Vipar Heavy Duty on Monday, July 6, announced a new custom-fit bumper program with Highway Original, a company that researches and develops new products to fill recognized product offering voids in the commercial vehicle aftermarket. Under the agreement, Vipar Heavy Duty's network of truck parts ...

Tracer Products says it has produced a new 32-page full-color catalog on its Tracerline fluorescent leak-detection products and diagnostic tools. Included in the catalog is coverage on a full line of UV and blue-light LED inspection lamps and kits; a lamp comparison guide helps users select ...

California is finalizing or about to enforce several major regulations that affect equipment management for fleets operating there whether or not they are based in the state. The rules directly address engine technology, aerodynamics, tires and trailer refrigeration and could have ...

President Obama today, June 4, announced his intent to nominate Anne S. Ferro as administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Ferro served as Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administrator between 1997 and 2003, where she established a strong record in highway safety, regulatory compliance and ...

The Freight Transportation Services Index fell 0.5 percent in September from its August level, declining after three consecutive monthly increases, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported today, Nov. 12. BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the ...

Giant Eagle, one of the nation’s largest food retailers and distributors, is entering its second year of using driver simulator training. Since last January when the company started using simulators from Doron Precision Systems for its private fleet, accidents have dropped by 30 percent. “I ...

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.1 percent in August, matching July’s increase. The latest gain raised the SA index to 104.1, which was the best reading since February 2009. The nonseasonally adjusted index, which represents the change in ...

Q: What is preemption? We use owner-operators, and I recently learned that this doctrine has been used to thwart state enforcement actions in California to reclassify owner-operators as employees. A: I received the same notice from a political action committee that is tracking the various attacks ...

For the second time, A. Duie Pyle was awarded the American Trucking Associations President’s Trophy – the highest safety award available to motor carriers in the United States. The President’s Trophy is presented by ATA and its Safety Management Council to one carrier in each ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has decided to conduct another rulemaking regarding hours-of-service regulations as part of an Oct. 26 settlement with groups challenging the current regulations. A federal appeals court has twice rejected hours rules FMCSA has implemented since January 2004, and several groups ...