Updated: 8/5/2011 12:00:00 PM The Senate approved legislation Friday to end a two-week partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Associated Press reported. The move clears the way for… Read More »Congress Ends Partial FAA Shutdown
Oral Statement of Anne S. FerroFMCSA AdministratorCommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and SecurityU.S. Senate Making Our Roads Safer: Reauthorization of the Motor Carrier Safety Program July… Read More »Oral Statement by Anne S. Ferro before the Committee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security
Updated: 8/4/2011 11:15:00 AM Roadrunner Transportation Systems reported a second-quarter profit, compared with a loss a year ago, on higher freight revenue. Net income was $7.4 million, or 24 cents a… Read More »Roadrunner Posts Second-Quarter Profit
FreightWatch recorded 433 cargo theft incidents in the first half of 2011, a 6.8% decline from the same time period in 2010. The average value per recorded incident from January… Read More »FreightWatch: Cargo Thefts Declined Slightly in 2011’s First Half
Updated: 8/3/2011 10:30:00 AM Factory orders decreased 0.8% in June, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The decline followed a revised 0.6% gain in May that was smaller than originally reported.… Read More »Factory Orders Decline 0.8% in June
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week will be held September 11-17. Companies are asked to register their events online. In conjunction with NTDAW, companies across the U.S. and Canada will be… Read More »NTDAW Website Provides Event Information to Drivers, Companies Asked to Register
Updated: 7/27/2011 5:00:00 PM Company Cites Concerns on Continued High Fuel Costs Knight Transportation said late Wednesday its second-quarter profit rose from a year ago on stronger truckload markets and… Read More »Knight Transportation’s 2Q Income Improves
The American Trucking Associations will sponsor a video contest for National Truck Driver Appreciation Week for a third year. The contest aims to celebrate the 3.2 million professional truck drivers… Read More »ATA Announces Third Annual National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Video Contest
Updated: 7/29/2011 8:00:00 AM By Tom WolfeDirector of Strategic Fuel Procurement Maxum Petroleum This Opinion piece appears in the July 25 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe… Read More »Opinion: Consider Hedging On-Road Fuel Costs
The Baker Truck Corral on I-84 will provide electric shore power starting August 12. It is the first electrified truckstop parking location to become operational as part of the national… Read More »Truckstop Electrification Program Opens First Location on I-84 in Oregon
Updated: 7/28/2011 8:45:00 AM Initial jobless claims dropped last week by 24,000 to 398,000, the lowest level since April, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists had called for a rate… Read More »Initial Jobless Claims Fall 24,000 for Week
“Carriers are looking for partners to ‘tango’ with as volume and rate expectations are very positive.” That’s the comment of Richard Mikes, partner at Transport Capital Partners, about what the… Read More »Carriers Looking at Acquisitions