By TruckingInfo Staff The court battle over the hours-of-service rule gets under way in July, according to a schedule posted last week by the appeals court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of… Read More »HOS Court Battle Starts Next Month

6/18/2012 1:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Bruce Harmon/Trans Pixs Volvo AB said Monday its May North American heavy truck deliveries rose 31% from a year ago. Deliveries of… Read More »Volvo's North American Deliveries Up 31% in May, as Mack's Sales Jump 80%

Proponents of the new crossing say the existing Ambassador Bridge will not be able to handle increased cross-border trade. An agreement has finally been reached on a $4 billion project to build a second bridge… Read More »Bridge Deal Reached for New Windsor-Detroit Border Crossing

6/15/2012 10:20:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Industrial production dipped 0.1% in May in the second decline in three months, the Federal Reserve said Friday. The downturn in activity… Read More »Industrial Production Declines in May

One trucking company had so much success with dual-fuel conversions it’s now selling them to other fleets. Engine Smarts by Tom Berg, Senior Editor A band wagon powered by natural gas seems to have begun… Read More »Dual-fuel conversion saves big money every day, supplier-trucker says

6/15/2012 10:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Michigan and Canada have agreed to build a second bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, Bloomberg reported Friday. The New International Trade… Read More »Michigan, Canada to Build New Detroit Bridge

All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief You’re not a Jedi / This is not Tatooine, Luke / Pull over now, man. Several haikus like this one grabbed my attention on Twitter… Read More »Dust storms as poetry

6/18/2012 7:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   By Daniel Larson President and Chief Operating Officer Pacific Financial Association Inc. This Opinion piece appears in the June 18 print edition… Read More »Opinion: Higher Bonds Still Not the Answer

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html DOT 66-12 Friday, June 15, 2012 Contact: Candice T. Burns Tel.: (202) 366-9999 FMCSA Announces No-Defect Driver-Vehicle Inspection Report… Read More »FMCSA Announces No-Defect Driver-Vehicle Inspection Report (DVIR) for Intermodal Equipment Final Rule

Nearly three-quarters of all night-shift report shortened sleep intervals. Photo by Jim Park. On the Road Blog by Jim Park, Equipment Editor Americans, it seems, are chronically sleep deprived. Perhaps not dramatically so, but we’re… Read More »One-third of American workers are sleep-deprived

6/14/2012 1:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Bruce Harmon/Trans Pixs U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3.8% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads… Read More »Intermodal Traffic Rises 3.8% for Week

FMCSA ruled that drivers do not have to submit a vehicle inspection report if the intermodal chassis has no defects. By TruckingInfo Staff The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has lightened the regulatory load for… Read More »FMCSA Lightens Paperwork Load for Intermodal Drivers