Telular Corporation has announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement to acquire SkyBitz, Inc. The combined companies will create the largest “pure player” asset tracking and management company in the world, Telular says. The… Read More »Telular Extends M2M Portfolio with SkyBitz Acquisition
UPDATED: 12/6/2011 10:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Eaton to Continue with Roadranger; Dana to Support Customers Directly Tweet Print This Truck component makers Eaton Corp. and Dana Holding Corp. said Tuesday… Read More »Dana, Eaton to End Joint Marketing Relationship by Mid-2012
Welcome to the website of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC). The MCSAC was established by the Secretary of Transportation on September 8, 2006,… Read More »Webcast: Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) and Medical Review Board (MRB) joint meeting
PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America will roll out 10 new electric trucks in Orlando next year. In total, Frito-Lay will deploy 176 electric trucks this year in the U.S. and Canada, making Frito-Lay the largest commercial… Read More »Frito-Lay Electric Delivery Trucks Hit the "Green" Streets of Orlando
UPDATED: 12/5/2011 4:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Remote monitoring company Telular Corp. on Monday announced it will acquire SkyBitz, a provider of technology used to track and manage… Read More »Telular to Acquire SkyBitz
Owner of reefer equipment unable to comply with the Dec. 31 2011 deadline due to delays in delivery, installation, or financing, reefer owners may apply for a compliance extension. Back on Oct. 21, 2011, the… Read More »CARB TRU Compliance Extension Application Forms now Available
UPDATED: 12/2/2011 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Tom Biery/Trans Pixs Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) said this week he will not introduce a highway bill until next year, with… Read More »Mica: No Highway Bill Until New Year
CK Commercial Vehicle Research surveyed 64 representative small, medium and large for-hire as well as private and government fleets for its 2011 annual fleet study. The fleets surveyed operate 101,000 Class 8 and 70,000 medium-duty… Read More »CKCVR Annual Fleet Study Shows Solid Demand for Class 8 Trucks in 2012
UPDATED: 12/2/2011 11:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The unemployment rate dropped in November to 8.6%, the lowest in more than two and a half years, while the economy added… Read More »Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.6%; Trucking Adds 3,600 Jobs
Mercedes-Benz concept trailer slashes wind drag 18%. All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief I grew up reading a lot of sci-fi, so I”m intrigued by portrayals of futuristic trucks and transportation.… Read More »Visions of the Future
UPDATED: 12/2/2011 2:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The regulation banning truck drivers from using handheld phones while they drive will take effect Jan. 1, the Federal Motor Carrier… Read More »Truckers' Handheld Cellphone Ban Takes Effect Jan. 1
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 36-11 Friday, December 2, 2011 Contact: Candice T. Burns Tel: 202-366-9999 Oregon Bus Company Ordered to Immediately Cease… Read More »Oregon Bus Company Ordered to Immediately Cease All Operations; FMCSA Obtains Temporary Restraining Order to Shut Down Company