In The News

• SPECIAL REPORT: Bill aims to freeze truck size, weights on interstates

  By Jami Jones, senior editor
  Posted Mar 27th 2009 6:54AM

  Given the state of the nation’s infrastructure, a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives seeks to...

• Alcoa says new forged aluminum wheel lightest in the industry

  By The Trucker News Services
  Posted Mar 27th 2009 6:52AM

  CLEVELAND — Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products (AWTP) has unveiled what the company has called a significa...

• Oil below $53 amid concern over demand outlook

  By Louise Watt - The Associated Press
  Posted Mar 27th 2009 6:50AM

  LONDON — Oil prices fell below $53 a barrel Friday, a day after hitting a high for the year, on concerns about ...

• OOIDA president asks Obama to suspend any immediate plans for another Mexico truck pilot project

  By The Trucker News Services
  Posted Mar 27th 2009 6:48AM

  GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — The president of the nation’s largest independent trucking association has asked Pre...

• Next authorization of surface transportation funds one of highest priorities, LaHood tells Congress

  By Lyndon Finney - The Trucker Staff
  Posted Mar 27th 2009 6:44AM

  WASHINGTON— Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood told members of Congress Wednesday that the next authorizatio...