CN Rail has announced a series of capacity improvements to accommodate growing container volumes at its Brampton Intermodal Terminal, located north of Toronto. BIT is Canada’s largest rail intermodal terminal and a key component in… Read More »CN Increases Capacity at Toronto-area Intermodal Terminal

 Updated: 5/20/2011 8:15:00 AM A new study has concluded that Boston should ban the transport of nearly all nonradioactive hazardous materials through the downtown and North End areas to protect the public. The Battelle Memorial… Read More »New Study Supports Boston Hazmat Ban

Commentary by Glen Sokolis, Sokolis Group It’s hard to believe that fuel prices are falling, especially if your local gas station has not yet crested the hill at the pump. In fact, most of us… Read More »Diesel Fuel Prices Are Falling, But Why?

 Updated: 5/20/2011 11:30:00 AM More than 400 contractors, materials suppliers and engineers are expected to rally in Washington next week and to lobby Congress for a new highway bill to replace the one that originally… Read More »Builders, Unions to Rally, Lobby for New Highway Bill Next Week in Washington

MAHA USA announced the addition of the new KAR 250/350 Heavy Duty Scissor Lift to its Heavy Duty Equipment Line. The scissor lift can lift vehicles weighing up to 118,000 pounds up to 6.8 feet… Read More »MAHA USA Introduces Heavy Duty Scissor Lift

 Updated: 5/19/2011 8:40:00 AM Initial jobless claims fell 29,000 to 409,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Claims for the week ended Saturday fell to to 409,000. Economists had forecast the rate to rise to… Read More »Jobless Claims Drop 29,000 in Week

The American Trucking Associations says detention time is an issue to be negotiated between carriers and shippers, and the federal government should stay out of it. ATA’s Board of Directors voted to oppose efforts at… Read More »ATA Opposes Efforts to Regulate Detention Time

 Updated: 5/19/2011 10:00:00 AM Truck and engine manufacturer Paccar Inc. said it has reached agreement to lease new Kenworth T800 day cab tractors with 15-liter liquefied natural gas engines to a division of truckload carrier… Read More »C. R. England to Lease Kenworth LNG Tractors

“Trailer Talk” blog by Tom Berg, Senior Editor Some truckers are so proud of the equipment they operate that they want scale models to display in their homes or offices. One man who makes that… Read More »Beautiful custom-built models start with long sheets of styrene

 Updated: 5/18/2011 8:00:00 AM By Richard MoskowitzVice President and Regulatory Affairs Counsel American Trucking Associations This Opinion piece appears in the May 16 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Recent events… Read More »Opinion: Domestic Energy Production Besieged

TransCore’s North American Freight Index showed a 14 percent decline in spot market truckload freight volume for the month of April compared to March, but a 12 percent increase compared to April 2010. Freight volumes… Read More »TransCore's North American Freight Index Dips in April Due to Extreme Weather

 Updated: 5/17/2011 8:40:00 AM Decline Is Biggest in a Year; Gas Dips a Half-Cent to $3.96 Diesel’s national average price fell 4.3 cents to $4.061 a gallon, its third decline in four weeks and the… Read More »Diesel Fuel Price Drops 4.3¢ to $4.061 a Gallon