Accused kidnapper: Picked up teens in Toledo
A commercial truck driver who was arrested Saturday in Shelby County on suspicion of kidnapping two Kentucky teenagers and forcing at least one of them into prostitution remains in jail in northwest Ohio, according to officials.
Second Bridge Planned for Detroit-Canada Link
It’s looking like officials are closer to building a second bridge to link Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, lightening traffic at one of the most congested U.S.-Canadian border crossings. The new span would be downriver from the 83-year-old Ambassador Br…
ATA Demands FMCSA Release Study Used to Develop CSA Scoring System
American Trucking Associations is calling on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to release a study of the links between violations and crash risk used to develop its methodology for assigning carriers’ scores in its monitoring and measur…
Court Rules for Navistar Competitors in Clean Air Case
In a victory for Navistar’s competitors, a federal court said that the Environmental Protection Agency should not have allowed Navistar to pay penalties on engines that don’t meet clean air standards.
Carrier Says EcoForward Reefers Can Save up to 20% on Fuel
EcoForward technologies is the new name behind the ultra-efficient transport refrigeration units and generator sets designed by Carrier Transicold for compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency diesel-emissions standards, which change in 2013.
Oprah’s magazine highlights woman trucker
“There are 3.5 million truckers in America, and only 200,000 of them are women, and only a fraction of them are black women, and only one of them is Sputter.” That’s how an article in this month’s issue of Oprah’s O magazine starts out,
Oprah’s magazine highlights woman trucker
“There are 3.5 million truckers in America, and only 200,000 of them are women, and only a fraction of them are black women, and only one of them is Sputter.” That’s how an article in this month’s issue of Oprah’s O magazine starts out,
Polk neighbors blame truckers for bottles of urine
Residents in a Haines City neighborhood are complaining truck drivers are dumping bottles of urine behind a truck stop that borders their homes.
Trucker injured when rig leaves road
Maine State Police said a truck driver from Peru was hurt Tuesday afternoon when the logging truck he was driving left Route 140 in Canton, hit a guardrail and went over an embankment.
US court vacates rule that allowed Navistar to build non-compliant engines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A US appeals court has denied Navistar International the ability to pay non-conformance penalties (NCPs) and continue selling non-compliant engines into the North American market.