3/20/2012 3:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This WASHINGTON — House Transportation Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that a temporary extension will be unveiled as early as Wednesday and voted… Read More »Mica Seeks Temporary Extension for Transportation Funding
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 03-12 Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Contact: Candice T. Burns Tel.: (202) 366-9999 Consumers Take the Driver’s Seat on… Read More »Consumers Take the Driver's Seat on Safety with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's SaferBus iPhone/iPad App
Mile Hi Foods added 17 460-volt electrical outlets to its loading docks and installed 20 free-standing receptacles in its yard, so loaded trailers can be parked and run electrically while waiting to be dispatched. Western… Read More »Mile-Hi Foods Plugs Into Savings
3/19/2012 2:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor $6.8 Billion Deal Is Company’s Largest Tweet Print This UPS Inc. UPS Inc. said Monday it will acquire Netherlands-based TNT Express, after boosting its offer… Read More »UPS Announces TNT Acquisition
3/16/2012 10:20:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This XPO Logistics said it has commenced a $126 million public offering of 8 million shares of its common stock. The third-party logistics… Read More »XPO Logistics Boosts Stock Offering
The American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association each filed motions to intervene with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in litigation challenging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s… Read More »ATA, TCA File Issue Statements with Court in HOS Challenge
3/16/2012 11:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Tom Biery/Trans Pixs U.S. intermodal traffic rose 4.2% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads… Read More »Intermodal Traffic Rises 4.2% for Week
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry fell 3.6% in January from December, declining after five consecutive monthly increases, according to the DOT’s Freight Transportation Services Index. The Freight TSI, released by… Read More »DOT Says Freight Shipments Fell 3.6% in January from Record December
3/16/2012 3:20:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Oil rose almost $2 Friday to finish the week over $107 a barrel, on signs that the U.S. economy was rebounding, Bloomberg… Read More »Oil Finishes Week Over $107
Saddle Creek’s new Freightliner Business Class M2 112 tractors run on compressed natural gas. Saddle Creek Corp., a nationwide third-party logistics provider based in Lakeland, Fla., is taking delivery of the first 40 natural gas… Read More »Florida 3PL Adding Natural-Gas Trucks to For-Hire Fleet
3/15/2012 1:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This DHL Express said it will spend $47 million to upgrade its U.S. package express and cargo sorting facility and capability at the… Read More »DHL to Spend $47 Million to Expand U.S. Hub
The National Private Truck Council and Idealease are hosting 25 “Truck Safety Evolution” seminars in the U.S. and Canada March through May. These seminars give trucking professionals the most current information on CSA to help… Read More »NPTC and Idealease Hosting 25 Safety Seminars