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NewsJuly 20, 2011

Judge Rules ATA-Long Beach Settlement Broke State Law

A federal judge has ruled that the Port of Long Beach broke state law when it failed to perform an environmental impact study before settling an American Trucking Associations lawsuit over some components of its Clean Truck Program

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NewsJuly 19, 2011

New York Law Requires Convex Mirrors on Trucks in Big Apple

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law Monday that requires convex mirrors, or "crossover mirrors," to be placed on the front of trucks being driven in New York City to eliminate blind spots directly in front of the truck

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NewsJuly 19, 2011

Truck Order Backlog Eases in June, Breaking Nine-Month Growth Streak

After increasing for nine consecutive months, the North American Class 8 order backlog dropped less than 1% during June

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NewsJuly 19, 2011

Obama Administration Steps Up Action Against Unsafe Motor Carriers

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that in the last two years, the Obama Administration has issued as many imminent hazard orders placing unsafe bus and truck companies out of service as in the previous 10 years combined

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NewsJuly 19, 2011

Utility's Arkansas Dealership Announces New Repair & Paint Facility

Utility Trailer Sales of N.W. Arkansas has expanded its current dealership by adding a new 36,000-square-foot repair and paint facility

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NewsJuly 19, 2011

McLeod Software, Tuskegee University to Analyze Lane Competition Profitability

McLeod Software and The Brimmer College of Business and Information Science at Tuskegee University are conducting a joint research project to analyze how costs and competition impact the overall pricing process for motor carriers

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NewsJuly 19, 2011

Paccar Financial Opens Used Truck Center in Salt Lake City

Paccar Financial opened the Salt Lake Used Truck Center, the company's third national used truck center

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NewsJuly 19, 2011

ATA Announces Conference Highlights

American Trucking Associations announced highlights of the annual Management Conference & Exhibition scheduled for October 15-18 in Grapevine, Texas

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NewsJuly 19, 2011

Carriers Looking at Acquisitions

"Carriers are looking for partners to 'tango' with as volume and rate expectations are very positive." That's the comment of Richard Mikes, partner at Transport Capital Partners, about what the group's most recent Business Expectations Survey says about attitudes toward buying or selling trucking companies

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NewsJuly 19, 2011

Emissions Control Makers Sold Nearly 25,000 Diesel Retrofits Last Year

The Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association recently released the results of its survey showing its member companies sold nearly 25,000 diesel retrofit devices in 2010

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