2/8/2012 1:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   The Department of Transportation on Wednesday said its freight transportation services index jumped 6.4% in December from a year ago and reached… Read More »DOT Freight Index Hits All-Time High in December

U.S. Xpress named Ray Harlin president following the recent death of co-founder Pat Quinn. U.S. Xpress Enterprises promoted Ray Harlin to president of the company. Harlin succeeds Patrick Quinn, the company’s co-founder, who passed away… Read More »U.S. Xpress Promotes Ray Harlin to President

2/7/2012 2:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Ray Harlin has been promoted to president of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, the truckload carrier said Tuesday. He succeeds Patrick Quinn, the company’s… Read More »Harlin Named President of U.S. Xpress

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 02-12 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Contact: Shashunga Clayton Tel.: 202-366-9999 U D Service Declared an Imminent Hazard and… Read More »U & D Service Declared an Imminent Hazard and
Ordered to Immediately Cease All Operations

By Jim Beach, Contributing Editor It’s a rare heavy-duty service shop or parts warehouse/distributor that doesn’t use some kind of computer software in its operation. It might be as simple as an accounting package such… Read More »Five Ways Software Can Improve Your Bottom Line

2/6/2012 2:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Truck maker Paccar Inc. has recalled some 2012-2013 model year Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks equipped with Bendix brake components that may leak,… Read More »Paccar Recalls Some Kenworth, Peterbilt Trucks Over Brake Issue

By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee did its job last week, reporting out a bill that would reauthorize the federal transportation program for five years at current funding levels.… Read More »House Highway Bill Clears Committee on Party-Line Vote

2/3/2012 9:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Tom Biery/Trans Pixs The largest U.S. freight railroads reached a tentative agreement last week with a union representing track and bridge maintenance… Read More »Railroads, Union Agree; Possible Strike Averted

More fleets are planning to buy trailers, driving the First Quarter Fleet Sentiment Report Buying Index from CK Commercial Vehicle Research up 4.6 points from the previous quarter to a reading of 93.9. CKCVR surveys… Read More »Fleet Sentiment Report Buying Index Rises 4+ Points from Previous Quarter

2/3/2012 10:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   An index of the U.S. economy’s service sector rose in January at the fastest pace in nearly a year, the Institute for… Read More »ISM Services Index Jumps in January

Airlines have not lost a minute of sleep over baggage fees or sandwich prices. Photo used under Creative Commons license. On the Road Blog by Jim Park, Equipment Editor For-hire trucking could learn a few… Read More »What trucking can learn from the airlines

2/3/2012 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   By Rip Watson, Senior Reporter This story appears in the Feb. 6 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Editor’s… Read More »Faulty Bendix Valves Installed on Around 60,000 New Trucks