Vrdolyak Law Group Recovers $2.9 Million for Former Truck Driver in Work Injury Case
CHICAGO, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A 52-year-old former truck driver from Illinois has been awarded $2.9 million in a settlement reached with a nation-wide corporation. In 2003, the victim suffered a severe leg injury while unloading products from his company's truck at a customer's distribution location.

Safety Groups and Drivers Go to Court Over New Truck Driver Hours of Service Rule
NEW RULE ON TRUCK DRIVER HOURS OF SERVICE FAILS TO ADDRESS DRIVER FATIGUE WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The federal rule for truck driver hours of service (HOS) still fails to make needed improvements to protect the public from tired truckers and should be subjected to judicial review according to Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Public Citizen, the Truck Safety Coalition, and two truck drivers who today filed a lawsuit challenging the new rule.

Ritchie Bros. to conduct mining equipment auction in Charleston, WV on April 3
The company will also sell several late model, low hour off-highway rock trucks in Edmonton, AB and Fort Worth, TX in early March CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest industrial auctioneer, will conduct an unreserved public auction at an off-site location in Charleston, WV on April 3, 2012, starting at 9 a.m.

ATA Calls on FMCSA to Make Needed Changes to CSA System
ARLINGTON, Va., March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves today reiterated ATA's support of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Compliance Safety Accountability motor carrier oversight program while calling on FMCSA to address a list of flaws in the system.

Stater Bros. Honors Truck Drivers at Annual "Safe Driving Awards Banquet"
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Stater Bros. Supermarkets recently honored its 297 Truck Drivers at the Company's 28th Annual Safe Driving Awards Banquet at the Riverside Convention Center in Riverside, California.  (Photo: ) The current roster of Stater Bros.

Strategic Analysis of North American Class 4-8 Truck Engine Oil Factory Fill Market
NEW YORK, April 19, 2012  /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Strategic Analysis of North American Class 4-8 Truck Engine Oil Factory Fill Market A comprehensive analysis of the North American class 4 - 8 truck factory fill market through the study period of 2011 - 2017 with its base year in 2011.

ATA Truck Tonnage Increased 0.5% in February
ARLINGTON, Va., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.5% in February after falling 4.6% in January.  (January's decrease was more than the preliminary 4% drop we reported on February 28th.) The latest gain put the SA index at 119.3 (2000=100), up from January's level of 118.7.  Compared with February 2011, the SA index was up 5.5%, better than January's 3.1% increase.  (Logo: ) The not seasonally adjusted index, which represents the change in tonnage actually hauled by the fleets before any seasonal adjustment, equaled 112.9 in February, which was 1.3% above the previous mont ...