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NewsMay 12, 2010

New Climate Legislation Draws Mixed Reactions

Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) introduced climate change legislation Wednesday, drawing mixed results from the trucking and construction industries

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NewsMay 12, 2010

California to Hold Inaugural SuperTech Competition

The California Trucking Association will host the state's inaugural SuperTech Competition on June 5 and 6 at the Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, Calif

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NewsMay 12, 2010

Private-Sector Household Goods Shipments Struggle in 2009

While household goods moves by members of the armed services and by federal government employees provided relatively steady business for movers during 2009, moves by individuals and corporate clients failed to keep pac

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NewsMay 12, 2010

Finding the Needles in the Haystack Under CSA 2010

Under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, or CSA 2010, the FMCSA is going to be looking at five times the amount of data as under the SafeStat system. In addition, carriers are going to be measured by the seven Behavior Analysis & Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs), which are complex measurements of safety performance. For carriers to survive under the new system, they need to understand their CSA 2010 scores

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NewsMay 12, 2010

Freight TSI Sees First Year-Over-Year Boost in Nearly Two Years

The Freight Transportation Services Index gained 0.9 percent in March from February, its third straight monthly increas

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NewsMay 11, 2010

ACT: Blue Skies Ahead For Class 8 Demand

ACT Research expects the trucking and commercial vehicle sectors to continue to rebound this year and has raised its forecast for Class 8 production by 6,000 units

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NewsMay 11, 2010

Fuel Prices Should Rise on Economic Growth

The U.S. Energy Information Administration has raised its predictions for diesel and oil prices on more optimistic economic growth forecasts, according to the most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook

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NewsMay 11, 2010

Cummins on Track For $12 Billion in Sales For 2010

Cummins Chairman and CEO Tim Solso told shareholders to expect sales of $12 billion in 2010, an 11 percent boost over 2009

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NewsMay 11, 2010

FMCSA Opens Pre-Employment Screening Program

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is now offering trucking companies access to a safety database they can use to screen applicants for driver jobs

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NewsMay 11, 2010

EIA Projects Greater Use of Renewables By 2035

Over the next 25 years, energy consumption is expected to grow, but there will also be a greater use of renewable fuels within the transportation secto

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