October used Class 8 truck sales increased 7 percent from the previous month, transportation analyst firm ACT Research reported November 22, making up a large chunk of an 11 percent decrease in September.
October’s American Trucking Associations’ seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.3 percent in October to 131.6, following a revised 6.3 percent drop during September, ATA reported today.
Transportation analyst firm FTRs Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) posted a reading of 5.47, a small drop from August, FTR reported today.
U.S. on-highway diesel prices slipped 2.2 cents Monday to $2.421 a gallon, compared with $2.443 it was selling for last week.
The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are “aggressively deploying zero and near-zero emission trucks and cargo-handling equipment and expanding programs that reduce ship emissions” as part of the next phase of the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP), spokesmen said.
ST. LOUIS — Crete Carrier Corp. did not act improperly by requiring drivers with a body mass index (BMI) of 35 or more to undergo sleep apnea testing and treatment, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously last month.