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States Consider Early Tests of Driver Fingerprint Checks

Despite the fact the Transportation Security Administration announced a delay in using fingerprints to check the backgrounds of truck drivers permitted to haul hazardous materials, some states’ pilot projects may begin the process before the new deadline.

April 21, 2004

News Briefs - April 20

CNF Reports Higher Profits, Revenues • Celadon’s Net Income Increases in Fiscal 3Q • elphi’s Earnings Dip on Restructuring Costs • Mitsubishi Fuso Names New Chairman

April 20, 2004

Question for Readers: Are You Buying New Trucks?

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ccording to Ward's Communications, retail sales of Class 8 trucks rose 90.4% in March compared with a year earlier..

April 20, 2004

Average Diesel Price Rises 4.5 Cents to $1.724

The average retail price of diesel fuel jumped 4.5 cents to $1.724 per gallon, edging closer to its all-time high set last spring, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

April 20, 2004

New Pension Law Could Help LTLs, but Few Multi-Employer Plans Get Aid

Pension-relief legislation that President Bush signed earlier this month probably could save less-than-truckload carriers with unionized employees from having to make additional pension payments, several trucking, pension-industry and congressional representatives said.

April 20, 2004

News Briefs - April 19

Fed's Next Statement May Pave Way for Rise in Interest Rates • AAA: Retail Gasoline Prices Reach Record $1.803 • Tests Show Driver in Maryland Tanker Crash Was Sober • More USF Dugan Workers Seek Teamsters Representation • And more...

April 19, 2004

iTECH: Taking the Plunge Into Electronic Logging

If onboard recorders for monitoring driver hours electronically are the wave of the future, Quality Carriers appears to be embracing the technology with open arms.

April 19, 2004

Class 8 Sales Soar 90.4%

U.S. retail sales of Class 8 trucks rose to their highest level in nearly four years in March, soaring 90.4% over the volumes of a year earlier.

April 19, 2004

Leading Economic Indicators Rise 0.3% in March

The Conference Board said Monday its index of leading economic indicators rose 0.3% in March after no change the month before..

April 19, 2004