American Trucking Associations

Safety

NHTSA to consider speed limiter rule in 2012 More than four years after the trucking industry asked the federal government to mandate speed limiters on new heavy-duty trucks, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it would launch a rulemaking on the issue in 2012. ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 13, 2011

Finances

Trucking adds jobs in December With November revision, employment rises by 5,600 Trucking companies added 2,600 new employees on a seasonally adjusted basis in December on top of an upward revision in the November estimate. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics added 3,000 jobs ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 10, 2011

CCJ100

The 10th and final part in a series of quick peeks into the world of commercial vehicles through the lends of Commercial Carrier Journal Retrospective: 2000 to present Washington D.C. -- trucking HQ While environmentally driven improvements in diesel engine technology go back several decades, the pace quickened ...

By Avery Vise Published February 9, 2011

Avery Vise

Let’s end this thing A political solution on hours rules likely is inevitable In early 2005, Annette Sandberg – then head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration – proposed something fairly unusual. About six months earlier, a federal appeals court had invalidated the new hours-of-service regulations ...

By Avery Vise Published February 9, 2011

Finances

Tonnage nearly flat in November ATA index is up 5.9 percent over 2009 period After rising 1.9 percent in September and 0.9 percent in October, the American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index was practically flat in Novemeber, slipping 0.1 percent. The latest reduction ...

By CCJ Staff Published January 1, 2011

More with less

Don’t count on another 2004 or 2005, but a steady economic recovery and ongoing capacity constraints could make 2011 a good year. Coming out of the Great Recession, just about any improvement in or even leveling off of business conditions feels like good times. For many ...

By Avery Vise Published January 1, 2011

CCJ 100

A Retrospective 1990 - 1999 The ninth in a series of quick peeks into the world of commercial vehicles through the lens of Commercial Carrier Journal Surfin’ CCJ Eighty-five years after Commercial Carrier Journal first began providing useful business information for successful fleet directors and maintenance managers, the ...

By Dean Smallwood Published January 1, 2011

Equipment

MitFuso unveils new powertrain EPA 2010-compliant system powers Class 3-5 trucks Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. of Kawasaki, Japan, parent company of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, unveiled a new powertrain for the next generation of Mitsubishi Fuso Class 3-5 commercial trucks in North America. The ...

By CCJ Staff Published January 1, 2011

Technology

Electronic evidence Retention critical to effective data management By Aaron Huff When it comes to data retention, some of your guidelines and policies are clear-cut, but others may be a bit murky. To be prepared for a potential compliance review by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, carriers ...

By CCJ Staff Published December 3, 2010

Fuel Savvy

Fuel economy rules must be uniform, ATD says At a hearing in Chicago Nov. 15 on a proposal to establish the first-ever fuel economy rules for commercial and work trucks and engines, the chairman of the American Truck Dealers urged federal regulators to ensure that any ...

By CCJ Staff Published December 3, 2010