Dark blue Herculiner material covers the lower third of this steel tanker owned by Peckham Materials. More than six years later, the coating is still in good condition. Trailer Talk blog by Tom Berg, Senior… Read More »Pickup bed coating wards off corrosion from calcium chloride, this fleet manager finds

 UPDATED: 1/9/2012 11:45:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Los Angeles-based private equity firm Platinum Equity said it has acquired Pennsylvania carrier Keen Transport Co. Terms were not disclosed. Platinum… Read More »Equity Firm Buys Keen Transport, Cressler Trucking

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is reminding commercial motor carriers they they need to update their Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) and Power Unit (PU) data on their Motor Carrier Registration form, known as the… Read More »FMCSA Reminds Carriers to Update VMT, Power Unit Data

 UPDATED: 1/5/2012 11:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Tom Biery/Trans Pixs Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 12% in October from a year ago, the… Read More »NAFTA Surface Trade Rises 12%

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html DOT 02-12 Friday, January 6, 2012 Contact: Candice T. Burns Tel.: (202) 366-9999 FMCSA Issues Cease and Desist Order… Read More »FMCSA Issues Cease and Desist Order Against Double Happyness Bus Company Prohibiting the Illegal Sale of Bus Tickets to Consumers

Pennsylvania Auditor General, Jack Wagner, says the State General Assembly must amend or appeal a rule requiring the Turnpike Commission to provide $450 million a year in infrastructure funding to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.… Read More »Pennsylvania Turnpike in Danger of Becoming Insolvent

 UPDATED: 1/6/2012 9:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   The unemployment rate dropped in December to 8.5%, the lowest in almost three years, while the economy added 200,000 jobs, including… Read More »Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.5%; Trucking Adds 5,100 Jobs

Thank you for visiting the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration! You will be taken to http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/dot/120109/ in approximately 10 seconds. If you do not wish to leave the site, please hit your browser’s back button… Read More »Register for Live Webcast of Motorcoach Hours-of-Service Listening Session on January 9

Net orders for Class 8 trucks rose slightly in December. (Photo by Jim Park) December saw a slight rise in the number of net orders for Class 8 trucks in North America. Though the official… Read More »December's Class 8 Orders Higher Than Expected

 UPDATED: 1/6/2012 5:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   The top Republican on the House Transportation Committee said Friday he is “concernedâ€� that the federal government may lack adequate data… Read More »Mica 'Concerned' About HOS Changes

YRC Worldwide Inc. is selling its former Akron, Ohio headquarters. The building that once housed truckload giant, Roadway, will be sold to Stuart Lichter, the developer behind the Goodyear headquarters in Akron. The Akron Beacon… Read More »YRC to Sell Roadway Headquarters in Akron

 UPDATED: 1/5/2012 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Canadian carrier Contrans Group said Thursday it has acquired Wilburn Archer Trucking, a dry-bulk trucking business based in Norwood, Ontario. Terms were… Read More »Contrans Buys Ontario Trucking Company