EOBR debated over driver harassment
The harassment issue may be the key consideration for the FMCSA, which aims to devise a rule that mandates electronic logging devices.02.08.12
| FMCSA ordered U & D Service to immediately shut down after discovering the company was using drivers who did not possess valid ...
02.07.12
| Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks were using the same brake component that affected production of Navistar and Volvo Group trucks. 02.07.12
| The reopened lane of I-40 West is near the Tennessee-North Carolina border. 02.07.12
| The Peterbilt 587 SmartWay conventional tractor won in the heavy-duty division. manufacturing
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Trucking fruit in Obama’s energy, manufacturing messages
January 25, 2012
If you missed last night's State of the Union address, the President followed in predecessors' footsteps by detailing a veritable laundry list of election-year policy initiatives with no small measure ...
Factory freight finishing strong
December 1, 2011
Owner-operators with hauls tied closely to factory output should see good demand through year-end, based on today’s report from the Institute for Supply Management.
Santa’s elves cranking out electronics
November 1, 2011
Manufacturing continued growing in October, but at a slower pace than September, according to the Institute for Supply Management.
Retail’s rebound bodes well for holidays
October 14, 2011
The economy’s still sputtering, but it looks like there will be lots of freight through the holidays. At least consumer goods and other cargo related to retail sales are doing ...
Wood production leads September growth
October 3, 2011
Manufacturing activity, and the economy in general, kept growing in September, though some related measurements tempered that good news. Wood Products was the leading manufacturing category reporting growth.
The monthly analysis ...
Manufacturing slows down
August 1, 2011
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in July for the 24th consecutive month.
Breaker-breaker: Thursday Channel 19 news round-up
July 28, 2011
Tonight on American Trucker on the Speed Channel: You
The third episode of the second season of the American Trucker documentary show on the Speed Channel is called, simply, "Independent." ...
T370 Kenworth hits medium-duty landmark in Quebec plant
July 27, 2011
A Kenworth T370 was recently recognized as the historic 100,000th medium duty truck produced at the Paccar's Ste-Therese, Quebec, manufacturing plant. The plant, which opened as a brand-new facility in ...
Reports good for factory freight
July 2, 2011
You might have heard that the stock market just logged its best weekly gain in two years. One major reason was good manufacturing news.
These 14 sectors were hopping in May
June 1, 2011
Manufacturing slowed down last month, but it’s still growing.

