
The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 0.6 percent in May, the first month-to-month drop since February of this year
Read More →Trailers continued to see a healthy rebound in May, with orders up 59 percent from May 200
Read More →Heavy Duty Trucking editors are finalists for four regional American Society of Business Publication Editors print editorial awards
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Over the last few months, several states have passed legislation to reduce the amount of sulfur in home heating oil, New York being the latest state to adopt such legislation
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You'd never guess that economists disagree on the state of the economic recovery based on the capacity crunch being seen by transportation and logistics providers. The capacity crunch was a key topic of concern and conversation at this week's Eyefortransport 8th 3PL Summit in Atlanta
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Last week, intermodal traffic was up 21.2 percent from last year to 227,985 trailers and containers, a level not reached since November 200
Read More →After five straight months of increases, new orders for manufactured durable goods were down 1.1 percent, or $2.2 billion, in Ma
Read More →The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rulemaking to change the certification requirements for natural gas vehicle aftermarket conversions
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North American truck manufacturers have had their fiscal and engineering noses to the grindstone for much of the past decade. Three successive EPA emissions reductions deadlines in a compressed timeframe sucked a lot of resources out of each organization. Then the recession hit. Now the federal government is calling for significant improvements in heavy truck fuel efficiency. Volvo Trucks North America says it has weathered the storm, and it's looking forward to new challenges
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's new enforcement program, Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, got its first airing on Capitol Hill yesterday, with the agency's chief, Anne Ferro, explaining and defending the program while industry interests expressed general support and specific concerns
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