman at the NTTC’s recent annual meeting in San Francisco.
A&S Services Acquires Kinard Trucking
A&S Services Group LLC has acquired all of the assets of Kinard Trucking Inc. and its affiliates. The terms of the asset purchase were not disclosed.