Updated: 6/24/2011 10:30:00 AM The U.S. economy rose at a 1.9% annual rate in the first quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday, boosting an earlier estimate. The gross domestic product growth rate followed a 3.1%… Read More »First-Quarter GDP Revised Upward to 1.9%

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The question is, how does this data gets in the hands of enforcement personnel? By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor One of the tough, unanswered questions about electronic logs for hours of service is how… Read More »FMCSA Opts for Wireless Web-Based Transmission of Electronic Logs

 Updated: 6/23/2011 4:00:00 PM Michelin North America said Thursday that its chairman, Richard Wilkerson, will retire by year’s end. He will be succeeded by Pete Selleck. Selleck, who will return to Greenville, S.C., from Michelin’s… Read More »Michelin North America Chairman Wilkerson To Retire

TravelCenters of America, owner of Petro Stopping Centers, has completed its planned acquisition and opening of the newest Petro travel center at Exit 252 off I-70 in Salina, Kan. The Salina site had been operated… Read More »New Petro Opening at Salina, Kan.

 Updated: 6/21/2011 2:00:00 PM Truck component maker Accuride Corp. said it has acquired Camden, S.C.-based wheel maker Forgitron Technologies. Terms were not disclosed. Evansville, Ind.-based Accuride said Monday it has taken over Forgitron’s 80,000-square-foot aluminum… Read More »Accuride Purchases Forgitron Technologies

The recent Second Quarter Business Expectations Survey by Transport Capital Partners found the carriers’ responses were essentially unchanged for the last four quarters on capacity plans. “The industry’s desire to add capacity remains conservative, as… Read More »Carriers' Plans to Add Capacity Remain Unchanged for Four Quarters

 Updated: 6/20/2011 3:30:00 PM The Port of New Haven has received $380,000 to build 14 electrification stations so truckers can park in comfort with engines off as they wait to load or unload cargo, according… Read More »New Haven Port Seeks to Aid Truckers

The California Air Resources Board will hold a third workshop to discuss potential changes to its existing Transport Refrigeration Unit regulation. The workshop will take place on Wednesday, June 29 from 10 a.m. to noon… Read More »CARB Looking at More Changes to Reefer Rules

 Updated: 6/17/2011 9:00:00 AM Descartes Systems Group, a supplier of logistics technology, has acquired Telargo Inc. for about C$9.6 million in cash. The target is a privately held Jersey City, N.J.-based provider of software that… Read More »Descartes Systems Buys Telargo for C$9.6 Million

North American Class 8 net orders, while below April’s overheated intake, were still 77 percent about the same month last year, continuing to fuel growth in the industry backlog. Orders for heavy-duty trucks returned to… Read More »Heavy Duty Order Backlog Continues to Grow

 Updated: 6/17/2011 9:30:00 AM An investor announced plans this week to take control of Express-1 Expedited Solutions, in order to expand the brokerage and forwarding business.   Bradley Jacobs, an investor who previously backed waste… Read More »Express-1 Gets $150 Million Buyout Offer