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Kenworth will extend a successful rebate program with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association through 2010. View the full article -
While many states across the country close their rest areas and parking facilities because of budget problems, the Missouri Department of Transportation is adding to the state's inventory of truck parking. View the full article
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There will be no news published on Truckinginfo Thursday, Dec. 31 or Friday, Jan. 1 because of the New Year's holiday. News will return Monday, Jan. 4. View the full article
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Dupre' Logistics, Lafayette, La., reports its adoption of predictive analytics technology has helped it identify risk potential and allow its safety team to make corrections, resulting in significant accident reduction. View the full article
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As engineers, one of our biggest challenges is how to deal with underhood heat. Because of aerodynamics and other styling changes, the engine box on trucks is smaller and more densely packed than it ever has been. View the full article
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a new web site devoted to distracted driving at www.distraction.gov. View the full article
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The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.7 percent in November, following a 0.2 percent contraction in October. View the full article
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A class action lawsuit has been filed against Arrow Trucking because of the abrupt way it ceased operations last week, while further details emerge about the company's financial woes and its chairwoman says she's uncertain about the future. View the full article
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Wisconsin is making several changes to its commercial driver license program, after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found a number of discrepancies between Wisconsin statutes and federal regulations. View the full article
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The price of diesel at the pump rose last week for the first time in eight weeks, to a national average of $2.732 per gallon, according to weekly figures from the U.S. Department of Energy. View the full article
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Transport Capital Partners' fourth quarter Business Expectations Survey shows carriers are stabilizing on fleet replacement, with a pre-buy unlikely and more interest in buying and selling shown by carriers. View the full article
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that as of Dec. 28, the Federal Highway Administration has approved 10,000 highway projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 since its passage in February. View the full article
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The omnibus spending bill for 2010 signed into law last week by President Obama does not include language prohibiting funds for a pilot program to give Mexican trucks limited access to the U.S. View the full article
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The Kansas Turnpike is opening its first interchange in nearly 15 years today. View the full article
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The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance reports that while its annual Operation Safe Driver education and enforcement blitz did see improvements in the number of out of service violations and citations, there was an increase in moving traffic warnings and citations View the full article
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Con-way Inc. has been honored for the second consecutive year by Supply & Demand Chain Executive with its Green Supply Chain Award for 2009. View the full article
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The implementation of the California Air Resources Board's new emissions regulations for Transport Refrigeration Units, or TRUs, is just around the corner. View the full article
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Tulsa, Okla.-based Arrow Trucking may face a federal lawsuit this week, filed by employees who were laid off without warning last week, many of them drivers stranded on the road, when the company suddenly suspended operations. View the full article
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YRC Worldwide has extended the deadline on its debt-for-equity swap for the fifth time, giving potential bondholders until 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Dec. 28 to participate. View the full article
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As 2009 comes to a close SIRIUS XM's Road Dog Trucking Radio will look back on the biggest trucking stories of the year on The Year in Trucking, a live special airing Monday, Dec. 28 View the full article
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The Senate has decided to table the consideration of an extension to the biodiesel tax credit until early next year, a move that has biodiesel producers up in arms, as the current tax credit expires Dec. 31. View the full article
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Lakeville Motor Express, a regional less-than-truckload carrier, has been acquired by Shari K. Taylor Wilsey and Roger D. Wilsey, Sr., who joined the company in 2001 and was LME's vice president of administration and corporate compliance View the full article
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While November net orders for commercial trailers were down 27 percent from October, orders were up 73 percent from a year ago, a reflection of modest order cancellations this year View the full article
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Landstar System, a non-asset based supply chain provider, has appointed Henry Gerkens as chairman of its board of directors, starting Jan. 4, 2010. View the full article
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Triangle Suspension Systems, which manufactures leaf springs and distributes a wide array of related suspension components, has opened its new Mount Olive, N.C., plant for production of heavy cross-sectioned steel springs View the full article
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