UPDATED: 10/6/2011 1:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Forward Air has become the primary provider of expedited ground logistics throughout the U.S. for United Cargo, the cargo division formed… Read More »Forward Air Signs Logistics Agreement with United Cargo
Don Hackl, a driver for Tom Donahue Trucking, monitors the pneumatic transfer of plastic pellets from the railcar to his Heil tanker. The pellets will be molded into squeezable food containers. Trailer Talk Blog by… Read More »Watching old-fashioned intermodalism at North Milwaukee's 'plastic tracks'
UPDATED: 10/5/2011 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This National Tank Truck Carriers said Wednesday it has asked Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to stop two rulemaking processes aimed at tank trucks.… Read More »NTTC Asks DOT to Halt Two Tank Truck Rulemakings
Engine Smarts by Tom Berg, Senior Editor What’s going on with the latest diesels? The answer depends on who’s doing the talking. In press releases, manufacturers are painting a happy picture with stories of reliable… Read More »Good stories countered by complaints at TMC's Fleet Talk
UPDATED: 10/4/2011 10:20:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Factory orders declined 0.2% in August as vehicle bookings decreased, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. The decline followed a revised 2.1%… Read More »Factory Orders Dip 0.2% in August
By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor The CSA truck safety enforcement program is missing pieces and is behind schedule, so it’s too soon to tell how effective it will be, but data gathered so far… Read More »Watchdog Agency Offers Course Correction on CSA
UPDATED: 10/3/2011 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The trucking joint-venture between Navistar Inc. and Caterpillar Inc. will become a Navistar subsidiary, the two companies said. The companies in… Read More »Navistar-Caterpillar Trucking Joint-Venture Becomes Navistar Unit
Paper logs may be burdensom and subject to interpretation, but at least you know what’s on the page is what you put there. Photo by Jim Park One of the tenets of our legal system… Read More »Can EOBRs be hacked, or their data corrupted?
UPDATED: 9/30/2011 9:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Consumer personal spending edged up 0.2% in August, the Commerce Department said Friday. The slight increase followed a revised 0.7% gain… Read More »Personal Spending Rises 0.2% in August
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will make payments to more than 160 energy producers in 41 states to support the production and expansion of advanced biofuels such as biodiesel. The payments are authorized under the… Read More »USDA to Pay Biofuel Producers in 41 States
UPDATED: 9/30/2011 10:05:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Manufacturing activity in the Chicago area rose in September, the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago said Friday. The group’s business barometer increased… Read More »Chicago Manufacturing Activity Rises
Inland Truck Parts will open a new location in Evansville, Wyo., Oct. 17, providing truck parts and remanufacturing services. It will be managed by area residents Marshal Smouse and Greg Woodin, who between them have… Read More »Inland Truck Parts to Open Store Near Casper, Wyoming