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
3/14/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Larry Smith/Trans Pixs The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 1.6% in January from a year ago but slipped from… Read More »DOT Freight Index Rises Year-Over-Year
Dynamic Fuels’ Louisiana plant uses scraps from Tyson Foods’ meat processing plant to create renewable diesel fuel. A high-fat diet might not be good for humans, but it could be great for trucks, trains, planes… Read More »Louisiana Plant Turns Animal Fat Into Fuel
3/13/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This A plan by the Pennsylvania Turnpike to move toward electronic tolling would put a 76% surcharge for motorists who do not use… Read More »Pa. Turnpike Considering Electronic Tolling Plan
All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Many truckers won’t hit the road without their super-size cups full of Coca-Cola or Mountain Dew, but a new study suggests that habit may be… Read More »Putting down the Mountain Dew
3/12/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Plans to charge a toll on Interstate 95 in North Carolina will make it more difficult for businesses to quickly and cheaply… Read More »Bill Would Prohibit Tolls on I-95 in North Carolina
Trailer Talk blog by Tom Berg, Senior Editor “Stop, Look and Listen.” You’d think professional truck drivers, of all people, would heed that warning at railroad crossings, but not all of them do. The blurry… Read More »What are drivers thinking before they get rammed at railroad crossings?
3/9/2012 10:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The U.S. trade deficit widened in January to its highest level since October 2008, the Commerce Department said Friday. The gap between… Read More »Trade Gap Is Highest in More Than Three Years