UPDATED: 1/12/2012 12:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies snack cakes and Wonder bread, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, less than three years after completing… Read More »Hostess Brands Again Files for Bankruptcy

Google’s driverless car on a test course. (Photo by Steve Jurvetson) All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Did you know Google has a fleet of robotic cars? Google’s fleet of robotic… Read More »So when will Google invent a self-driving truck?

 UPDATED: 1/11/2012 4:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Dana Holding Corp. estimated its adjusted 2011 earnings will be well over the previous year’s, and that its 2012 sales will… Read More »Dana Estimates Stronger 2011 Earnings

Carrier won’t be making significant equipment investments until they see the rate increases needed to recoup that investment, says TCP. (Photo by Jim Park) The Transport Capital Partners (TCP) 4th Quarter 2011 Business Expectations Survey… Read More »TCP: Carriers Resist Adding Capacity on Poor ROI

 UPDATED: 1/10/2012 11:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Gasoline Jumps 8.3¢ in Third Increase Tweet Print This   Tom Biery/Trans Pixs Diesel rose 4.5 cents to $3.828 a gallon, its first increase in… Read More »Diesel Rises 4.5¢ to $3.828 in First Gain in Seven Weeks

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