TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA - Feb. Truck Tonnage Rises 3.5%

VA,USA -Transport Topics On Line -27 Mar 2008: -- February truck tonnage rose 3.5% from the same month last year, American Trucking Associations said in its monthly seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage index... The year-to-year increase left the index at a reading of 117.2, its highest reading in more than two years, ATA said. The February 2008 reading was flat compared with January, the previous month...


* UPS Puts 167 CNG Delivery Vans Into Service

VA,USA -Transport Topics On Line -27 Mar 2008: -- UPS Inc. said Thursday it has put 167 compressed-natural-gas-powered delivery vehicles into service in Texas, Georgia and California... The alternate-fuel vehicles are expected to improve fuel economy by 10% compared with the company’s standard diesel-powered delivery vans... Besides the new delivery vans, UPS said it has about 800 other CNG-powered vehicles in its fleet...