Avery ViseBusinessDiesel prices jump 4.8 cents to $3.868The U.S. average price of a gallon of diesel fuel increased for the second straight week during the week ended Monday, Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The average price rose 4.8 cents to $3.868 a gallon — the largest jump since mid-July — and is 93.7 cents higher […]September 6, 2011BusinessCCJ Webinar: State of TruckingHear the latest on trucking and the economy from Noel Perry, principal of Transport Fundamentals and partner in transportation forecasting firm FTR Associates, and Avery Vise, executive director, trucking research and analysis, for Randall-Reilly.August 17, 2011BusinessTrucking adds 1,300 jobs in JulyPayroll employment in the trucking industry grew for the sixth straight month in July as for-hire trucking companies added 1,300 new jobs, according to preliminary estimates released Friday, Aug. 5. Meanwhile, payroll employment for the entire U.S. economy beat analysts expectations at 117,000 new jobs, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. […]August 5, 2011BusinessCon-way’s Q2 operating profit rises 70 percentCon-way Inc. on Thursday, Aug. 4 reported a net profit of $29.4 million and operating profit of $60.2 million for the second quarter ended June 30. That compares to a $13.9 million net and $35.4 million operating profit in the same quarter last year. Revenue was up 3.2 percent to $1.35 billion. Douglas Stotlar, Con-way’s […]August 5, 2011BusinessTransplace CEO to chair regulatory reform allianceThe Alliance for Safe, Efficient and Competitive Truck Transportation (ASECTT) announced that Tom Sanderson, president & CEO of Transplace, will serve as chairman of the nonprofit group, which works for balanced regulations governing trucking regulation. ASECTT, which is composed of carriers, shippers and brokers among others, seeks to ensure a fair and competitive marketplace by […]August 3, 2011BusinessDiesel dips 1.2 cents to $3.937After three straight week of increases, the U.S. average price for a gallon of diesel slipped 1.2 cents to $3.937 for the week ended Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The price is nearly $1.01 higher than the same week last year. Regionally, the picture was somewhat mixed as […]August 2, 2011BusinessISM index: Manufacturing growth practically stopsEconomic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in July for the 24th consecutive month, but just barely, according to the latest report on manufacturing from the Institute for Supply Management. ISM’s composite PMI plunged 4.4 points to 50.9 percent. The threshold between an expanding manufacturing sector and a contracting one is 50 percent. Another near-term […]August 1, 2011BusinessTrucking adds 4,400 jobs in JuneThe surge in trucking employment didn’t just resume in June; apparently it never stopped. While last month’s job report from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that for-hire trucking companies had added only 100 jobs in May, the latest BLS report released Friday, July 8, revised those numbers to a 3,000-job […]July 8, 2011BusinessFMCSA border inspector indicted for accepting bribeEric Hernandez, a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration safety specialist and border inspector, recently was indicted in U.S. District Court in Laredo, Texas, on a charge of accepting a bribe. According to the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General, Hernandez allegedly sold a Level I Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance decal to the driver of […]June 23, 2011BusinessFMCSA safety specialist pleads guilty to briberyJames H. Wood, a former FMCSA supervisory highway safety specialist, recently pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Buffalo, N.Y., to bribery. According to the DOT Office of Inspector General, Wood requested and accepted payments from Canadian trucking safety consultants to postpone safety audits of Canadian trucking companies, provide satisfactory ratings to Canadian trucking companies […]June 23, 2011Previous PagePage 13 of 85Next PageTop StoriesDriver coaching and scorecardingDrivers rank camera as top safety tech, as long as it faces outwardTruck drivers ranked a camera, depending on which way it faces, as having a good and bad influence on driver safety.Test DrivesQuick spin: Pete's electric Model 579Recruiting & retentionTrucking's youth movement lagging, but no retirement in sight for most driversTechnologyTransportation a top 10 target of cyberattackers, cases nearly triple last yearFeatured SponsorDownload the Heavy Duty Maintenance Checklist