By David Beaudry, Contributor With recent reports showing that the nation’s transportation costs were up 10% over the previous year, it’s no wonder U.S. businesses continue to look for every avenue of cost-savings possible. And… Read More »Logistics Consulting: Convert Inefficiencies to Bottom Line Savings

5/10/2012 4:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   XPO Logistics announced its first acquisition, saying it will buy brokerage firm Continental Freight Services for $3.4 million. Buchanan, Mich.-based XPO also… Read More »XPO Logistics Reports 1Q Loss; Buys Brokerage Firm

The freight market continued to grow in April at the slow pace we have experienced for most of the recovery, with North American freight volumes rising 1.9% from March to April, according to the Cass… Read More »Freight Volumes Show Slow But Continued Growth

5/9/2012 11:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Larry Smith/Trans Pixs Diesel fuel will average $4.06 a gallon this year, the Department of Energy said, lowering a previous forecast. DOE also… Read More »DOE Lowers Price Forecasts for Diesel, Gasoline, Crude Oil

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 08-12 Monday, May 7, 2012 Contact: Candice T. Burns Tel.: (202) 366-9999 Kids Drive Safety Message With Annual… Read More »Kids Drive Safety Message With Annual "Be Ready, Be Buckled" Safety Belt Art Contest;
FMCSA Announces 2012 Contest Winners

All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief If you’re interested in trucking history or just enjoy photos of old trucks, here’s a website for you: Shorpy Historical Photo Archive at www.shorpy.com. Just… Read More »History in high-rez

5/8/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Highway fatalities fell last year to the lowest rate per miles driven since such record-keeping began in 1921, the Associated Press reported,… Read More »Highway Deaths Fall to Record Low

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 09-12 Monday, May 7, 2012 Contact: Shashunga Clayton Tel.: (202) 366-9999 U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Judson Mobley… Read More »U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Judson Mobley Logging, Inc. to Shut Down

BAE HybriDrive in this Kenworth T800 dump supplies only propulsion power, but could be set up to help tip the bed. For now the Cummins engine, running through a PTO, spins the hydraulic pump that… Read More »Test Drive: BAE HybriDrive — New and Smooth

5/7/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Gasoline’s national average pump price fell 7 cents in the past two weeks to $3.85 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg… Read More »Gasoline Continues Lower Trend, Lundberg Survey Reports

The average U.S. diesel exhaust fluid pump price remained at $2.74 per gallon between March and April 2012, after declining by 1 cent between February and March, according to discoverDEF.com. However, a number of major… Read More »DEF Prices Steady in March/April, Will Increase In May

5/4/2012 1:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   The April unemployment rate fell to a three-year low 8.1% and the trucking industry gained 1,800 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday. The U.S.… Read More »Trucking Adds Jobs as Unemployment Falls to Three-Year Low 8.1%