4/20/2012 9:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Roadrunner Transportation Roadrunner Transportation Systems said it has purchased DE Transport, an asset-light flatbed carrier, for $11.2 million. DE, based in Clearwater,… Read More »Roadrunner Purchases Flatbed Carrier

Proposed recommendations will provide guidance to DOT examiners on sleep apnea, but the panels see this as an interim step toward a comprehensive rule. By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor The Federal Motor Carrier Safety… Read More »FMCSA Proposes Guidance for Sleep Apnea

4/20/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Three more companies have agreed to settle lawsuits related to “hot fuelâ€� — gasoline and diesel that is not adjusted by volume… Read More »More Companies Reach Hot Fuel Settlements

Drivers must check for obvious signs of wheel and fastener damage, but many faults will be hidden, especially over-torquing which will eventually lead to failure. By Rolf Lockwood, Contributing Editor There’s no shortage of information… Read More »How to Prevent Wheel-offs

4/20/2012 10:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Spent 11 Years Guiding TTPG’s Marketing Efforts Tweet Print This   Rosenthal (c), with ATA’s Graves and former Chairman Barbara Windsor. Paul Rosenthal, associate publisher of… Read More »TT Associate Publisher Paul Rosenthal Dies at 54

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