In The News

• UPS sets 5.9% LTL rate hike for 2009

  By Transport Topics
  Posted Oct 20th 2008 2:42AM

  UPS Inc. said Friday it has set a 5.9% rate increase for its less-than-truckload unit, UPS Freight, for 2009. The ...

• Pennsylvania’s anti-idling rule set to take effect in February 2009

  By Keith Goble, state legislative editor - Land Line
  Posted Oct 20th 2008 2:38AM

  A new law in Pennsylvania is intended to reduce unnecessary idling of large trucks throughout the state. In most insta...

• Trucker Buddy names Doug Driscoll new executive director

  By Charlie Morasch, staff writer - Land Line
  Posted Oct 20th 2008 2:32AM

  Trucker Buddy International recently announced that Doug Driscoll will be the organization’s new executive dir...

• FMCSA sets hazmat policy

  By Avery Wise - eTrucker
  Posted Oct 20th 2008 2:26AM

  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced in the Sept. 16 Federal Register that it will consider pr...

• Forewarned is forearmed; information can be just a click away

  By The Trucker News Services
  Posted Oct 17th 2008 2:50AM

  A good friend of mine recently found out that he was going to have to deal with prostate cancer. After the initial s...