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Aftermarketby StaffMay 31, 2011

TIPS Results for Q1 2011 Released: Insurance Rates Stabilizing

NIP Group released the results of the Transportation Insurance Pricing Survey for the first quarter of 2011, saying insurance rates appear to be stabilizing

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Aftermarketby StaffMay 31, 2011

NFI Acquires West Coast Operation of The Gilbert Company

NFI has acquired the West Coast operation of The Gilbert Company. It is the second acquisition NFI has made this year

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Aftermarketby StaffMay 31, 2011

Pilot Flying J to Renovate, Update Showers

Pilot Flying J announced that over the next 24 months it will be renovating and updating its 4,000 showers

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Driversby StaffMay 31, 2011

Diesel Continues Falling; Crude Once Again Rising

On-highway diesel prices continued falling last week, although not quite as steeply as the week before. According to the Energy Information Administration, the national average price fell another 4.9 cents to $3.948. A week earlier prices dropped 6.4 cents nationally. Diesel fuel is still nearly a dollar more expensive than this time last year

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Aftermarketby StaffMay 30, 2011

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

There will be no news on Truckinginfo.com today as our staff celebrates the holiday. Please join us as we honor those who gave their lives for our country, as employees at two truck makers did with special trucks in honor of the holiday

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Aftermarketby StaffMay 27, 2011

Electric Vehicles International to Use California Energy Commission Grant to Expand Manufacturing

Electric Vehicles International announced that it will use a $3.9 million grant from the California Energy Commission to expand and modernize its primary U.S. manufacturing facility

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Aftermarketby StaffMay 27, 2011

Commercial Trailer Order Backlog Grows Despite Falloff in Order Activity

Commercial trailer backlogs reached 101,244 units in April. While backlogs grew during the month, net orders posted a 30 percent decline from the previous month, according to ACT Research

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Aftermarketby StaffMay 27, 2011

Study Estimates Public Health Costs of U.S. Traffic Congestion

New research by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis at the School of Public Health estimates that the additional fine particulate matter emissions that can be traced back to traffic congestion in the nation's 83 largest urban areas lead to more than 2,200 premature deaths in the U.S. last year

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Aftermarketby StaffMay 27, 2011

Shipments Begin from Continental's Flat Tread Production Facility in Mexico


Continental Tire the Americas has begun shipments of its flat precure treads from a new central manufacturing plant in Morelia, Mexico, with plans to eventually distribute the products throughout the Americas

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Aftermarketby StaffMay 27, 2011

ATA Predicts a Good Decade Ahead for the Trucking Industry

American Trucking Associations predicted a bright future for the trucking industry in its Freight Transportation Forecast to 2022. Following the worst recession in the post-war era, the economy and freight transportation are finally growing again. In the forecast report, the ATA said the trucking has a good decade of growth ahead.

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