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TTPG Publications Win Press Honors

Transport Topics Publishing Group has picked up seven awards, including two national ones, in the editorial and graphics excellence competition for 2001 judged by the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

July 12, 2002

News Briefs - July 12

Mineta Allocates $56.3 Million for State Highway Work • Will the Fed Slash Interest Rates Again? • New Truck/Rail Tunnels Eyed For Windsor-Detroit • Consumer Optimism Falls in July, Survey Finds • And more...

July 12, 2002

International Turns to Cummins for Engines

Lacking enough engines from Caterpillar Inc. to fill its orders, International Truck and Engine Corp. is looking to rival engine maker Cummins Inc., an official with the truck maker said during a conference call last week.

July 11, 2002

Truck Reps Hope Oct. 1 Brings Only Mild Dip

LAS VEGAS — Sales representatives manning booths for Class 8 truck manufacturers here said they think truck sales may take only a mild decline come Oct. 1 when they must begin selling trucks with engines that meet federal guidelines for new emissions standards.

July 11, 2002

PPI Posts First Rise in Three Months

Wholesale prices rose 0.1% in June, the first increase in three months, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

July 11, 2002

Engineering Expert Strawhorn Retires After 37 Years With ATA

There was no Department of Transportation or Environmental Protection Agency when Larry Strawhorn joined American Trucking Associations in 1965 as an automotive engineer, fresh from two and a half years as a test engineer for Mack Trucks.

July 11, 2002

News Briefs - July 11

Blumenfeld to Head CSX Intermodal • Manitoba to Require Reflective Tape on Large Trucks • Oil Price Falls From Seven-Week High • Mayflower Wins $50 Million Contract • And more...

July 11, 2002

Canada, U.S. Move Closer to Fast Lanes

Canada and the United States are close to launching a program that will allow trucks from both countries hauling low-risk cargo to cross the northern U.S. border in a fast lane, according to officials from both countries.

July 10, 2002

Opinion: The Looming Shortage of Hazardous Materials Drivers

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Are you ready for a hazardous materials driver surcharge? If carriers, shippers and the government don’t work together soon, the hazardous materials trucking industry may face a driver shortage that will make fuel and insurance cost problems seem like “the good old days.â€

July 10, 2002

Wholesale Inventories Post Year’s First Rise

The total amount of goods on wholesalers’ shelves rose for the first time in a year during May, the Commerce Department said Wednesday..

July 10, 2002