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State Registration Fee Plan Would Double Fleet Charges

State truck registration fees would more than double under a proposal being prepared for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under a two-year-old system Congress set up to reduce fees for for-hire carriers.

February 23, 2009

Letters: Truck vs. Car Speed, °®¶¹´«Ã½ Run, Removing Snow, 10% Pay Cut

Regarding different speed limits for cars and large trucks, arguments with this one go on and on.

February 17, 2009

Trucking’s Growing Job Losses

Trucking suffered the greatest loss of jobs in history during January, excluding the month of the national drivers’ strike in 1994.

February 19, 2009

National Retail Systems Deploys Clean Trucks to Calif. Ports

National Retail Systems has deployed 115 trucks to comply with the Clean Truck Program requirements set forth by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the company said Tuesday.

February 17, 2009

Hearing to Come on Calif. Emissions Waiver

The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing March 5 on a 2007 decision to deny California a waiver allowing the state to implement its own greenhouse gas emission standards for automobiles and light trucks.

February 17, 2009

BorgWarner, GE Locomotive Announce Layoffs

BorgWarner Turbo Systems said it is laying off 140 workers at its plant in Arden, N.C., that manufactures turbochargers for diesel trucks and construction equipment.

February 16, 2009

Test Drive Helps Kenworth Refine Its New Truck, Trailer Designs

RENTON, Wash. — In the struggle to squeeze a few more miles out of each tank of fuel, truck makers are designing tractors with the aid of computer models and wind tunnels more generally used to tweak race cars or airplanes.

February 16, 2009

Opinion: Choosing Truck-Driving Instructors

Last January, our company launched an “instructor-of-the month†program. We began by inviting directors of truck-driver training programs to nominate individuals, and then we interviewed the winning instructors.

February 12, 2009

Rail, Intermodal Traffic Fall for Week

Rail and intermodal traffic fell for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

February 13, 2009