The merger of Transport America and Southern Cal will create a company with more than 2,200 drivers. Transport America, Egan, Minn., announced its acquisition of Birmingham, Ala.-based Southern Cal Transport. The merger will create a… Read More »Transport America Buys Southern Cal Transport
Updated: 1/12/2011 9:00:00 AM The price of goods imported to the United States increased 1.1% in December, the Labor Department said Wednesday. The gains were led by imported fuels and food. Excluding automobiles, prices of… Read More »Import Prices Grow 1.1% in December
Drivers with good CSA scores may be looking for carriers with good scores to drive for. “All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor Last month, the next stage of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety… Read More »How Will CSA Data Be Used?
Updated: 1/12/2011 9:45:00 AM American Trucking Associations announced Wednesday that it had named 18 truck drivers to represent the industry as America’s Road Team. The truck drivers were selected from 34 finalists who competed this… Read More »ATA Names Drivers to America's Road Team
Calstart, the California Energy Commission, and California Hybrid and Efficient Advanced Truck Research Center (Calheat) stakeholders are hosting a one-day interactive forum to exchange ideas on the policies driving zero emissions in Southern California and… Read More »CalHEAT Forum to Host Dialog on Getting to Zero Emissions
Updated: 1/12/2011 2:15:00 PM U.S. economic activity continued to “expand moderatelyâ€� between mid-November early January, but demand for transportation services was mixed, the Federal Reserve said. Fed districts based in Cleveland, Atlanta and Kansas City,… Read More »Fed Sees Mixed Transportation Demand in U.S.
Guest “All That’s Trucking” blog by Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor I spent all of yesterday in an uncomfortable chair in a hotel meeting room listening to 35 guys say pretty much the same thing… Read More »Tonic for a Winter Day
Updated: 1/11/2011 1:30:00 PM The Department of Energy continued to boost its projected price of diesel fuel, saying it will average $3.40 this year — a jump of 17 cents from its forecast last month.… Read More »Diesel to Average $3.40 This Year, DOE Says
Commentary by Rolf Lockwood, Editor at Large By way of a brief introduction to this first of several Engine Smarts columns to come, let me start by admitting to a lifelong fascination with the hardware… Read More »Engine Smarts: No Answers Yet
Updated: 1/6/2011 10:30:00 AM Ryder System has completed its acquisition of Total Logistic Control at a cost of $200 million, the company said. Ryder will keep TLC’s entire staff in similar roles, it said in… Read More »Ryder Completes Total Logistic Control Acquisition
The Propane Education Research Council (PERC) and the other members of the Alternative Fuels Trade Alliance will kick off its 2011 nationwide training program on alternative fuels at a workshop for fleet managers January 13… Read More »Propane Alliance Kicks Off Nationwide Training Program
Updated: 1/7/2011 8:00:00 AM By William FeldPresident DG Transportation Inc. This Opinion piece appears in the Jan. 3 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Appointment scheduling is common in today’s transportation… Read More »Opinion: Late Fees and Supply Chain Integrity