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Patriot Transportation Reports Improved 1Q Earnings

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. atriot Transportation Holding reported Friday it earned $1.9 million or 62 cents a share for its first fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with $1.7 million or 56 cents a year earlier.

January 30, 2006

Kan. Lawmakers Propose Bill Mandating Use of Biodiesel

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ansas may be the next state to follow Minnesota’s lead in mandating biodiesel, if its legislature passes a bill introduced in the state Senate Jan. 19 that would require all diesel sold in Kansas to contain a blend of at least 2% of fuel derived from vegetable oils or animal fats.

January 30, 2006

ATA, Truck Firms Ask EPA to Reject California Reefer Rule

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ASHINGTON — American Trucking Associations and representatives of trucking companies and other associations asked the Environmental Protection Agency to reject a California rule requiring retrofitting refrigeration units on model-year 2001 and older trucks to meet emission standards.

January 30, 2006

ULSD Scarcity Prompts OEMs to Help Fuel Fleet Engine Tests

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>LAS VEGAS — Engine maker Caterpillar Inc. said it is subsidizing the cost of ultra-low-sulfur diesel to customers testing its 2007 engines and delivering it directly because the fuel is scarce and costs much more than regular fuel.

January 30, 2006

Technology Briefs - Jan. 24 - Jan. 30

Tenneco Wins Aftertreatment Contract With International • Xata’s 1Q Loss Narrows; Revenue Reaches Record • Cummins Extends Engine Agreement With Volvo • Navteq Expands to Mexico With Map Firm

January 30, 2006

Daimler Eyes Truck Group Cuts if Sales Drop Next Year

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. aimlerChrysler, parent of U.S. truck maker Freightliner LLC, may have to reduce the commercial-vehicle division's workforce if demand for trucks in the United States declines next year, Bloomberg reported Monday.

January 30, 2006

Fourth-Quarter GDP Slows to 1.1%; Rate Was 3.5% for Year

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he U.S. economy slowed its growth in the fourth quarter to a 1.1% annual rate, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

January 27, 2006

New ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Sales Gain 2.9% as ’05 Rate Sets Record

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ew home sales rose again in December, capping a record year, the Commerce Department said Friday.

January 27, 2006

Letters to the Editor: Oil Price Gouging

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>I am an independent trucker and have been for the past nine years. Since the present administration got into power, this business has gone rapidly downhill.

January 27, 2006

Old Dominion Freight Line Reports Record 4Q, Year

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ld Dominion Freight Line said Friday its fourth-quarter and year-end results reached record levels, reporting 4Q net income of $14.7 million or 39 cents a share, from $10.6 million or 28 cents a year earlier.

January 27, 2006