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Spot market volume slipped and average truckload rates edged downward during the week ending Jan. 24, reported DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards. The number of loads posted on DAT boards fell 19% against a 15% increa...

Falling energy prices are currently discouraging truck buyers, who have to do the math on the incremental capital costs associated with compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered units. But many industry experts...

ACT Research said that used Class 8 truck sales in 2014 declined 5%, but prices climbed 18%. The research is part of ACT’s U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks report...

In honor of Peterbilt Motors Co.'s 75th anniversary, a special celebration in Stockton, CA, drew thousands of attendees and 351 Peterbilt trucks and tractors. It was the largest collection of Peterbilt trucks ever assembled, the OEM noted, with...

Demand for truck and trailer parts grew roughly 2% in 2014 to $26.19 billion dollars, and it will continue to grow, albeit at a slower pace this year and through 2019, according to John Blodgett, VP of sales and marketing for MacKay & Co.  Spe...

Average retail pump prices for diesel continued to decline across the U.S. according to data tracked by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), though an uptick in global oil prices and a slowdown in domestic production activity...

Congress faces many challenges this year, but finding a way to sustain the Highway Trust Fund should be “at the top of that list,” says the American Trucking Assns. Along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AAA, ATA on Monday wrote the new Co...

American Trucker’s round-up of this and that this week features bite-size news of CDL fraud schemes, a jury award for a driver who admitted he had a problem and was treated poorly by his company, the nationwide truck parking problem, the he...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to make several changes to its Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program this year, such as lowering the card’s fee slightly while boosting “proof-of-citizenship” docum...

American Trucker’s round-up of this and that this week features bite-size news of diesel prices for 2015-2016, the impact on trucking of an oil-field slowdown, a carrier qualifications report card and a trucker who’s making his rig internet sav...