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Business

NAFTA trade surges in March

The increase is the largest year-over-year rise on record but freight value in March remained 1.2 percent less than two years earlier.

June 1, 2010

Business

Hours rules exemption extended in Gulf states

Haulers of certain loads are exempt from HOS until June 30 in the four Gulf Coast affected by the oil spill.

June 1, 2010

Business

ACT: Trailer orders dip in April

April net orders were 3 percent above the prior year level and year-to-date growth in net orders through April is 72 percent.

May 29, 2010

Business

ATA truck tonnage index rises

For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased for the sixth time in the last seven months, gaining 0.9 percent in April.

May 28, 2010

Business

Arizona to work on I-40

Roadwork between the Winona and Walnut Canyon interchanges (milepost 205 to 209) will start on June 7.

May 28, 2010

Business

FMCSA sets procedure for routine rules

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration established rulemaking procedures for use on routine or noncontroversial rules.

May 28, 2010

Business

Agency offers revised CSA 2010 schedule

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has developed a revised schedule for the rollout of the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010.

May 28, 2010

Overdrive Extra

CSA 2010 – your bittersweet change agent

I’ve yet to speak to anyone in trucking who’s overjoyed about Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010. After all, a much more meticulous safety mindset will be required to avoid getting caught on the radar of this huge data-crunching machine when it cranks up in December.             Some carriers in CSA 2010 test states have been to […]

May 27, 2010

Business

Highway agency creates online traffic-tracking tool

The Federal Highway Administration system identifies traffic chokepoints using data from thousands of trucks.

May 27, 2010

Business

Firms offer sleep apnea monitoring program

The program is aimed at carriers looking to monitor driver usage of sleep apnea devices.

May 27, 2010

Business

FedEx Ground sets new contractor rules

FedEx Ground has issued new standards for its owner-operators, include requiring independent contractors to be incorporated.

May 26, 2010

Business

Navistar launches $149,900 electric truck

Additional launches are scheduled for June in Sacramento, Calif., and this summer in Chicago for all-electric delivery vehicle.

May 26, 2010