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NewsMay 18, 2009

ATA Calls for Improvement of Hazardous Material Regulations

Congress should eliminate redundant rules and ensure uniformity across jurisdictions in the regulation of transportation of hazardous materials, Con-way Freight Vice President of Safety Robert Petrancosta told a House committee last week

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NewsMay 18, 2009

Speakers Added to Diesel Exhaust Fluid Conference

The Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI), the trade association for petroleum-marketing and liquid-handling, and NATSO, which represents travel plazas and truckstops, have added several industry experts to present at the Diesel Exhaust Fluid Conference on June 5

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NewsMay 18, 2009

Owner-Operator Group Files Lawsuit Against Fatigue Enforcement

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association filed a lawsuit challenging a Minnesota State Patrol's arbitrary enforcement program used to declare truck drivers fatigued and place them out of service

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NewsMay 18, 2009

Kenworth Receives EPA Clean Air Excellence Award

Kenworth is the first truck manufacturer to earn the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Excellence award

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NewsMay 18, 2009

More Congressional Support for "Right to Repair"

The Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act (HR 2057) gained two more co-sponsors last week

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NewsMay 18, 2009

NPTC, UMTRI Release Truck Size and Weight Study

Increases in truck weight and length would have a direct beneficial effect on the challenges facing American businesses, according to a study conducted by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute that was commissioned by the National Private Truck Council

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NewsMay 18, 2009

Survey: Real-Time Asset Data 'Most Critical' in Managing Fleet Operations

Real-time asset data is viewed as the most critical information in effectively managing fleet operations, according to recent findings from a GE Capital Fleet Services' survey

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NewsMay 18, 2009

Pilot Opens Travel Center in Tyler, Texas

Pilot opened a new travel center today in Tyler, Texas, at the intersection of Interstate 20 and Farm-to-Market 14

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NewsMay 17, 2009

Mack, UAW Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract

Mack Trucks and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement on terms of a new 40-month Master Agreement that would cover about 1,700 UAW members at seven facilities in three states

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NewsMay 15, 2009

Slow Trailer Sales To Continue, Researcher Tells TTMA

Trailer production will continue at current depressed levels through the end of 2009 before beginning a slow recovery, Eric Starks, President of FTR Associates recently told members of the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA) at their annual meeting

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