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NRDC sues Long Beach CA
to overturn port settlement
Jan 6, 2010

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) announced it was filing suit against the City of Long Beach CA to overturn a settlement with the American Trucking Associations (ATA) that ended litigation over the Port of Long Beach truck concession plan. Long Beach settled the lawsuit after the US District Court of Appeals declared the concession plan illegal...

Fleet equipment purchase
plans stabilize: survey
Jan 6, 2010

Transport Capital Partners’ (TCP) 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...

Price of diesel fuel surges
for second week in a row
Jan 6, 2010

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide rose by the most in more than two months, jumping 6.5 cents to $2.797 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

Commercial vehicle market
growth should surge in 2011
Dec 15, 2009

While the medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle markets are expected to grow modestly off weak 2009 production—the lowest level of production since 1991—the sector will see significant growth in 2011, according to ACT Research Co...

Price of diesel fuel down
for sixth week in a row
Dec 15, 2009

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide dropped for the sixth straight week, sinking 2.4 cents to $2.748 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

US economic recovery
expected to continue
in 2010, panel predicts
Dec 11, 2009

Economic growth in the United States will resume in 2010, say the nation’s purchasing and supply management executives in their December 2009 Semiannual Economic Forecast. Expectations for 2010 are for positive conditions experienced in the second half of 2009 to continue in manufacturing, while the non-manufacturing sector foresees marginal growth...

Daimler Truck Financial
tops in dealer satisfaction
Dec 11, 2009

In one of the toughest environments for the US trucking industry in years, Daimler Truck Financial achieved the number-one ranking in the annual dealer satisfaction survey conducted by the American Truck Dealers (ATD), a division of the National Automobile Dealers Association...

Diesel fuel price retreats
for fifth consecutive week
Dec 10, 2009

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide declined for a fifth consecutive week...

Invest in highways
to rebuild economy,
ATA official tells Obama
Dec 7, 2009

Investing in highways is the quickest, most efficient way to create jobs and restore the economy, American Trucking Associations Past Chairman Charles “Shorty” Whittington told President Obama at the National Jobs Summit recently...

Move over, Rudolph; Mack
also hauls holiday cheer
Dec 7, 2009

Who needs flying reindeer when Christmas arrives on a Mack truck? Two of the most famous Christmas trees in the nation were delivered this year by customers of Mack Trucks Inc: the Rockefeller Center tree in New York City and the US Capitol Christmas tree in Washington DC...

NATSO wins Truck Driver
Appreciation Week contest
Dec 7, 2009

National Truck Driver Appreciation Week 2009 recently concluded, and the American Trucking Associations (ATA) announced that NATSO (National Association of Truck Stop Operators) won the inaugural National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Video contestNational Truck Driver Appreciation Week 2009 recently concluded, and the American Trucking Associations (ATA) announced that NATSO (National Association of Truck Stop Operators) won the inaugural National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Video contest...

Sleep apnea and trucking
is topic of 2010 conference
Dec 7, 2009

The American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA) announced plans to conduct a first-ever national conference on sleep apnea and trucking. The one-day conference will be held May 12, 2010, at The Westin Baltimore Washington–BWI in Baltimore MD and is preceded May 11 by a reception and keynote address from NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman...

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
dips 0.2% in October ‘09
Dec 3, 2009

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.2% in October 2009, following a 0.3% contraction in September. The latest decline lowered the SA index to 103.6 (2000=100) from the revised 103.8 in September...

Price of diesel fuel drops
for fourth week in a row
Dec 3, 2009

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide fell for the fourth straight week, declining 1.2 cents to $2.775 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

Class 8 net truck orders spike upward in October
Dec 1, 2009

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing Class 8 net orders for all major North American OEMs totaled 21,792 units in October 2009, reflecting a definite upsurge in order activity...

Volvo to sell equity interest in Jinan Huawo joint venture
Dec 1, 2009

The Volvo Group, Sinotruck (BVI) Limited, and China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Corporation (CNHTC) have signed an agreement whereby Sinotruck (BVI) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of CNHTC, and CNHTC agree to purchase all of Volvo Group's equity interest in Jinan Huawo Truck Corporation (joint venture), in which Volvo Group currently holds a 50% equity interest...

Mack again receives orders from US Army for tractors
Dec 1, 2009

Mack Trucks Inc has received three additional delivery orders for Mack Vision Elite model tractors from the US Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command...

Road Safe America slates
Drive Safer Sunday 2009
Nov 25, 2009

The fifth annual national observance of Drive Safer Sunday is set for November 29, 2009, and the American Trucking Associations joins the advocacy group Road Safe America in urging all drivers to focus on safety...

Apex Logistics puts its trust
in RSC from Meritor WABCO
Nov 25, 2009

In August 2004, Mike Siebert climbed into a truck cab for a demonstration of Meritor WABCO’s Roll Stability Control (RSC) system, and 15 minutes later, came away a believer...

Price of diesel fuel sinks
for third week in a row
Nov 25, 2009

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide decreased for a third consecutive week, according to US Department of Energy information...

Class 8 vehicle orders soar
to 21,500 units in October
Nov 23, 2009

Net orders for heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles soared to 21,500 units in October, the highest level since January 2008, according to ACT Research Co...

2009 Fleet Study indicates
slow demand for 2010 units
Nov 18, 2009

The 2009 Fleet Study conducted by CK Commercial Vehicle Research indicates a likely slow demand for new 2010 EPA-compliant power units when they are initially introduced. Respondents to the study were wary of committing to placing orders for the new equipment in the first half of 2010...

Trucking Conditions Index
higher—but still negative
Nov 18, 2009

The FTR Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) for October 2009 increased for the third consecutive month to –16.4, the highest reading since November 2008. This index, a combination of five truck industry statistics in one metric, remains significantly below a neutral reading of zero...

FMCSA to add fifth option
to roadability final rule
Nov 18, 2009

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has responded to a petition for reconsideration of the final roadability rule and will amend the regulations to allow a fifth intermodal equipment marking option...

Commercial vehicle market
recovery likely to be slow
Nov 16, 2009

While the medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle markets are beginning a slow recovery from the lowest level of production since 1991, significant headwinds remain for the sector to return to normal replacement level demand, according to ACT Research Co ...

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