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With adjustments for inflation, rail rates fell 45.3% from 1984 to 1999, according to a study by the Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Economics, Environmental Analysis, and Administration (OEEAA)
Read More →A Canadian Trucking Alliance official has admitted that the issue of truck and bus driver fatigue has become high profile lately, and the group is helping to educate the public
Read More →The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued new rules for drug and alcohol testing, which it says will help deter cheating. Citing an increase in the number of specimens that are adulterated or substituted, DOT had wanted mandatory “validity” testing of all samples. For now, validity testing remains voluntary for employers, but the Department of Health and Human Services, which regulates drug-testing laboratories, is working on standardized test procedures.
Read More →There’s a new entry in the mobile communications race. TruckScribers, Denton, Texas, has jumped into the market with a product called MoniTrux
Read More →Goodyear Tire & Rubber announced earlier this week that it has offered early retirement to about 700 U.S. salaried employees in order to cut costs
Read More →Nextel Communications, Reston, Va., has introduced software application for wireless customers in transportation, delivery and warehousing
Read More →FedEx Corp. and UPS yesterday both announced that they are expecting flat growth this month thanks to soft shipment volumes
Read More →HDeXchange.com has launched an e-commerce service for manufacturers, distributors and dealers of parts for heavy duty trucks
Read More →The Midwest was still dealing with widespread power outages and difficult travel early this morning, hoping for relief from storms that brought freezing rain, frigid temperatures and heavy snowfall throughout the week
Read More →Department of Transportation officials on both federal and state levels have introduced a new system that will offer access to weather-related information via the Internet
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