Letters: New HOS Rules, Tolls Cartoon
The new hours-of-service rules passed recently by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are a concern for us because our drivers rely on the 34-hour reset as it stands now.
January 23, 2012Gasoline Gains 3.5¢ to $3.39, Lundberg Says
Gasoline rose 3.5 cents in the past two weeks to a national average $3.39 per gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.
January 23, 2012Labor Talks With Postal Unions Reach Impasse
Contract talks with two unions representing 242,000 letter carriers and mail handlers are at an impasse and a mediator may be called in to resolve differences, Bloomberg reported Monday.
January 23, 2012Editorial: Trucking Visionary Don Schneider
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January 23, 2012Highway Trust Fund Hurt by Tax Revenue Losses
Mirroring the devastation the recession wreaked on the trucking industry, revenue from taxes truckers pay to support the nation’s highway system plummeted during the global crisis and has yet to fully recover.
January 23, 2012DTNA Tells Details of Plans for Drivetrain Unit, Axle Line
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Officials of Daimler Trucks North America revealed details about their plans to turn what formerly had been known as Detroit Diesel into an integrated drivetrain brand, offering information on its new axle line and saying it soon would begin selling automated mechanical transmissions.
January 23, 2012Trucking Industry Legend Don Schneider Dead at 76
Don Schneider, chairman emeritus and former president and CEO of Schneider National Inc. — and one of the nation’s most influential trucking executives — died Jan. 13 in De Pere, Wis., after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 76.
January 23, 2012Ferro Defends Restart Change, Vows to Pursue 10-Hour Limit
The federal government’s chief truck overseer defended her agency’s controversial changes to the 34-hour restart provisions of the hours-of-service rule and vowed to continue efforts to cut the hours drivers may be behind the wheel.
January 23, 2012December Truck Sales Soar 78%
U.S. truckers closed out the year with a surge of heavy-duty truck buying that led to the highest-volume month and highest-volume year since 2006, according to data from WardsAuto.com. Sales boomed 78.3% in December and 59.9% for the year, compared with 2010.
January 23, 2012Top ATA Attorney Digges Will Retire After 28 Years in Defense of Trucking
Robert Digges Jr., vice president and chief counsel for American Trucking Associations and a top attorney for ATA’s Litigation Center, is retiring from his post effective Jan. 27, ATA announced last week.
January 23, 2012