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.
Trimble Acquires GEOTrac to Extend PeopleNet’s Transportation Solutions
Trimble has acquired privately-held GeoTrac Systems Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, a provider of wireless fleet management and worker safety solutions for the oil and gas industry. The addition of GeoTrac is expected to extend Trimble company PeopleNet’s …
Trincon Offers Webinar Series to Address Recruitment, Retention, Costs
Trincon Group, a transportation industry advisory firm, released a series of five educational webinars to address the most pervasive issues affecting the trucking industry today-driver recruitment, retention and increasing costs.