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Surface transportation trade between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico was 27.2 percent lower in January 2009 than in January 2008, dropping to $47.5 billion, the biggest year-to-year percentage decline on record,View the full article

ACOFAS, the American Council of Frame and Alignment Specialists, announced its 2009 Technician Training Clinic schedule and course content.View the full article

Glen Dunkerson and Greg Hoover have assumed new leadership roles at Atlas World Group: Dunkerson as chairman and chief executive officer; and Greg Hoover as president and chief operating officer.View the full article

The Roadcookin' Gang announced they will now be appearing monthly on "The Lockridge Report" on Sirius XM Satellite Radio's Road Dog Trucking Channel. View the full article

Frozen Food Express Industries is expanding its regional service on the West Coast.View the full article

Rick Suchy, a professional truck driver, achieved 2 million miles of safe driving without an accident. Suchy is a driver sales representative for Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload freight carrier and the largest subsidiary of Con-way Inc. View the full article

Old Dominion Freight Line, Thomasville, N.C., selected PeopleNet as its provider of onboard communications and fleet management solutions for its fleet of more than 5,100 trucks.View the full article

Trackwell ADS, the U.S. subsidiary of Iceland-based Trackwell, has announced an investment by Frumtak, an Icelandic investment fund comprised of the three major banks in Iceland and six major pension funds. View the full article

Well I read on the introduction forum today something that got me to thinking. (I know Rob thinking is bad for me) Just the same it got me to thinking "why indeed", so I wrote a response but that just wasn't enough. Anyone here ever watch the Arsineo Hall show in the eighties and nineties? hhuuummmmmm HE used to say when questioning something odd or questionable. To a novice or someone who simply wants to look COOOOOOOL I suppose going a hundred miles an hour is good. Or maybe having a ten grand paint job or maybe twenty grand in chrome are legit reasons to have such fancy trucks. Could be having so much horse power has it's own appeal. America after all is a melting pot of different opinions and points of view. How we each define "THE BEST", is not always true of our neighbor. So with that in mind let me define what the best of the best truck should in my opinon incorporate. #1 It should be strong enough to do it's intended job. #2 It should be able to withstand the work environment with only minimal upkeep. #3 It should make it's operator comfortable and keep him/her safe. #4 It must be ready to work when there is work and not needing repair daily. #5 It must return to it's owner many times over the money that was invested in it's purchase. #6 It should be versatile to do many jobs if it is retired from it's original job. #7 It should inspire confidence that it will get the job done no matter what. #8 It must be built to last . #9 It must do more than it was designed to do, unfailing. #10 It must stand the test of time. I believe because I know that a MACK TRUCK is all this and more. I consider it a pleasure to drive a MACK TRUCK. View the full blog entry

The average price of diesel fuel nationwide jumped 13.1 cents last week, according to Monday's report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.View the full article

The Diesel Technology Forum announced it will host a free webinar on April 9 on "Diesel Fuel: Production, Demand and Prices."View the full article

Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems is expanding its on-highway service network through a relationship with Bosselman's Boss Truck Shops.View the full article

Steven Wayne Saltzgiver, fleet director for the state of Georgia, will be keynote speaker for the annual meeting of the Dossier User Group. View the full article

Cummins Turbo Technologies, a subsidiary of Cummins Inc., is consolidating its turbocharger operations in Charleston, S.C., into a single facility over the next 18 months.View the full article

FleetPride has acquired the assets of Pro Truck & Trailer Supply, which is FleetPride's 15th location in Texas. View the full article

Con-way Freight is accelerating transit times between Washington's Tri-Cities area and eastern Idaho to support local business needs for faster deliveries during the region's peak planting season for the agricultural industry.View the full article

CMA announced the addition of Mike McGuinness as regional sales manager.View the full article

I have an 1965 C95F Mack Fire Truck, looking for History of truck serial # 1389 View the full blog entry

Con-way Truckload has received the highest fuel efficiency and environmental performance score for 2008 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Transport Partnership.View the full article

Averitt Express, Cookeville, Tenn., has improved its LTL service in Virginia and has expanded its LTL coverage into new points in Maryland and West Virginia.View the full article

Snap-on has been recognized as having the "Overall Best Tool Storage in the United States" on the basis of Frost & Sullivan's independent research,View the full article

Drug-related violence has escalated along the Mexican border, and the Transportation Security Administration's Highway Information Sharing and Analysis Center has issued an alert for trucking companies and drivers engaged in cross border operations within MexicoView the full article

A report released by the American Society of Civil Engineers shows that with ingenuity and the right amount of commitment on the part of the nation's leaders and the American people, the infrastructure crisis is a solvable problem.View the full article

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked President Obama to suspend any immediate plans to establish another cross-border trucking program.View the full article

Veteran journalist Deborah Lockridge, well known in the trucking industry for her concise reporting and editing, has been named Editor of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine. Her career in trucking journalism spans 19 years, the last 11 with Heavy Duty Trucking.View the full article