Article from GizMag Safety Truck camera When driving behind big semi-trailers, people regularly take risks. They often have to first move out from behind the truck to see if the road ahead is clear before passing. This is particularly dangerous on single-lane highways because such a maneuver can mean driving into the path of […]
(Article credit to Adam Robinson via Cerasis). Find more interesting articles on FML Freight Blog. Once upon a time, there were fewer manufacturing entities in the world. And shipping companies clamored for relationships with each and every business. During this long-ago time, your business may have thrived in an appease-the-business-no-matter-the-size world. However, global manufacturing […]
Article credit to Russ Ufberg There’s a line in a Merle Haggard song that goes, “It takes a special breed to be a truck drivin’ man.” I wanted to know what exactly that meant, so I ended up driving 2,668 miles with one to find out. There is a shortage of truck drivers in […]
Article credit to Tom Berg at TruckingInfo The former Bosch, Bendix and Studebaker proving grounds near New Carlisle in northern Indiana is open for business. Under new ownership- Navistar Inc., which took it over as of April 1. Navistar is taking over The company showed off the facility to industry reporters Tuesday with a multi-vehicle […]
Article credit to Denise Rondini at TruckingInfo.com CNG fuel system solution Rush Enterprises’ Momentum Fuel Technologies introduced us to, what it says is the industry’s first complete compressed natural gas. It is CNG fuel system solution for Class 6-8 trucks. “The industry is ready for a complete CNG fuel system solution,” said W.M. ‘Rusty’ Rush, […]
Article credits to DC Velocity For the second time in nine years, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) has asked the Department of Transportation to establish a rule requiring electronic speed limiters on all large trucks to be set no higher than 65 miles per hour. ATA, which represents the nation’s largest trucking companies, first petitioned […]
(Article credit to TruckinInfo.com, author Rolf Lockwood) Phase 2 of the fuel-efficiency/greenhouse gas regulations will soon be unveiled. Demanding even tougher, more stringent CO2 and fuel-consumption reductions of medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Engines and vehicles are tested separately in Phase 1, but there are those who urge that just one test. With engines rolled […]
Article credit to Evan Lockridge on TruckingInfo While some may complain that truck freight levels haven’t taken off like a rocket since the end of the Great Recession, the fact is they have posted solid improvements, according to Jonathan Starks of the freight forecasting firm FTR. Starks was speaking Tuesday during the company’s “Virtual […]
Article credit to David Cullen at TruckingInfo Although it’s likely to land with a solid thud on Capitol Hill — given that there are just two months left until current surface-transportation legislation expires — the U.S. Department of Transportation officially announced its $478-billion, six-year transportation reauthorization proposal. Funding for this year’s version of the GROW America Act would in […]
Ohio Lawmakers scrapped a proposal to raise highway speed limit to 75 mph that was opposed by the trucking industry, according to a report from Cleveland.com. The proposed speed limit increase was originally part of the state’s transportation budget, but when a committee of Ohio House and Senate members convened to finalize the details of […]
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