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

4/13/2012 10:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Bruce Harmon/Trans Pixs U.S. intermodal traffic rose 1.1% in the first week in April compared with a year ago, the Association of… Read More »Intermodal Traffic Rises 1.1% for Week

All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Truckers often lament that they are no longer viewed as the “knights of the road.” You’ve seen pictures of those knights, back in the ’50s:… Read More »Dressed for Success

4/13/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   German truck maker MAN SE said Volkswagen AG has boosted its majority stake in the company to 73% of its common shares,… Read More »Volkswagen Boosts Stake in MAN

Can so-called virtual vertical integration work as well as vertical integration done with components all built by the same company, like this Detroit transmission, designed to work with Detroit engines and axles? Engine Smarts column… Read More »'Virtual' Vertical Integration?

4/12/2012 9:40:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Kenworth Truck Co. Kenworth Truck Co. said Wednesday it is laying off 10% of workers at its Class 8 assembly plant in… Read More »Kenworth Laying Off 10% of Workers at Ohio Truck Plant

The Missouri DOT does a bridge inspection. Many of the nation’s bridges are deemed functionally or structurally deficient. All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Kudos to U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins for… Read More »Thinking big on infrastructure

4/11/2012 1:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Larry Smith/Trans Pixs After a year of quarterly increases, the turnover rate for truck drivers at large truckload fleets unexpectedly dipped 1%… Read More »Truck Driver Turnover Rate Dips in 4Q