Updated: 3/18/2011 9:00:00 AM Intermodal traffic rose 6.5% last week from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said. Traffic increased to 216,828 units for the week ended Saturday, AAR said in its weekly… Read More »Intermodal Traffic Grows 6.5% for Week
Updated: 3/16/2011 8:00:00 AM By Michael BuckPresident MCB Consulting This Opinion piece appears in the March 14 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Staggeringly high prices for fuel are with us… Read More »Opinion: Don't Waste Your Precious Profits
Troubled less-than-truckload carrier YRC Worldwide, may face bankruptcy as Teamsters seek a higher interest rate on deferred pension obligations owed by the company. According to the 10-K annual report submitted by YRC to the Securities… Read More »YRC Worldwide May Face Bankruptcy Over Pensions
Updated: 3/16/2011 10:00:00 AM Rochelle Gorman, CEO of CalArk International, received the first Influential Woman in Trucking award this week at the Truckload Carriers Association meeting in San Diego. The award recognized Gorman for her… Read More »CalArk CEO Gorman Wins Trucking Award
The New York State Thruway Authority is implementing a new pavement striping program. The new pavement marking system, known as Recess Triple Drop, is more visible and durable in all lighting and weather conditions. Steve… Read More »New York State Using New Reflective Pavement Striping
Updated: 3/11/2011 3:00:00 PM Crude Prices Slips Friday to Near $101 Per Barrel President Obama said Friday he is prepared to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve if needed to prevent any oil supply disruptions, even… Read More »Obama Says U.S. May Tap Oil Reserve
By TruckingInfo Staff A group of carriers that has been pushing mandatory electronic onboard recorders is crying foul when it comes to the Department of Transportation’s plan to fund the devices on Mexican trucks that… Read More »EOBR Alliance Decries Unfairness of DOT's Plan to Pay for EOBRs on Mexican Trucks
Updated: 3/14/2011 9:00:00 AM Oil fell to a two-week low Monday to less than $100 a barrel in part due to concerns that Japan’s big earthquake Friday will hurt growth and reduce fuel demand in… Read More »Oil Falls to Two-Week Low Under $100
Truckload freight availability on TransCore’s DAT Network of load boards increased by 12 percent nationwide in the week ending March 5, showing the strongest load volume for a single week since TransCore began reporting weekly… Read More »Weekly Spot Market Freight Volumes Hit Two-Year High
Updated: 3/7/2011 2:30:00 PM YRC Worldwide said Monday that William Trubeck will replace Chief Financial Officer Sheila Taylor, who is leaving the company at the end of the month. Taylor is leaving “to pursue opportunities… Read More »YRC Board Member Trubeck to Replace Taylor as CFO
The fundamentals that support heavy-duty commercial vehicle demand continue to signal the start of an up-cycle for the market, according to ACT Research Co. Net orders for Class 8 vehicles continued to surge in January… Read More »Strong Commercial Vehicle Order Intake Reiterates Current Market Strength
Updated: 3/11/2011 8:00:00 AM By Randolph Smith and Barbara Koosa RyanFederal Tax Partners Grant Thornton This Opinion piece appears in the March 7 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. What was… Read More »Opinion: S Corporations and Trucking