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Trucking Tonnage Increases October 2014

Truck Tonnage Index Increases 0.5 Percent in October

Truck Tonnage Back Up After September Loss American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.5% in October, following a revised decline of 0.8% during the previous month. In October, the index...
Orange County Jury Awards $14M To Carl Simmons Family

Orange County Jury Awards $14M For Trucking Death

An Orange County jury awards $14M to the family of Carl Simmons after his motorcycle was hit and Carl was fatally killed by a truck driver. Carl and another motorist was killed by truck...
Mid American Trucking Show

Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville Starts Today

2015 Could Be Record Year For Mid-America Trucking Show The Mid-America Trucking Show is back in town today and will be hosted from March 26-28, at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, Ky. The annual trucking...

U.S. Factory Production Reaches 6 Month High In February

                Production Reaches 6 Month High U.S. Factory Production saw an increase 0.8 percent in the month of February, giving us a clear sign that the economy is starting to rebound from the severe winter we've...

Trucking Stats By The American Trucking Association

Trucking Stats By The Numbers When you look inside trucking stats from around the country, you get a full appreciation of the country's trucking industry and the mass of shipments that are made. The trucking...

Truckload Turnover Over 90 Percent For 9th Straight Quarter

Turnover at large truckload carriers was up slightly to 92 percent in the first quarter, holding above 90 percent for the 9th straight quarter, American Trucking Associations reported today. Over-the-road truckload turnover rates were largely unchanged from the fourth quarter,...
DEA Won't Pay Damaged Truck

Federal Court Rules DEA Won’t Pay Owners Damaged Truck During Drug Sting

DEA Takes Owners' Truck Without Permission We've seen it in the movies at least a hundred times, law enforcement taking a vehicle to catch the bad guys. Ever wonder what happens to those vehicles that...

Committees Offer Short-Term Solution For Highway Trust Fund

Two powerful committees in Congress have signed off on separate but similar extensions that would prop up the Highway Trust Fund with $10.8 billion through May 2015. The House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by...

Trucking News Weekly RoundUp May 17th

Trucking News May 17th Engine maker Cummins Inc. is expected to start hiring this year at their Columbus, Indiana factory for production of their 5.0 V8 engines. The new, small diesel engines will power the...

Trucking Adds 1,500 Jobs In May-Growth Slower

Industry Growth Slower Than Expected The trucking industry did grow in May, just not up to expert expectations according to our sources. Trucking accounted for 1,500 of the 217,000 jobs added in May, and the...