Updated: 1/28/2011 10:45:00 AM Intermodal traffic increased 6.2% last week compared with a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported. Traffic totaled 213,206 units, led by a 6.8% gain in containers to 180,888 units.… Read More »Intermodal Traffic Rises 6.2% for Week
Both truck loads and truck capacity trended up nationally on TransCore’s DAT Network of load boards for the week ending Jan. 22. This is the second consecutive week when spot market freight and capacity increased… Read More »Freight and Capacity up for Second Week in a Row on Spot Market
Updated: 1/28/2011 11:00:00 AM Logistics and intermodal firm Hub Group’s fourth-quarter profit jumped 25.7% to $12.5 million, or 34 cents a share, from $10 million, or 26 cents, a year earlier. Revenue rose 17.7% to… Read More »Hub Group's Fourth-Quarter Earnings Grow
“All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief I’ve heard a lot of talk about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new hours of service proposal. It’s too complicated, it would harm productivity,… Read More »Time to Submit Your Comments on HOS Proposal
Updated: 1/28/2011 11:15:00 AM Economy Expands at 2.9% for 2010, Commerce Dept. Says U.S. gross domestic product rose at a 3.2% annual rate in the fourth quarter, following a 2.6% expansion in the third quarter,… Read More »Fourth-Quarter GDP Grows at 3.2% Rate
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 01-11 Friday, January 28, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel: (202) 366-2309 or (202) 306-4580 FMCSA to Hold Public… Read More »FMCSA to Hold Public Listening Session on Hours-of-Service Proposed Rule
Daimler Trucks North America is marking the production of its 1,000th hybrid electric vehicle with a celebration at its Mt. Holly, NC plant. The 1,000th vehicle – a Freightliner Business Class M2 106 Hybrid truck,… Read More »Daimler Trucks North America Celebrates 1000th Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Updated: 1/27/2011 8:00:00 AM By Steve RoberExecutive Sales Director Schaeffer Manufacturing This Opinion piece appears in the Jan. 24 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. As we head into 2011, it’s… Read More »Opinion: Truck Maintenance Tips: The Top 11 for 2011
Net orders of commercial trailers rose to 22,915 in December, a 7 percent increase over a strong November, according to ACT Research Co. ACT also reported that December factory shipments were up 12 percent from… Read More »Trailer Orders Continue to Climb
Updated: 1/24/2011 2:00:00 PM Qualcomm Inc. said it has released its CSA Safety Performance Service to help carriers manage performance related to the federal Compliance, Safety, Accountability regulations’ new safety-measurement system. The software correlates hours-of-service… Read More »Qualcomm Releases CSA Software
The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.2 percent in December after falling a revised 0.6 percent in November. The latest improvement put the index at its highest level since… Read More »ATA Tonnage Index Jumps 2.2 Percent
Updated: 1/24/2011 4:40:00 PM CSX Corp. said Monday its fourth-quarter profit jumped 42% on higher shipments from auto manufacturers and other industrial shippers. Net income was $430 million, or $1.14 per share, up from $303… Read More »CSX's 4Q, Full-Year Earnings Jump on Higher Volume