Starting Jan. 2, the Missouri Department of Transportation will close a five-mile section of Interstate 64 in the St. Louis area from Ballas Road to I-170 for the entire calendar year of 2008 for reconstruction. At the west end of the closure, eastbound I-64 will be ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's cross-border pilot program seemingly saw its final demise - at least for the current fiscal year - as President Bush on Wednesday, Dec. 26, signed a so-called omnibus appropriations bill (H.R. 2764) that wrapped together funding for the entire ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended the comment period on Dart Transit Co.'s application for an exemption from two hours-of-service provisions until Jan. 25. Dart is seeking a two-year exemption so that 200 of its owner-operators can operate under a fatigue risk management system ...

Does your fax know time is money? Ours does. Commercial trucking demands speed, good communication, and proper documentation. Internet fax from MyFax delivers simple, reliable faxing at any time and from anywhere so you can really keep things rolling. Ensure delivery of contracts, permits, and other ...

In late 2006, Xpedx implemented an onboard computing and communications system, Xatanet from Xata Corporation. The data coming from its fleet of vehicles revealed enormous potential for fuel savings: engine idle percentage was 20 percent on average, says Chris Suttle, transportation manager. Xpedx, a division of ...

The National Accounting and Finance Council of the American Trucking Associations will address issues from the greening of America's supply chain to fiduciary responsibility in managing 401K plans at its Annual Meeting & Exhibit Forum, March 24-26, 2008, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in ...

SARS Corp., a provider of remote asset management and telematics solutions, announced today, Dec. 21, that the company has closed its asset purchase agreement with Andronics, which delivers two-way data solutions for monitoring and managing remote assets such as vehicles and liquefied petroleum gas tanks. SARS ...

The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0.8 percent in November, following a 0.2 percent contraction in October. The non-seasonally adjusted index decreased 8.5 percent from October to 111.8. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the tonnage index improved to 112.0 in ...

CITGO CITGO is one of the oldest and most trusted names in the lubricants business. Backed by product development laboratories and technical support second to none, the company's engine oils, transmission/hydraulic fluids, greases, industrial lubricants, food grade white oils and process oils have established a reputation ...

The 2008 Trucker Buddy calendar, sponsored by Kenworth, again features drawings by children in the program. Trucker Buddy is a nonprofit that assigns truck drivers to elementary-school classrooms as pen pals. Each year, hundreds of students submit drawings of safety messages their Trucker Buddies have taught ...