Updated: 4/20/2011 10:45:00 AM Marten Transport’s first-quarter profit rose 5.2%, its fourth straight quarter of higher year-over-year profitability, on improved performance in its truckload and logistics sectors. Net income rose to $4.1 million, or 19… Read More »Marten's First-Quarter Profit Improves

U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Chattanooga, Tenn., has partnered with the Wounded Warrior Project as a Platinum Sponsor — a $50,000 commitment. During April and May, the company will donate $5 for every experienced qualified driver who… Read More »U.S. Xpress Partners with Wounded Warrior Project as Platinum Sponsor

 Updated: 4/19/2011 8:15:00 AM Third-party logistics provider England Logistics said Tuesday it has purchased McLeod Software’s Freight Management Solutions application. “With the large volume of freight that flows through our network, our utilization of the McLeod… Read More »England Logistics Chooses McLeod FMS

TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index set a new record in March, topping previous record from May 2008. Volumes for March 2011 were up 35 percent from the previous year and 36 percent from the prior month.… Read More »TransCore's Canadian Freight Index Sets New Record

 Updated: 4/15/2011 2:00:00 PM By Dan Leone, Staff Reporter This story appears in the April 18 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. An Illinois appellate court has upheld a lower court’s… Read More »Ill. Appellate Court Upholds Liability Ruling Against C.H. Robinson for Fatal Accident

Commentary by Rolf Lockwood, Editor at Large You may not know that Navistar owns a subsidiary company called PurePower Technologies, formed last year, which has just announced the purchase of the Eaton Corporation’s aftertreatment business.… Read More »Engine Smarts: New directions in aftertreatment

 Updated: 4/14/2011 8:15:00 AM The U.S. economy showed improvement from mid-February through early April, and reports from transportation services firms were mostly positive, the Federal Reserve reported. Business services, including freight-related activities, improved in most… Read More »Transportation Services Show Upswing, Fed 'Beige Book' Report Says

Old Dominion Freight Line kicked off its third annual truck tour with a stop in Tampa on Wednesday. The Old Dominion Tampa Service Center hosted the first of seven stops on the 2011 Old Dominion… Read More »Old Dominion Kicks off Nationwide Truck Tour in Tampa

 Updated: 4/14/2011 8:35:00 AM Initial jobless claims jumped by 27,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. New claims increased to 412,000 for the week ended Saturday, higher than economists’ forecasts of little change at… Read More »Initial Jobless Claims Rise for Week

Starting April 25, weather permitting, routine bridge inspections on Interstate 80 over the Des Plaines River in Joliet, Ill., will require daily lane closures for approximately three weeks. The lane closures will be set and… Read More »Expect I-80 Delays in Illinois for Inspections and Construction

 Updated: 4/14/2011 9:00:00 AM Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.7% in March, led by cost increases in energy and light trucks and automobiles, the Labor Department said Thursday. The increase in prices paid to… Read More »Producer Price Index Rises 0.7% in March

Hiring in the trucking industry picked up in the fourth quarter of 2010. Coupled with an increase in the turnover rate for linehaul truckload drivers, this portends increased demand for drivers as the economy recovers.… Read More »ATA: Increased Hiring and Rising Turnover Indicate Economic Recovery