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Volvo Names Safety Award Winners

LAS VEGAS — Volvo Trucks named Erb International and Muñoz Trucking as the 2012 winners of its fourth annual Safety Awards.

October 10, 2012

Raildecks Equipment Gets U.S. Patent For Double-Stack Flatbed Technology

Raildecks, the double-stack technology designed for flatbed trailers, has received a U.S. patent for its collapsible flat rack intermodal container, the company announced on Sept. 25.

October 10, 2012

U.S. to Show Modest Growth in 2013, Economists Tell MCE

LAS VEGAS — If Congress and the president can avoid a “self-inflicted” recession early next year, the U.S. economy in general, and trucking specifically, will probably keep limping along with very modest growth in 2013, economists said here Tuesday at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition.

October 10, 2012

U.S. to Show Modest Growth in 2013, Economists Tell MCE

LAS VEGAS — If Congress and the president can avoid a “self-inflicted” recession early next year, the U.S. economy in general, and trucking specifically, will probably keep limping along with very modest growth in 2013, economists said here Tuesday at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition.

October 9, 2012

Barbour Sees Close, ‘Consequential’ Election in November

LAS VEGAS – Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) said he could not predict the winner of the upcoming presidential election, but promised that it will be an extremely close – and important – contest.

October 9, 2012

Oil Rises After Two Days of Drops

Oil rose after two days of decreases on optimism that European finance ministers will make progress on the region’s debt crisis, Bloomberg reported.

October 9, 2012

Louisiana’s Cathy Gautreaux Wins TAEC Leadership Award

LAS VEGAS — Cathy Gautreaux, executive director of the Louisiana Motor Transport  Association, was presented with the 11th annual ATA President Trucking Association Executive Council Leadership award here at ATA’s Management Conference & Exhibition here.

October 9, 2012

ATA Hands Out ‘Good Stuff’ Awards

LAS VEGAS — YRC Worldwide, Travel Centers of America and Petro Stopping Centers and the Nevada Trucking Association each received Mike Russell “Good Stuff” Trucking Image Awards from American Trucking Associations.

October 9, 2012

Maine Voters Asked to Approve Bonds Worth $51.5 Million, Some of It for Roads

Maine is asking voters to approve $51.5 million worth of bonds on the November ballot, with the bulk of the money designated for highways and bridges.

October 9, 2012

CARB Publishes Reminder to Truckers About New Tire Requirements on Jan. 1

The California Air Resources Board recently issued a reminder to truckers that, as of Jan. 1 in that state, 2010 and older tractors that pull 53-foot dry van or refrigerated trailers must use SmartWay verified low-rolling-resistance  tires or retreads.

October 9, 2012