December 2012 News Archive

The U.S. Department of TransportationÂ’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently announced that it will increase anti-texting enforcement efforts in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

After Alyssa Van Meter, a truck driver working for OÂ’Hare Towing, was murdered in her home, drivers in the area came together to honor her memory.

As 2012 comes to a close, trucking executives and fleet managers are trying to anticipate what the key issues facing the industry will be in 2013.

New York State Thruway Authority officials recently announced that they have discarded a controversial plan to impose a 45 percent toll increase on commercial vehicles with more than three axles.

The Diesel Technology Forum recently added the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) as the newest member of the allied group that produces and distributes renewable biodiesel fuel in the United States.

The holiday season is an extremely popular travel time for U.S. residents.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency partnered with PepsiCo and Transplace to sponsor a fuel efficiency initiatives survey.

With the number of open truck driving jobs in the United States, industry officials are looking for new ways to make the profession seem more desirable for job seekers.

Since 1996, members of the trucking industry have been grappling with a shortage of truck parking spaces along many of the most popular freight corridors in the United States.

Infinite Convergence Solutions recently launched the new Enterprise Messaging Service, a secure cloud-based fleet management tool that will enable carriers to communicate with customers, employees and business partners around the world.