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Business

FTR: Class 8 orders for November hit 4-year high

Class 8 truck net orders for all major North American OEM’s totaled 26,005 units, the highest monthly order level since May 2006.

December 3, 2010

Business

Agency to take comments on port sticker rule

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been asked to determine if federal law preempts Port of New York/New Jersey rule.

December 3, 2010

Business

ATA wants to keep hours rules

American Trucking Associations has issued a white paper and launched a website highlighting successes of the current HOS regulations.

December 3, 2010

Business

Critics seek to move tiger from truck stop

Permit to house 10-year-old tiger at Baton Rouge, La. area truck stop expires Dec. 31.

December 3, 2010

Business

Greatwide driver named Highway Angel

Antonio Cooper saves two brothers from potential accident.

December 3, 2010

Channel 19

Over the canyon rim — a grand, prize-winning truck driver’s photo — and more

This stunning view off the U.S. 89 bridge over the Colorado River near Page, Ariz., was shot by Gordon Trucking company driver Ron Nikirk, based in Oakland, Ore. Gordon becomes our fifth winner since we launched the contests in July via The Photographer: Truckers News Photo Group on Flickr.com, a development that followed nearly three […]

December 3, 2010

Business

Trucking expo planned for uDrove bowl game

Expo will include Lisa Kelly, trucker on the History Channel’s Ice Road Truckers, signing autographs.

December 3, 2010

Business

Back on the Road nominations open

Back On The Road is designed to help a deserving trucker in need of a truck and a job.

December 2, 2010

Channel 19

Rotella SuperRigs calendar now available…

On the cover of the annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs calendar this year is the custom 2007 Kenworth W900L of Myerstown, Pa.-based Scott Diller. Featured also on the December 2011 page in the calendar, Diller’s clearly going for an old-school ’70s hot-rod look with the truck’s mods, which include 34-inch quarter fenders and smooth side panels. […]

December 2, 2010

Business

ATA seeks more CSA changes

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it won’t implement the new system until at least Dec. 12.

December 1, 2010

Business

Schneider increases tanker pay rate

The tanker division at Schneider National, Schneider National Bulk Carriers, is increasing owner-operator compensation by 5 cents a mile.  The new rate increases owner-operator compensation to $1.05 a mile, plus fuel surcharge, for loaded and unloaded miles. Schneider says its tanker owner-operators average 125,000 miles a year and, with the increase for this group taking […]

December 1, 2010

Business

Diesel price drops 2nd week

The national average price fell 0.9-cent to $3.162, after falling 1.3 cents the previous week.

December 1, 2010