Holland Trucker Unhurt, Muskegon Man Hospitalized in Crash
An apparent mistake in judgment in more ways than one led to serious injuries for a 71-year-old Muskego nman yesterday afternoon.
ATA, OOIDA Square Off on EOBR Debate
In advance of the upcoming conference committee meetings on the surface transportation bill, the American Trucking Associations and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association are urging passage or rejection (respectively) of the Senate’s EOBR…
ATA rallies up support for EOBRs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has issued a call to members of the upcoming conference committee on the surface transportation bill, to support a proposal to mandate electronic logging devices (or electronic…
March Net Orders Signal Healthy Trailer Industry
Net orders for trailers fell 11% month-over-month in March, but were almost identical to orders in March 2011, according to State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research Co.
"California-Only" Diesel Will Come at High Cost for State, Study Says
Significant job losses directly attributable to California Air Resources Board’s fuel policies, says a new study by the California Trucking Association. Goods movement and agriculture sectors will be especially hard hit if the policies are allowed to…
Screwed if you don’t. Screwed if you do.
The firing of a Texas-based flat-bedder for refusing to haul an improperly secured and unsafe load illustrates how CSA and the courts are failing truck drivers.
Hardwood forests are healthy and growing in Appalachia, trade group says
“Save a tree,” environments preach. That’s not an option when you’re building anything with wood, like a hardwood-composite floor for a van trailer.
Navistar Continues Global Growth Efforts At Beijing Auto Show
This week at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, Navistar continued to demonstrate its global growth capabilities with new product opportunities for the Chinese market.
Senate highway bill includes burdensome, $2 billion ‘big …
Despite being previously struck down by a federal court, a costly and unnecessary mandate has been included in the U.S. Senate’s highway surface transportation funding legislation.
The ’92 riot: Revisiting a dark day in LA history
This March 31, 1991 frame from a video tape shot by George Holliday from his apartment in a suburb of Los Angeles shows what appears to be a group of police officers beating a man with nightsticks and kicking him as other officers look on.