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Safety & Complianceby StaffFebruary 7, 2013

ATA Renews Call for FMCSA to Implement Crash Accountability

The American Trucking Associations reiterated its call for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to immediately establish a process to remove from motor carriers’ records crashes where it was plainly evident that the carrier was not to blame.

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Fleet Managementby Evan LockridgeFebruary 7, 2013

Pennsylvania Plan Would Get Oil Companies to Help Foot Infrastructure Bill

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett this week introduced a plan to week that would rely on a tax of oil companies to inject billions of dollars into the state’s transportation system while cutting taxes at the gas pump.

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Fleet Managementby StaffFebruary 7, 2013

Record Intermodal Container Volume Seen in 2012

While the U.S. economy sputtered along last year, intermodal container volume hit a record high with 13.1 million moves.

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Fleet Managementby Evan LockridgeFebruary 7, 2013

States Looking At Higher Speed Limits

Following a bold move by Texas last year authorizing speed limits as high as 85 mph along certain roads, more states are jumping on the bandwagon when it comes to puttin’ the hammer down.

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Driversby StaffFebruary 7, 2013

20 Fleets Named 'Best Fleets to Drive For'

Twenty trucking companies from across North America have been named the 2013 Best Fleets to Drive Forby the Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge.

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Fleet Managementby StaffFebruary 7, 2013

Courier Offering Customers Long-Haul Freight Services

Atlanta-based A-1 Express, a nationwide same-day courier and transportation service provider, is getting into the long-distance freight business.

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Aftermarketby StaffFebruary 7, 2013

Penske Installing Truck-Lite LED headlights

Penske Truck Leasing is retrofitting 5,000 of its 2012 and 2013 model semi tractors in its commercial truck rental fleet with new LED headlights from Truck-Lite.

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Fleet Managementby StaffFebruary 7, 2013

Navistar's Clarke to Speak at HDMA Breakfast in March

Troy Clarke, president and chief operating officer of Navistar, will be the keynote speaker at the 23rd annual Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association Breakfast & Briefing during the Mid-America Trucking show in Louisville, Ky.

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Fleet Managementby StaffFebruary 6, 2013

UPS Deploys 100 Zero-Emission Delivery Vehicles

UPS recently deployed 100 fully electric commercial delivery vehicles throughout California. This event recognizes one of the world's largest deployments of zero-emission commercial trucks.

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Fleet Managementby StaffFebruary 6, 2013

XTRA Lease Adds New Trailers to Fleet in 2013

XTRA Lease, a provider of semi-trailer rentals and leases, has ordered more than 2,000 new trailers for 2013, including a mix of dry vans, reefers, flatbeds, chassis, and liftgated van trailers.

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