3/14/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Larry Smith/Trans Pixs The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 1.6% in January from a year ago but slipped from… Read More »DOT Freight Index Rises Year-Over-Year
Dynamic Fuels’ Louisiana plant uses scraps from Tyson Foods’ meat processing plant to create renewable diesel fuel. A high-fat diet might not be good for humans, but it could be great for trucks, trains, planes… Read More »Louisiana Plant Turns Animal Fat Into Fuel
3/13/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This A plan by the Pennsylvania Turnpike to move toward electronic tolling would put a 76% surcharge for motorists who do not use… Read More »Pa. Turnpike Considering Electronic Tolling Plan
All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Many truckers won’t hit the road without their super-size cups full of Coca-Cola or Mountain Dew, but a new study suggests that habit may be… Read More »Putting down the Mountain Dew
3/12/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Plans to charge a toll on Interstate 95 in North Carolina will make it more difficult for businesses to quickly and cheaply… Read More »Bill Would Prohibit Tolls on I-95 in North Carolina
Trailer Talk blog by Tom Berg, Senior Editor “Stop, Look and Listen.” You’d think professional truck drivers, of all people, would heed that warning at railroad crossings, but not all of them do. The blurry… Read More »What are drivers thinking before they get rammed at railroad crossings?
3/9/2012 10:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The U.S. trade deficit widened in January to its highest level since October 2008, the Commerce Department said Friday. The gap between… Read More »Trade Gap Is Highest in More Than Three Years
There are plenty of events for attendees to enjoy at the Mid-America Trucking Show from seminars to live concerts. The 2012 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., is almost upon us, with concerts, seminars and… Read More »Mid-America Trucking Show Drawing Near
3/9/2012 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Wholesale inventories rose 0.4% in January, the Commerce Department said Friday. The gain followed a revised 1.1% increase in December that was… Read More »Wholesale Inventories Rise 0.4%
“All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Looks like History Channel’s Ice Road Truckers “Deadliest Roads” offshoot has inspired another channel to feature truckers in a “reality show,” which looks like part… Read More »Are "tough truckers" on "deadliest roads" good fun or bad image?
3/9/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The U.S. unemployment rate held at 8.3% in February, and trucking added more than 10,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday. The… Read More »Unemployment Rate Holds at 8.3%; Trucking Adds 10,000 Jobs
By Tom Berg, Senior Editor Verizon Communications and Via Motors are developing a gasoline-electric series hybrid van for possible large-scale integration into Verizon’s fleet. Based on a General Motors G-2500 cargo van, the hybrid system… Read More »Via, Verizon Developing a Series Hybrid Van for Installers' Use