Remarks by Anne S. Ferro FMCSA Administrator California Trucking Association Annual Management Conference Santa Barbara, CA January 23, 2011 Introduction Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for inviting me to join you today. I am delighted… Read More »Remarks by FMCSA Administrator Anne S. Ferro at the California Trucking Association Annual Management Conference
Ranco Anvil 34-foot end-dump is part of a demo rig for Paccar’s MX-13 diesel. “Trailer Talk” blog by Tom Berg, Senior Editor Most trailers used for product promotion are vans whose broad sides become rolling… Read More »Las Vegas Pete Uses an 'Anvil' as a Billboard
Updated: 2/24/2011 9:00:00 AM Navistar International Corp. has reached a development agreement with EcoMotors International to help commercialize the engine maker’s “opposed-piston, opposed-cylinderâ€� engine technology. EcoMotors’ first commercial vehicle product to use the technology, which… Read More »Navistar Enters Engine Deal with EcoMotors
Observant workers, diligent screening, and established security protocols in place and Con-Way Freight’s Lubbock Texas service center combined to foil a terrorist bomb plot. On Thursday, the FBI arrested Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, a 20-year-old Saudi… Read More »Con-Way Freight Helps Foil Terrorist Bomb Plot
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 03-11 Friday, February 25, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel: (202) 366-9999 or (202) 306-4580 FMCSA Enhances Pre-Employment Screening… Read More »FMCSA Enhances Pre-Employment Screening Program's Driver Data
TransCore’s DAT Network of load boards showed modest growth the week of February 14, following a dramatic increase in van and reefer freight the week of February 7. Overall truck capacity inched up 0.4 percent… Read More »TransCore: Backhaul Freight Market Remains Steady
Updated: 2/24/2011 9:15:00 AM Durable goods orders rose 2.7% in January, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Orders for capital equipment rose after a 0.4% drop in December, though orders excluding transportation equipment fell 3.6%, Commerce… Read More »Durable Goods Orders Grow in January
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 04-11 Friday, February 25, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel: (202) 366-9999 or (202) 306-4580 FMCSA Strengthens Protections for… Read More »FMCSA Strengthens Protections for Consumers Using Household Goods Moving Brokers
Historical truck photos from FFE “All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief In the last few weeks, well-known truckload leaders have announced they are stepping back from the front lines at the… Read More »End of an Era?
Updated: 2/24/2011 10:15:00 AM New home sales decreased 13% in January, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Sales fell to an annual rate of 284,000 units. Economists had forecast the January rate to fall to 305,000… Read More »New Home Sales Drop 13% in January
Commentary by Rolf Lockwood, Editor at Large You’ll be hearing a lot about the ‘OPOC’ engine in the next little while, and maybe for a long time to come. Not least because Navistar International announced,… Read More »A Game Changer Engine?
Updated: 2/17/2011 10:05:00 AM Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region improved in February month for a fifth straight month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday. The area’s factory index jumped to a reading… Read More »Philadelphia Manufacturing Improves