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NewsJuly 27, 2010

UPS Sets New Fuel Efficiency Goal

UPS has set a new goal to improve the mpg performance of its U.S. package delivery fleet by 20 percent between 2000 and 2020

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NewsJuly 26, 2010

Some Good News, But Not All's Rosy, Managers Tell Fleet Expectations Survey

Fruits of the slow economic recovery are being reaped by large trucking companies, but smaller outfits are still struggling, said Lana Batts, principal partner of Transport Capital Partners, quoting results of her firm's sixth annual Survey of Carrier Expectations during last week's Truckload Carriers Association Refrigerated Division annual meeting

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NewsJuly 26, 2010

How's Business? Better, But Reefer Execs Cautious

Executives who run temperature-controlled fleets have "much to be optimistic about," said Corey England, chief operating officer of C.R. England Inc., in remarks to colleagues at the Truckload Carriers Association Refrigerated Division's annual meeting last week

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NewsJuly 26, 2010

ATA Says New Freight Bill Would Short-Shrift Highways

The American Trucking Associations has announced its opposition to the FREIGHT Act of 2010, the new Senate legislation that would set a national freight transportation policy

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NewsJuly 26, 2010

Diesel Prices Back Up After A Month of Declines; Oil Stays Put

Diesel rose 2 cents this week, breaking its month-long downward tren

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NewsJuly 26, 2010

Study Assesses Natural Gas Use in Refuse Vehicles

An updated white paper produced by consulting firm WIH Resource Group points to the benefits of using compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas for refuse collection fleets

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NewsJuly 26, 2010

Kansas City Law Firm to Investigate TAB Claims Against Arrow

A federal judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma in Tulsa has allowed Arrow Trucking's bankruptcy trustee Patrick Malloy III to hire Stueve Siegel Hanson, a Kansas City, Mo.-based law fir

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NewsJuly 26, 2010

DOT Expands Internship Program For Women in Transportation

U.S. Department of Transportation has expanded its internship program designed to encourage young women to pursue careers in transportation. The program will grow from one to 10 regions of the countr

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NewsJuly 26, 2010

SmartWay Adds Double Coin Steer Tire to Verified List

Double Coin Holdings' FR605 steer position tire has been added to the Environmental Protection Agency's list of SmartWay-verified technologies

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NewsJuly 26, 2010

ATD Calls For Stimulus Program to Help New Truck Sales

The American Truck Dealers division of the National Automotive Dealers Association is calling for the creation of a federal stimulus program to boost new truck sales and put cleaner, more fuel-efficient trucks on the road

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