Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell and a group of gas producers have reached an agreement to begin commercializing North Slope natural gas resources within the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act. The dispute erupted seven years ago when… Read More »Alaska, Producers Reach Agreement on Point Thomson Natural Gas

3/30/2012 10:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Frozen Food Express Industries reported higher losses for the fourth quarter and full year. The refrigerated carrier said late Thursday it lost… Read More »Frozen Food Express' Loss Widens for 4Q, Year

Telogis Inc. has acquired Maptuit, a provider of connected navigation for commercial fleets. Enhancements to the Telogis platform resulting from this acquisition include an advanced location-based service engine that receives feedback from the field on… Read More »Telogis Acquires Maptuit

3/30/2012 12:45:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said Friday it has ordered Reliable Transportation Services to stop operating, declaring the Utah-based trucking company… Read More »FMCSA Shuts Down Utah Carrier

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Trailer Talk blog by Tom Berg, Senior Editor During a stroll through the trailer areas at last week’s Louisville truck show, I turned a corner and encountered a chemical tanker. Its rear access cover was… Read More »What's inside that tanker? A polyurethane coating

3/30/2012 1:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Tom Biery/Trans Pixs President Obama on Friday signed a 90-day extension of federal transportation funding that was passed by the House and… Read More »Obama Signs 90-Day Highway Bill Extension Following Congressional Passage

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 04-12 Friday, March 30, 2012 Contact: Shashunga Clayton Tel.: (202) 366-9999 U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Reliable Transportation… Read More »U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Reliable Transportation Services, Inc. to Shut Down

Systems such as Thermo King’s TracKing can alert fleets to temperature problems eve if the driver doesn’t. By Tom Berg, Senior Editor Automatically watching the perishable load as it goes down the road or the… Read More »Remote Temp Monitoring

3/29/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Port Logistics Group and Coastal Logistics Group on Thursday announced a partnership that extends the geographic reach and service offerings for both… Read More »Port Logistics Firms Announce Partnership

By Tom Berg, Senior Editor Talk about transmissions in commercial trucks, and you’ll talk a lot about Eaton. The Michigan-based manufacturer continues to dominate the business in Class 8 and remains strong in Classes 6… Read More »Automated Mechanical Transmissions Gaining Steadily in Class 8 Trucks

3/28/2012 3:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Tim Rue/Bloomberg News Oil fell for the first time in four days Wednesday following a Department of Energy report that showed crude… Read More »Oil Slips as Feds Consider Tapping SPR