Guest commentary by Ryan Mossman, FuelQuest Fuel Services Rising and volatile fuel prices are applying significant pressure to commercial fleet operational plans and budgets. In the first two months of the New Year, fuel prices… Read More »Getting Ready for More Volatile Fuel Prices with Fuel Purchasing Strategies
Updated: 5/23/2011 8:00:00 AM By Julian KeelingChief Executive Officer Consolidators International This Opinion piece appears in the May 23 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Fewer than five months into 2011,… Read More »Opinion: Rethink the 'Just-in-Time' Delivery System
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 14-11 Monday, May 23, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel.:(202) 366-9999 Secretary LaHood Announces Success of Driver Pre-Employment Screening… Read More »Secretary LaHood Announces Success of Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program on One Year Anniversary
CN Rail has announced a series of capacity improvements to accommodate growing container volumes at its Brampton Intermodal Terminal, located north of Toronto. BIT is Canada’s largest rail intermodal terminal and a key component in… Read More »CN Increases Capacity at Toronto-area Intermodal Terminal
Updated: 5/20/2011 8:15:00 AM A new study has concluded that Boston should ban the transport of nearly all nonradioactive hazardous materials through the downtown and North End areas to protect the public. The Battelle Memorial… Read More »New Study Supports Boston Hazmat Ban
Commentary by Glen Sokolis, Sokolis Group It’s hard to believe that fuel prices are falling, especially if your local gas station has not yet crested the hill at the pump. In fact, most of us… Read More »Diesel Fuel Prices Are Falling, But Why?
Updated: 5/20/2011 11:30:00 AM More than 400 contractors, materials suppliers and engineers are expected to rally in Washington next week and to lobby Congress for a new highway bill to replace the one that originally… Read More »Builders, Unions to Rally, Lobby for New Highway Bill Next Week in Washington
MAHA USA announced the addition of the new KAR 250/350 Heavy Duty Scissor Lift to its Heavy Duty Equipment Line. The scissor lift can lift vehicles weighing up to 118,000 pounds up to 6.8 feet… Read More »MAHA USA Introduces Heavy Duty Scissor Lift
Updated: 5/19/2011 8:40:00 AM Initial jobless claims fell 29,000 to 409,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Claims for the week ended Saturday fell to to 409,000. Economists had forecast the rate to rise to… Read More »Jobless Claims Drop 29,000 in Week
The American Trucking Associations says detention time is an issue to be negotiated between carriers and shippers, and the federal government should stay out of it. ATA’s Board of Directors voted to oppose efforts at… Read More »ATA Opposes Efforts to Regulate Detention Time
Updated: 5/19/2011 10:00:00 AM Truck and engine manufacturer Paccar Inc. said it has reached agreement to lease new Kenworth T800 day cab tractors with 15-liter liquefied natural gas engines to a division of truckload carrier… Read More »C. R. England to Lease Kenworth LNG Tractors
“Trailer Talk” blog by Tom Berg, Senior Editor Some truckers are so proud of the equipment they operate that they want scale models to display in their homes or offices. One man who makes that… Read More »Beautiful custom-built models start with long sheets of styrene