ATA, TCA Forge United Front on Increasing Truck Weights
GRAPEVINE, Texas — American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association last week created a united front in the industry’s drive to raise truck weight limits by endorsing both an 88,000-pound limit for 5-axle tractor-trailers and a 97,000-pound limit for 6-axle configurations.
October 24, 2011Truckers Complain About Slow Progress in Improving Intermodal Chassis Practices
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Intermodal truckers are seeing painfully slow progress on two long-standing and related issues — changes in the providers of chassis for container shipments and effective implementation of federal chassis safety rules, industry officials reported.
October 24, 2011Economy Remains Top Issue For Industry, ATRI Poll Says
GRAPEVINE, Texas — The economy topped the list of critical issues facing the trucking industry for the third consecutive year, the American Transportation Research Institute said.
October 24, 2011DOT to Consider Exempting 20 Deaf Drivers From Minimum Hearing Rule for Their CDLs
Twenty deaf or hard-of-hearing people are being considered for exemptions from a federal regulation setting minimum hearing requirements for commercial drivers, the first exemption applications to be considered in more than two decades, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said.
October 24, 2011Contract Awarded to Repair Cracked, Closed I-64 Bridge
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has announced that a $13.9 million contract has been awarded for repairs to the closed Ohio River bridge that carries Interstate 64 traffic between southern Indiana and Louisville, Ky.
October 24, 2011Diesel Jumps 8¢ to $3.801; First Increase in Six Weeks
The U.S. average price for retail diesel surged 8 cents to $3.801 a gallon last week, the largest increase in more than six months, the Department of Energy reported.
October 24, 2011ATA Renews President Bill Graves’ Contract for Three Years
American Trucking Associations said it has reached an agreement on a new three-year contract with ATA President Bill Graves.
October 21, 2011USA Truck Reports 3Q Loss; Management Declines Celadon Bid to Meet
USA Truck reported a third-quarter loss and said its board declined to meet with Celadon Group, which recently bought a small stake in the truckload carrier.
October 21, 2011Trucker Nabbed Trying to Avoid Tolls in New York Area
A Virginia truck driver who used a device to hide his license plate as he passed through tolls in the New York metropolitan area was arrested, the Associated Press reported.
October 21, 2011Intermodal Traffic Rises 3% for Week
U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3% last week from a year ago, led by an increase in container traffic, the Association of American Railroads said.
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