The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 2.6% in June from May, after two monthly declines, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Freight Transportation Services Index. BTS, a part of… Read More »DOT Freight Index: Shipments Up 2.6% May to June
Updated: 8/11/2011 9:30:00 AM The U.S. trade deficit rose 4.4% in June to $53.1 billion as exports fell by the most in two-and-a-half years, the Commerce Department said Thursday. The gap rose from a revised… Read More »Trade Deficit Expands to $53.1 Billion
Dan Clark, president and general manager of GE Capital, Transportation Finance. By Dan Clark, president and general manager of GE Capital, Transportation Finance Trucking companies are ready to move beyond merely surviving. They’re ready to… Read More »How to Secure Commercial Financing: 10 Tips for Smart Borrowers
Updated: 8/10/2011 10:05:00 AM Wholesale inventories rose 0.6% in June, the slowest rate in seven months, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Wholesale sales also rose 0.6%, Commerce said. The inventories gain, which followed a 1.7%… Read More »Wholesale Inventories Rise 0.6% in June
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 27-11 Wednesday, August 10, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel.: (202) 366-9999 U.S. Department of Transportation Reinforces Commitment to… Read More »U.S. Department of Transportation Reinforces Commitment to No New Regulations for America's Agricultural Community
More than 400 top professional truck drivers from all across the U.S. are competing this week in the 2011 National Truck Driving Championships, August 9-13 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The… Read More »Truck Drivers Competing for National Championship
Updated: 8/9/2011 10:15:00 AM The Teamsters union said it has ratified a national agreement covering about 4,500 U.S. automobile-hauling workers. The union ratified the National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement, which it said addresses members’ “top… Read More »Teamsters Ratify National Carhaul Agreement
By Tom Nunlist, Associate Editor This month in Heavy Duty Trucking magazine, I explained how carriers can comply with forthcoming hands-free-only regulations on mobile devices. In short, the options out there are both varied and… Read More »A Hands-Free Mindset
Updated: 8/5/2011 10:45:00 AM FreshStart Logistics, a maker of transportation technology products, is partnering with counterpart Datatrac Corp. The two companies said Tuesday they are combining Datatrac’s cloud-based logistics system with FreshStart’s routing software in… Read More »FreshStart Logistics Teams With Datatrac
According to the Q3 2011 Fleet Sentiment Report, conducted by CK Commercial Vehicle Research, 40% of responding fleets say they are already feeling the impact of the shortage of qualified drivers. Another 25% indicate they… Read More »Survey Shows Driver Shortage Limiting Hauling Capacity, Growth Potential
Updated: 8/5/2011 11:00:00 AM Company Cites Three Recent Acquisitions Canadian carrier Contrans Group reported second-quarter net income of C$5.2 million, or 15 cents a share, compared with C$5.1 million, or 16 cents, a year earlier.… Read More »Contrans' 2Q Income Edges Higher
In interviewing security experts for our July cover story on cargo security, I learned about some of the latest tricks being used by cargo thieves: * Walking down a line of tractor-trailers and opening unsecured… Read More »A peek Into a cargo thief's bag of tricks