CK Commercial Vehicle Research surveyed 64 representative small, medium and large for-hire as well as private and government fleets for its 2011 annual fleet study. The fleets surveyed operate 101,000 Class 8 and 70,000 medium-duty… Read More »CKCVR Annual Fleet Study Shows Solid Demand for Class 8 Trucks in 2012

 UPDATED: 12/2/2011 11:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   The unemployment rate dropped in November to 8.6%, the lowest in more than two and a half years, while the economy added… Read More »Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.6%; Trucking Adds 3,600 Jobs

Mercedes-Benz concept trailer slashes wind drag 18%. All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief I grew up reading a lot of sci-fi, so I”m intrigued by portrayals of futuristic trucks and transportation.… Read More »Visions of the Future

 UPDATED: 12/2/2011 2:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   The regulation banning truck drivers from using handheld phones while they drive will take effect Jan. 1, the Federal Motor Carrier… Read More »Truckers' Handheld Cellphone Ban Takes Effect Jan. 1

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 36-11 Friday, December 2, 2011 Contact: Candice T. Burns Tel: 202-366-9999 Oregon Bus Company Ordered to Immediately Cease… Read More »Oregon Bus Company Ordered to Immediately Cease All Operations; FMCSA Obtains Temporary Restraining Order to Shut Down Company

Detroit Diesel marked the production of the 100,000th engine to come off the DD Platform assembly line at its Redford, Mich., manufacturing facility. The DD Platform of Detroit heavy-duty engines — which includes the DD13,… Read More »100,000 DD Engines and Counting

 UPDATED: 12/1/2011 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor 1 for 300 Move Aimed at Boosting Shares’ Price Tweet Print This   YRC Worldwide’s shareholders approved a reverse split that would boost its per-share… Read More »YRC Shareholders Approve Reverse Stock Split

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By Jim Beach, Contributing Editor Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Driver monitoring has evolved tremendously in recent years. Some carriers still rely on reports from a 1-800 “how’s my driving” number to find out when… Read More »Monitoring Driver Behavior can Improve Safety and Reduce Costs

 UPDATED: 11/30/2011 4:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Hino Trucks has signed a multi-year contract that makes Allison Transmission the exclusive supplier of transmissions for all Hino conventional trucks… Read More »Hino Trucks Signs Transmission Pact With Allison

By Tom Berg, Senior Editor Everything has a life span, but some of the things we make die sooner than they used to. For trailers, shortened lives usually can be blamed on corrosion caused by… Read More »Long-Life Trailer Specs

 UPDATED: 11/29/2011 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration expects to complete work on a final hours-of-service rule within the next 30 days, according… Read More »FMCSA Expects Final Hours-of-Service Rule Within 30 Days