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
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