2011 October

Shell Rotella SuperRig calendar offered

| October 31, 2011

The latest edition of Shell Rotella’s SuperRig calendar, featuring 12 working trucks, is available for free with purchase of a minimum 10-gallon heavy duty oil change of Shell Rotella T Triple Protection, Shell Rotella T5 ...

I-70 runaway ramp reopened

| October 31, 2011

The runaway truck ramp on westbound I-70 near Vail, Colo., at mile marker 182 has been reopened after crews removed a rig and flatbed trailer that rolled on the ramp Sunday, Oct. 30. Both lanes of westbound ...

Tenn. truck stop that received TSE grant shut down

| October 28, 2011

A Tennessee truck stop that received a federal grant to install electrification equipment to reduce truck idling had declared bankruptcy and was closed earlier this month. The TR Auto Truck Plaza on Interstate 40 in Dandridge ...

Love’s stop opens in Ottawa, Kan.

| October 27, 2011

Truckers will receive extra points on purchases with store cards through Nov. 27 at a newly opened stop in Ottawa, Kan., at Exit 183 off Interstate 35, Love’s Travel Stops said. The new travel center features ...

ATA Good Stuff Trucking Image Award winners announced

| October 26, 2011

Two carriers and two state trucking associations received the American Trucking Associations’ Good Stuff Trucking Image awards. Milan, Ind.-based Baylor Trucking Inc., Greensboro-N.C.-based Mack Trucks, the Minnesota Trucking Association and the Tennessee Trucking Association were honored ...

CARB amends reefer rule for certain engines

| October 26, 2011

California’s Air Resources Board has amended the Transportation Refrigeration Unit Regulation for carriers that acted in advance of the deadline for compliance. The reefer rule mandates upgrades or replacement of reefer engines to meet low-emission TRU ...

FFE sells dry van trailers, tractors to Celadon

| October 26, 2011

Frozen Food Express Industries Inc. Oct. 19 announced it has agreed to sell substantially all of its dry van trailers and nearly 290 tractors to Celadon Trucking Services; terms were not announced. Frozen Food Express, based ...

ATA rebuts LaHood on hours proposal research

| October 25, 2011

The American Trucking Associations challenged in an Oct. 21 letter to Congress Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s assertions that proposed hours-of-service rule changes would be supported by “the most comprehensive and up-to-date data and analysis to ...

Inconsistent enforcement: CSA vs. the independent

In the two years since CSA's advent, the smallest carriers have had a much greater chance of getting inspected and put out of service than drivers and trucks of the largest carriers.

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