Tag: Overdrive magazine: Page 125

Trucking History
From knee-high in a Kenworth to oversized hauls
Oversize hauler Doug Beutler recalls how his love of trucking took off behind the steering wheel of a 1978 Kenworth.
May 5, 2011
Business
Owner-Operator of the Month for May
Gordon Johnson has driven more than 3 million miles accident-free in his career.
May 5, 2011
Gordon Johnson
Business
FMCSA issues CDL amendments
Final rule amends the commercial driver’s license knowledge and skills testing standards.
May 5, 2011
Business
Xata offers mobile phone software
Xata Corp., a provider of trucking compliance and fleet optimization software, announced it is integrating and reselling ZoomSafer’s software, FleetSafer Mobile and FleetSafer Vision, which are designed to reduce distracted driving. FleetSafer Mobile is designed to enforce a fleet’s safe-driving policies and runs alongside Xata Turnpike on mobile and smartphones. Xata Turnpike currently runs on […]
May 5, 2011
Business
N.D., Kentucky grant emergency waivers
The suspension of some trucking regulations applies to vehicles delivering food, water, medicine and other critical supplies.
May 5, 2011
Channel 19
Analyst: Blame Fed’s liquidity flood for high oil/diesel
The good news is that skyrocketing oil prices, like slasher movies, are truly frightening only the first time you watch one. They get less scary with repetition. But being less scary doesn’t change the basic facts. Markets need both hedgers and speculators to function properly. When they lose balance, they no longer function according to […]
May 5, 2011
Dsc 0236
Business
Class 8 truck orders surge in April
Net orders for North American markets climbed to 38,200 units in April, a 158 percent increase from a year earlier, ACT Research said.
May 4, 2011
Dsc00772 Od
Business
Lawmakers protest cross-border trucking plan
At least 35 federal lawmakers have signed a draft of a letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood protesting the DOT proposal.
May 4, 2011
Business
Higher tolls set for San Francisco area bridges
Two-phase toll increase for multi-axle vehicles takes effect on July 1 and July 1, 2012.
May 4, 2011
Business
Groups spar over heavier truck proposal
Teamsters, safety advocates, railroads oppose heavier trucks, while ATA favors bill to allow them.
May 4, 2011
Business
Toll hikes for 7 Delaware River bridges
On July 1, truckers will begin paying $20 instead of $16.25 in cash to drive a five-axle truck across tolled Delaware River bridges.
May 4, 2011
Channel 19
Open call Wed. with Anne Ferro hosted by Trucking Solutions Group
Rick Ash, chairman of the driver/owner-operator-led Trucking Solutions Group — with members ranging from such Channel 19 familiar faces Jeff Clark (Truckers News Marathon Trucker columnist), Henry Albert (Overdrive‘s 2007 Trucker of the Year) and Linda Caffee (team expedited hauler with her husband, Bob) — reports the TSG will host a call tomorrow, Wed., May […]
May 3, 2011
Previous Page
Page 125 of 251
Next Page