Truck World takes place April 19-21 at the International Center, just north of the Toronto airport. On the Road blog by Jim Park, Equipment Editor Canada is celebrating all that’s good in trucking this weekend.… Read More »Come on up to Toronto's Truck World, eh
4/19/2012 4:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Hub Group said its first-quarter income jumped 30% on higher intermodal and logistics revenue. Net income rose to $13.7 million, or 37… Read More »Hub Group Reports Record 1Q Profit
Extended drain intervals don’t mean you can ignore the truck in between oil changes. Here, technician Bill Reeb of W.W. Williams in Birmingham, Ala., checks the oil level during a routine preventive maintenance check. (Photo… Read More »How Oil Filters Can Help Fleets Extend Drain Intervals
4/18/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This CHENNAI, India — Daimler A.G. officially opened its sprawling truck manufacturing plant here Wednesday to produce vehicles for its newest brand, BharatBenz,… Read More »Daimler Opens Truck Manufacturing Plant in India
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 07-12 Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Contact: Candice T. Burns Tel.: (202) 366-9999 U.S. Department of Transportation Raises the… Read More »U.S. Department of Transportation Raises the Bar for Safety with National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners Final Rule
High fuel prices prompted President Obama to call for measures to limit oil market manipulation. President Barack Obama proposed new measures Tuesday to address oil market manipulation, calling on lawmakers to increase penalties on those… Read More »President Calls for Measures to Address Oil Speculation
4/17/2012 5:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This CSX Corp. on Tuesday said its first-quarter earnings rose on higher volume, pricing gains and fuel recovery. CSX earned $449 million, or… Read More »CSX Reports Gains in 1Q Income, Revenue
Daimler Trucks North America already has announced that its complete vehicle lineup is certified to the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Standard 2014, led by the Freightliner Cascadia Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent announced Canada’s alignment with… Read More »Canada Aligns GHG Emissions Regs with U.S.
4/16/2012 11:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Canadian officials have proposed regulations that would align that country with the greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks that the U.S.… Read More »Canada Plans Greenhouse Gas Trucking Emissions Regulations Similar to U.S.
The northbound and southbound Santa Ana Freeway (Interstate 5) between Valley View Avenue and Carmenita Road will be fully closed the night of April 17 from 11:45 p.m. to 4 a.m. On ramps will be… Read More »Part of California's Santa Ana Freeway/I-5 to Close on April 17
4/13/2012 10:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Consumer confidence decreased this month, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday. The April preliminary index declined… Read More »Consumer Confidence Declines
Take a look in the mirror and stop blaming other groups for trucking-related labor problems, says a new report by the Canadian Trucking Alliance. The CTA Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Driver Shortage report… Read More »Canadian Trucking Alliance Tells Carriers to Take Responsibility for Driver Shortage