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NewsDecember 7, 2009

Decker Drivers Reach New Safety Milestones

Decker Truck Line, Fort Dodge, Iowa, has honored two drivers for reaching new safety milestones

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NewsDecember 5, 2009

Xata Buys Turnpike Global in $20 Million Deal

Software provider Xata Corporation has purchased Ontario-based Turnpike Global Technologies in a $20 million dea

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NewsDecember 4, 2009

Founder of Grammer Industries Visits the White House

Charles "Shorty" Whittington, president of Grammer Industries and immediate past chairman of the American Trucking Associations, was at the White House Thursday, sharing ideas on how to continue growing the economy and put Americans back to wor

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NewsDecember 4, 2009

CARB Members Say Cover-up Means Truck Rule Needs to be Revisited

Members of the California Air Resources Board are saying the Statewide Truck and Bus Rule that takes effect next year was based on research that has been tainted by questionable credential

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NewsDecember 4, 2009

Houston Coalition Issues Petition Against USAA Support For Ticket Cameras

The Houston, Texas, Coalition Against Red-Light Cameras has released an online petition targeting the United Services Automobile Association's support for red light camera

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NewsDecember 4, 2009

Xata Widens Loss in Fiscal Fourth Quarter

Xata Corporation posted a net loss to common shareholders of $1.6 million, or 19 cents a share, during the fiscal fourth quarter, compared to a net loss of $0.4 million, or 5 cents a share, for the same perio

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NewsDecember 4, 2009

Truck Demand Should Fall Off in Early 2010

FTR Associates expects heavy-duty truck demand to fall in early 2010, after EPA 2007 engine inventory is exhauste

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NewsDecember 4, 2009

Distributors See Improvement in Profit Margins From 2008

While 68 percent of industrial distributors saw sales down from 2008, a total of 65 percent of industrial distributors saw their profit margins increase or remain the same in 2009, according to a recent Industrial Distribution surve

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NewsDecember 4, 2009

Canadian Interest in EOBRs Remains Strong Despite Delays and Official Apathy

Even as the U.S. trucking industry awaits the final rule on EOBRs from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Canada's trucking industry has been battling with some of the same questions. Truckers around the world have used on-board recording devices for more than 50 years. The first electronic device, the Tripmaster by Rockwell (now ArvinMeritor), emerged in the mid-1980s, and the pro and con camps have been split ever since

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NewsDecember 4, 2009

Kentucky Trailer, High Tech Performance Form Joint Venture

Kentucky Trailer has formed a joint venture with High Tech Performance Trailers to build and sell custom trailers to the motorsports transport, corporate marketing, training, hospitality, mobile marketing and event marketing industries

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