Goodyear Names Annual Highway Hero
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jason Harte, an owner-operator from Rogers, Ark., who works with Sammons Trucking, was named the 30th Goodyear Highway Hero.
March 25, 2013Daimler to Lay Off About 600, Less Than Half Its Original Estimate
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Daimler Trucks North America said it plans to lay off about 600 factory workers, fewer than half the number it initially projected earlier this year.
March 25, 2013Polar Corp. Appoints Denious CEO
Tank trailer manufacturer Polar Corp. said it has appointed Robert Denious its president and chief executive officer.
March 25, 2013Editorial: A Quiet MATS 2013
It wasn’t the best of times. It wasn’t the worst of times. This year’s Mid-America Trucking Show was as notable for what didn’t happen as it was for what did occur on the floor of the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky.
March 25, 2013Letters: Truck Fatality Spike, Sen. Schumer & GPS
It seems that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is puzzled by the increase in deaths year over year.
March 25, 2013Editorial: A Quiet MATS 2013
It wasn’t the best of times. It wasn’t the worst of times. This year’s Mid-America Trucking Show was as notable for what didn’t happen as it was for what did occur on the floor of the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky.
March 25, 2013Gasoline Drops 3.2¢ to $3.71, Lundberg Reports
Gasoline’s average pump price fell 3.2 cents in the past two weeks to $3.71 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg survey of filling stations released Sunday.
March 25, 2013Fuel Economy Dominates MATS
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fuel efficiency was the most-heard mantra here last week, as the nation’s truck supply community hosted throngs of their customers and prospects at this year’s Mid-America Trucking Show.
March 25, 2013Truck Tonnage Increases 4.2% in February in Fourth Straight Monthly Improvement
U.S. truck tonnage climbed 4.2% in February from a year earlier, marking the second straight month of growth and getting 2013 off to a solid start, American Trucking Associations reported.
March 25, 2013U.S. Defends HOS Changes Before Court
WASHINGTON — Lawyers representing the federal government told an appeals court that industry objections to the latest changes to hours-of-service rules for truck drivers are nothing more than “simple scientific disputes” and that the court should defer to the government’s judgment in solving such disputes.
March 25, 2013