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Driversby StaffAugust 19, 2010

Truckload Carrier Takes Advantage of DERA Funds For Side Skirts

With the help of a $875,972 grant from the EPA's Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) in a cost-sharing program, Tacoma, Wash.-based Interstate Distributor Co. will install 2,058 Freight Wing Aeroflex side skirts at its maintenance facilities

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Fleet Managementby StaffAugust 19, 2010

Railroads Post Record High Volumes For 2010

Rail intermodal traffic on U.S. railroads set another record high for the year, with 233,767 total trailers and containers for the week ending Aug. 1

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Fleet Managementby StaffAugust 19, 2010

Virginia Completes I-81 Corridor Improvements

The final phase of improvement projects in Northern Virginia aimed at handling more trains at higher speeds has been completed, eliminating a choke point on Norfolk Southern's Crescent Corridor

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Aftermarketby StaffAugust 19, 2010

TransCore Survey: Using Load Boards Pays Off

Carriers using load boards for more than 40 percent of their loads can earn an additional $800 per truck every mont

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Aftermarketby StaffAugust 18, 2010

ACT Blames Seasonality For Sharp Drop in Class 8 Orders

While net orders of Class 8 vehicles fell 27 percent from June to July, ACT Research Co. says the slip is common around this season

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Fleet Managementby StaffAugust 18, 2010

Direct ChassisLink to Expand Into Southeast, Gulf

Direct ChassisLink said it will expand its chassis program to the Southeast and Gulf inland regions starting Sept. 7

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Driversby StaffAugust 18, 2010

USA Truck Expands Into Intermodal Container Service

USA Truck has entered into a long-term agreement with BNSF Railway to move private 53-foot domestic intermodal containers

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Driversby StaffAugust 18, 2010

FLS Joins Effort to Combat Cargo Theft

FLS Transportation, a privately held, asset-based provider of transportation and logistics services, has joined the CargoNet program, which helps prevent cargo theft and increases recovery rates through secure and controlled information sharing between theft victims, their business partners and law enforcement

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Driversby StaffAugust 18, 2010

New York DOT Takes Action on Truck Traffic in Finger Lakes

The New York State Department of Transportation has taken actions to reduce the number of large, oversized and overweight trucks traveling through the Finger Lakes are

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Fleet Managementby StaffAugust 18, 2010

Industrial Production Sees More Promising Growth in July

The month of July showed more promising industrial production figures, with growth of 1 percent over Jun

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