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Company drivers and owner-operators can treat their fleets to inclusion in the 2011 Best Fleets to Drive For contest and survey, but the trick is to respond to the survey by Halloween - October 31 - which is coming up fast.

Caterpillar says it will unveil the first model of its Cat Vocational Truck series, the CT660, at ConExpo in Las Vegas in March 2011

American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.7 percent in September after falling a revised 2.8 percent in August

TransCore's North American Freight Index registered a 65 percent increase in spot market freight availability in September 2010, compared to the previous year

The Annual Fleet Study just completed by CK Commercial Vehicle Research shows a 47 percent increase in the number of fleets who plan new Class 8 and medium duty power unit purchases in 2011 versus those that planned orders for 2010

The average price of diesel dropped last week for the first time in a month, according to weekly figures released Monday by the U.S. Department of Energy

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Clean-burning domestically produced natural gas has been left out of the federal government's proposed rule to reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency in commercial vehicles

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and buses

A leading business-to-business marketing magazine has named the website of Mack Trucks, Inc. - www.macktrucks.com - as one of the "10 Great Websites" for 2010

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Zurla Trucking of Fort Myers, Fla., to reinstate a truck driver who was fired for calling attention to safety issues

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association filed a petition seeking review of the final rule mandating electronic on-board recorders for motor carriers with chronic noncompliance with hours-of-service regulations

The Women In Trucking Association recently held a board meeting to approve the addition of three new board members and accept resignations from three charter directors

Rush Enterprises, which operates the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in North America, saw gross revenues for the third quarter jump 38.1 percent from the same period in 2009

The American Trucking Associations announced winners of the fourth annual Mike Russell "Good stuff" Trucking Image Awar

September net orders of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles were 15,231, up 37 percent from September of 2009, according to ACT Research Co

TSC Group LLC, which markets and distributes consumer brand products to retailers, travel centers, and truckstops, announced it is buying Barjan, which distributes consumer products to travel centers, truckstops, and convenience stores

Mexico will no longer accept a U.S. pilot program as a way of allowing Mexican trucks to operate in the U.S

Sahling Kenworth has expanded its parts-only store in Columbus Neb. into a full-service dealership with seven service bays