Updated: 11/19/2010 11:30:00 AM The outgoing chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has urged Congress to approve a one-year extension of current highway legislation so the new Congress that convenes in January will… Read More »Oberstar Urges One-Year Extension of Highway Legislation
Preserve Section 1031 exchanges The IRS has recently announced that it will be scrutinizing “Section 1031 exchanges” of real estate to ensure that such exchanges comply with all the tax law requirements in this area.… Read More »Real Estate
By Tom Berg, Senior Editor Testing on regular runs showed Duplainville Transport which aerodynamic improvers to use on its 53-by-102 van trailers, and experience shows substantial fuel economy gains with a quick payback on the… Read More »Graphic Success: This Fleet's Testing Helped it Choose Aero Devices
Updated: 11/19/2010 2:00:00 PM UPS Inc. said Friday it will sell its UPS Logistics Technologies unit to Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm. UPS Logistics Technologies, Baltimore, creates transportation routing and fleet management software. It… Read More »UPS to Sell Logistics Tech Business
By Glen Sokolis, Sokolis Group Please wait a second before being upset at this headline. Before this article goes any further, politics don’t sway my view on higher taxes, which will increase diesel fuel prices… Read More »Why Diesel Fuel Prices Need Increased Taxes
SAVE THE DATE: FMCSA TO HOST FORUM AT TRB 90TH ANNUAL MEETING The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Office of Analysis, Research, and Technology (ART) is hosting a forum titled FMCSA’s Analysis, Research, and… Read More »FMCSA to Host Forum at TRB 90th Annual Meeting
Wabash dry van trailers were the top brand in new registrations tracked by Polk. “Trailer Talk” guest blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor New commercial trailer registrations for the first nine months of the year were… Read More »Tracking Trailer Trends
Updated: 11/22/2010 8:05:00 AM Lakeside International Trucks said it has acquired an International dealership in Rockford, Ill., from Chicago International Trucks dealership group. Milwaukee-based Lakeside now operates seven International truck dealerships throughout Wisconsin and Illinois.… Read More »Lakeside International Buys Illinois Dealership
Sugar beet based de-icers like Ice Bite and GeoMelt could offer a less corrosive, more environmentally friendly way for states to de-ice roads. Or maybe not. “All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor As… Read More »Beets on the Highway
Updated: 11/22/2010 9:15:00 AM By Michele Fuetsch, Staff Reporter This story appears in the Nov. 22 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Truckers traveling on Interstate 90 across northern Ohio will… Read More »Plan Under Way to Renovate 44 Oldest Rest Areas in Ohio
The number of merger and acquisition deals announced in the global transportation and logistics sector in the third quarter remained above the pace of 2009 and is about the same as the previous quarter. There… Read More »Global Transportation Merger/Acquisition Activity Flat
Updated: 11/22/2010 10:00:00 AM Falling Oil Prices Could Lower Weekly Average Gasoline’s national average price rose by almost a nickel in the past two weeks to $2.87 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey… Read More »Gasoline Gains a Nickel to $2.87 a Gallon