Van rates nationwide increased 2.6 percent in the last two weeks as markets affected by recent winter storms recovered. According to TransCore Trendlines, a weekly barometer for truckload freight moved on the spot market, three… Read More »TransCore Reports Van and Flatbed Rates Continue to Rise

 Updated: 3/1/2011 11:30:00 AM Crash-test analysis by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows that underride guards on tractor-trailers can fail even in relatively low-speed crashes, and the group is petitioning the federal government to… Read More »Insurance Group Cites Concerns on Underride Guards

“All That’s Trucking” by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief I can’t remember when there was more anticipation about a new truck model coming out. Cat’s new on-highway vocational truck, the CT660, will be officially unveiled… Read More »Aaanticipation …

 Updated: 2/28/2011 11:00:00 AM Dana Holding Corp. reported a smaller fourth-quarter loss than a year ago and a net profit for the full year, while boosting its 2011 earnings and revenue outlook. The truck axle… Read More »Dana Reports Smaller 4Q Loss, Boosts 2011 Outlook

Remarks by Anne S. Ferro FMCSA Administrator California Trucking Association Annual Management Conference Santa Barbara, CA January 23, 2011 Introduction Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for inviting me to join you today. I am delighted… Read More »Remarks by FMCSA Administrator Anne S. Ferro at the California Trucking Association Annual Management Conference

Ranco Anvil 34-foot end-dump is part of a demo rig for Paccar’s MX-13 diesel. “Trailer Talk” blog by Tom Berg, Senior Editor Most trailers used for product promotion are vans whose broad sides become rolling… Read More »Las Vegas Pete Uses an 'Anvil' as a Billboard

 Updated: 2/24/2011 9:00:00 AM Navistar International Corp. has reached a development agreement with EcoMotors International to help commercialize the engine maker’s “opposed-piston, opposed-cylinderâ€� engine technology. EcoMotors’ first commercial vehicle product to use the technology, which… Read More »Navistar Enters Engine Deal with EcoMotors

Observant workers, diligent screening, and established security protocols in place and Con-Way Freight’s Lubbock Texas service center combined to foil a terrorist bomb plot. On Thursday, the FBI arrested Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, a 20-year-old Saudi… Read More »Con-Way Freight Helps Foil Terrorist Bomb Plot

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 03-11 Friday, February 25, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel: (202) 366-9999 or (202) 306-4580 FMCSA Enhances Pre-Employment Screening… Read More »FMCSA Enhances Pre-Employment Screening Program's Driver Data

TransCore’s DAT Network of load boards showed modest growth the week of February 14, following a dramatic increase in van and reefer freight the week of February 7. Overall truck capacity inched up 0.4 percent… Read More »TransCore: Backhaul Freight Market Remains Steady

 Updated: 2/24/2011 9:15:00 AM Durable goods orders rose 2.7% in January, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Orders for capital equipment rose after a 0.4% drop in December, though orders excluding transportation equipment  fell 3.6%, Commerce… Read More »Durable Goods Orders Grow in January

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 04-11 Friday, February 25, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel: (202) 366-9999 or (202) 306-4580 FMCSA Strengthens Protections for… Read More »FMCSA Strengthens Protections for Consumers Using Household Goods Moving Brokers