Ambassador files last-ditch effort to avoid demolition

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Ambassador Bridge lawyers aren't giving up trying to save newly constructed tool booths

Eaton plays up marketing with corporate shuffle

KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Eaton Corporation today announced that John Coll has been named vice president of global marketing for the Vehicle Group.

US freight tonnage 'sea-saws' upward

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.2 percent in December after falling 0.6 percent in November.

Cummins selling exhaust biz

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Cummins will sell its exhaust business to Global Tube, a private equity firm in Chicago.

Sens want to make heavy trucks pilot permanent

AUGUSTA, Ma. – Political proponents of heavier trucks say they will try to make permanent a now expired pilot program that permits trucks of up to 120,000 pounds in Maine and Vermont.

CTA: End urban war on trucks

WASHINGTON – Trucking, in the minds of far too many urbanites and city planners, is "at worst viewed as a necessary evil and at best it is taken for granted."

Researchers urge 'alternative' safety compliance methods

ARLINGTON, Va. – Is there a better way to monitor safety compliance of bigger fleets? The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) thinks so.

Spot market sees better than normal Dec

PORTLAND, Ore. -- TransCore's market research report states that 2010 closed with a 55 percent increase in spot market freight availability in December, compared to the same month in '09.

XATA taps new COO

MINNEAPOLIS -- XATA Corp. announced that David Gagne has been promoted to chief operating officer. He will report to Jay Coughlan, XATA's chairman and chief executive officer.

CN avoids massive strike

MONTREAL -- CN Rail says it has reached a tentative contract with the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union, which effectively cancels a strike by 3,400 workers on Jan. 25.