Updated: 3/22/2011 8:20:00 AM Berkshire Hathaway will acquire Lubrizol Corp., the world’s largest producer of lubricant additives, the companies said. Berkshire will pay about $9 billion, or $135 a share in cash, Bloomberg reported. The… Read More »Berkshire Hathaway to Buy Lubrizol
It was cool but bright the day before ConExpo opened in Las Vegas, and there, gleaming in the sun like a big piece of pewter, was a side-dump trailer whose steel underframe was completely galvanized.… Read More »Galvanized Steel Fights Rust While It Glows in the Sun
Updated: 3/22/2011 9:30:00 AM Gasoline Takes Second Decline in 16 Weeks Diesel slipped a tenth of a cent to $3.907 a gallon, its first drop since November, while gasoline also declined, the Department of Energy… Read More »Diesel Drops for First Time Since November
The Apple iPad, now in its second generation, is being used for a lot more than e-books and web browsing. “All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Who would have guessed that… Read More »Brake and Wheel 'Data Hound' One of Many Businesses Turning to iPad
Updated: 3/22/2011 11:30:00 AM LAS VEGAS — Caterpillar Inc. has introduced the CT660, the first in a line of Caterpillar-branded vocational on-highway truck models. The CT660 is a heavy-duty, “purpose-builtâ€� Class 8 truck developed for… Read More »Caterpillar Introduces Vocational Truck
A bridge snooper inspects a bridge. (Photo by Missouri DOT) U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a new bridge oversight initiative that will let the Federal Highway Administration more closely monitor how states are performing… Read More »FHWA Launches New Bridge Safety Initiative
Updated: 3/22/2011 2:30:00 PM February truck tonnage increased 4.2% from a year ago but slipped from January, American Trucking Associations said Tuesday. The year-over-year increase followed a revised 7.6% gain in January that was below… Read More »February Truck Tonnage Rises 4.2%
The March 30 deadline is nearing for registration for the April 19-20 ACOFAS Technician Training Clinic on the government’s new CSA truck safety enforcement regime. The focus of this class is the CSA procedures that… Read More »ACOFAS to Host CSA Technician Training Session
Updated: 3/18/2011 8:10:00 AM An index of leading economic indicators rose 0.8% in February, the eighth straight monthly increase, the New York-based Conference Board said. The gain followed January’s 0.1% gain, but was just short… Read More »Leading Economic Indicators Improve 0.8%
Maxwell Technologies has announced that the North American office of United Kingdom’s Vehicle Certification Agency has granted European Economic Community-Type Approval and Conformity of Production clearance to Maxwell’s 125-volt Heavy Transportation Module, the HTM125. The… Read More »Maxwell's 125-volt Module Meets EEC Standards for Electronic Compatibility and Conformity of Production
Updated: 3/18/2011 8:20:00 AM Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region rose to its highest level in 27 years, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said. The area’s factory index jumped to a reading of 43.4,… Read More »Philadelphia Manufacturing Index Hits Highest Level Since 1984
Carriers will have to work to educate shippers on the complexities of the current labor dynamic. Drivers are simply not as easy to recruit and retain as the once were, and carriers will have to… Read More »Communication with Shippers a Top Priority for Carrier Leaders