YRC Inc., a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide, is rebranding itself as YRC Freight. The brand was introduced to employees in late January at a company event. In addition to the new name, a new logo,… Read More »YRC Becomes YRC Freight

2/1/2012 3:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Patriot Transportation Holding said Wednesday its fiscal first-quarter profit fell from a year ago, in part due to a one-time gain in… Read More »Patriot's Fiscal 1Q Income Slips; Revenue Improves

Lack of planning could mean the end of your business. By Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Last year, Midwest Wheel celebrated its 100th anniversary under a fourth-generation owner. Betts Spring is in its sixth generation… Read More »Are You Planning For Succession?

1/31/2012 2:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Trucks now limited to 80,000 pounds on interstate highways could run as heavy as 97,000 pounds under a proposal contained in the… Read More »Truck Weights, Size to Be Considered in House Transportation Bill

Engine Smarts by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief So far, the new engines built to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2010 emissions mandate are performing far better than their EPA-2007 predecessors. That was the consensus… Read More »Top Dealers Talk about 2010 Engines

 UPDATED: 1/30/2012 9:45:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   The U.S. biodiesel industry produced more than 1 billion gallons of fuel in 2011, the National Biodiesel Board said. The record… Read More »Biodiesel Production Hit 1 Billion Gallons in 2011

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 01-12 Thursday, January 26, 2012 Contact: Candice T. Burns Tel.: (202) 366-9999 Double Happyness Bus Company Ordered to… Read More »Double Happyness Bus Company Ordered to Immediately Cease All Operations; FMCSA Obtains Temporary Restraining Order to Shut Down Company

Commentary by Rolf Lockwood, Editor at Large Some time soon, if we don’t already, we’ll have a rulemaking proposal that ultimately will put a stability-control system on every new tractor, and maybe retrofit such a… Read More »Stability Control: Cheap Insurance

 UPDATED: 1/27/2012 10:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Economy Expands at 1.7% for 2011, Commerce Department Says Tweet Print This   The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.8% annual rate in the fourth… Read More »GDP Rose 2.8% in Fourth Quarter

At a UPS facility in Las Vegas, President Obama’s podium included two of UPS’s Kenworth T800 LNG trucks. On Thursday, President Obama visited a UPS facility in Las Vegas to pitch a plan to boost… Read More »President Obama Talks Alternative Fuel in Las Vegas

 UPDATED: 1/27/2012 10:45:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   TT File Photo J.B. Hunt Transport Services’ fourth-quarter profit rose 25% on higher freight income from its trucking and intermodal businesses.… Read More »J.B. Hunt's 4Q Income Rises 25%

Reported volumes of used Classes 3-8 truck sales improved in December. Volumes were consistent among channels on a sequential basis. All three segments, auction, retail and wholesale, saw increases compared to November’s activity. However, all… Read More »December Used Truck Volumes Better than November, but Lag Year-over-Year