In spite of a reading of 6.1 for January’s Trucking Conditions Index, FTR Associates forecasts a slow climb to strongly positive territory for trucking throughout 2012, with volumes and profits sufficient for investment for growth… Read More »FTR's Trucking Conditions Index Expected to Climb in 2012
3/6/2012 2:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This TT File Photo Tank truck carrier Quality Distribution and one of its major shareholders launched a secondary offering of the Tampa, Fla.,… Read More »Quality, Apollo Offer 5 Million of Carrier's Shares
Testing for parasitic loads: A multi-meter is connected to a battery and to the vehicle wiring. There is an inline fuse along the negative cable that is used to prevent current from the electrical system… Read More »Parasitic Loads and Battery Life
3/5/2012 11:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Fleet software providers Xata Corp. and ALK Technologies on Monday announced the launch of CoPilot Truck 8 Professional for XataNet. The navigation… Read More »Xata, ALK Launch Navigation Software for XataNet
Navistar awarded Perdue Farms its Strategic Partnership Award for collaboration to create an ultra lightweight tractor specification and tractor-trailer electronics integration. Navistar and Barr International Trucks of Salisbury, Md., awarded Perdue Farms a Strategic Partnership… Read More »Navistar Honors Perdue Farms for Innovative Partnership
3/2/2012 9:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This U.S. auto sales rose in February to the fastest pace in four years, led by big gains for Chrysler Group LLC and… Read More »Auto Sales Hit Four-Year High
NAFA Fleet Management Association‘s new Beyond Fleet campaign seeks to gain executive level recognition for fleet managers, educate fleet managers on their value and worth to their employers and equip fleet managers with the tools… Read More »NAFA Announces Beyond Fleet Campaign for Fleet Managers
3/2/2012 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Oil fell in early trading Friday after rising for the past two days and closing Thursday near a 10-month high, Bloomberg reported.… Read More »Oil Falls for First Time in Three Days
This load is traveling 105 miles through four counties and 22 cities. “All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief There’s something fascinating about the specialized super-loads hauled by the likes of Emmert… Read More »Giant Boulder Move is Truly a 'Rock Star'
3/2/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Celadon Group said this week it sold its 685,000 shares, or about 6.3% stake, of USA Truck that it purchased in October.… Read More »Celadon Sells Stake in USA Truck
Guayule (Parthenium argentatum) , is a flowering shrub native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Cooper Tire Rubber Company and Yulex Corp. have signed an agreement to jointly work on developing guayule polymers… Read More »Cooper Teams up with Company to Find New Polymers for Tires
3/1/2012 11:45:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This U.S. manufacturing activity slipped from a seven-month high in February but showed continued expansion, the Institute for Supply Management said Thursday. ISM’s… Read More »ISM Manufacturing Index Slips from 7-Month High