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The volume of sales of used heavy-duty (Class 8) commercial vehicles has slowed in recent months, declining 16 percent month-over-month in October according to ACT Research Co. View the full article -
Cliff and Wanda Humphrey, team drivers for Prime Inc., Springfield, Mo., have been named Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angels for stopping to help at the scene of a fatal accident. View the full article
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Last week, officials gathered at the Port of Long Beach to mark the start of a nearly $1 billion project to replace the aging Gerald Desmond Bridge, a vital link between the West Coast's second busiest port and the city of Los Angeles. View the full article
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Viewers of the 2010 uDrove Humanitarian Bowl will see only women in a 30-second commercial promoting the trucking industry. View the full article
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Authorized Transmission Remanufacturing has moved into a new 100,000-square-foot remanufacturing plant in Mundelein, Ill. View the full article
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The number of merger and acquisition deals announced in the global transportation and logistics sector in the third quarter remained above the pace of 2009 and is about the same as the previous quarter. View the full article
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The Interstate 81 Corridor Coalition met in Hagerstown, Md., earlier this month to discuss daily operations along the 855-mile highway, and to shape its future. View the full article
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The National Truck Equipment Association board of trustees has named Steve Carey, NTEA senior director of operations, to replace long-time Executive Director Jim Carney. View the full article
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Truckers in the province of Alberta are breathing a sigh of relief. It turns out the government is not planning to take away their CB radios after all. View the full article
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There will be no news posted to Truckinginfo.com for Thursday, Nov. 25 or Friday, Nov. 26 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. In the meantime, check out our new blogs: All That's Trucking; On the Road; and Trailer Talk. View the full article
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Michelin North America is increasing prices on passenger car, light truck and commercial truck replacement tires sold in the United States. View the full article
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Owners of model-year 2003 reefer units that run in California can get more legal use out of them for less cost, thanks to a regulations amendment by the state's Air Resources Board. View the full article
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New orders of dry van commercial trailers more than doubled in October from the prior year, leading total net orders of commercial trailers to a 33-month high, according to ACT Research. View the full article
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The Georgia Department of Public Safety recently required a performance-based brake tester for field inspections of heavy-duty tractor-trailers. View the full article
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UPS has agreed to sell its UPS Logistics Technologies unit to Thoma Bravo LLC, a private equity investment firm. View the full article
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The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.8 percent in October after increasing a revised 1.8 percent in September. View the full article
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The University of Manitoba Transport Institute and TransCore Link Logistics announced the initial results from their joint research project looking at Canadian trucking and logistics trends using TransCore's Loadlink freight matching data. View the full article
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Yokohama Tire Corp. will increase prices on its light and medium commercial truck tires in the United States by 6 percent, effective January 1, 2011. View the full article
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The price of diesel dropped by 1.3 cents in the past week, according to weekly figures from the U.S. Department of Energy. View the full article
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The Service Specialists Association has established the Cara Giebner SSA-GAAS Scholarship fund. View the full article
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The Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association will partner once again with the Kotler Marketing Group to offer their "Defending Price" workshop at the Heavy Duty Dialogue conference and Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week in January. View the full article
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A fleet safety study recently released by the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety, suggests that companies that strictly enforce their no-cell-phone policies have a lower crash rate than companies with milder enforcement policies. View the full article
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Recent statements from the Department of Transportation concerning the life expectancy of truck drivers lack statistical backing. At a Nov. 8 conference on driver health in Baltimore, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration chief Anne Ferro said in a speech that the life expectancy of a commercial driver is 16 years shorter than the norm. View the full article
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A jump in demand for ultra-low-sulfur diesel in October suggests continued economic recovery, according to the American Petroleum Institute. View the full article
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The Truckload Carriers Association named Bill Whitehead, a professional driver with FirstFleet Inc., of Murfreesboro, Tenn., as a Highway Angel for helping motorists whose car had struck a deer. View the full article
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