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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeFebruary 22, 2017

UPS Team Tackles Complex Cross-Border Logistics

In 2014, UPS established a center of excellence for U.S.-Mexico trade. A team of experts evaluated and improved offerings, focusing on shippers’ needs. Then early last year, UPS announced it had strengthened those cross-border services.

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NewsFebruary 22, 2017

Heavy Duty Trucking Named Finalist for Two Journalism Awards

Heavy Duty Trucking has been named a finalist in two categories for the 63rd Jesse H. Neal Awards, which honors excellence in business journalism.

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Newsby Evan LockridgeFebruary 22, 2017

Spot Truckload Freight Rates Level Off Following Gains, Declines

Spot truckload freight rates appear to have stabilized after flatbeds trended slightly higher the past few weeks while vans and reefers moved downward, according to new figures from the freight matching service provider DAT Solutions.

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NewsFebruary 22, 2017

International Truck Receives NJPA Contract

International Truck has been awarded a contract by the National Joint Powers Alliance that will offer new International Class 6, 7, and 8 chassis to more than 50,000 NJPA members in the U.S. and Canada.

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NewsFebruary 22, 2017

ATA Supports North American Commercial Vehicle Show

American Trucking Associations has agreed to be a supporter of the North American Commercial Vehicle Show, a new biennial truck show to be held in Atlanta later this year.

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Newsby Evan LockridgeFebruary 21, 2017

Earnings Watch: XPO Logistics Reports Annual Profit of $69 Million

XPO Logistics moved well into the black for the fourth quarter and full year 2016, with a number of fourth-quarter metrics setting company records as strong e-commerce offset weak intermodal numbers.

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Newsby David CullenFebruary 21, 2017

Truck Groups Ask Chao to Kill Safety Fitness Determination Proposal

A large coalition of groups representing property and passenger carriers is requesting that Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao rescind the Carrier Safety Fitness Determination notice of proposed rulemaking issued over a year ago by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

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NewsFebruary 21, 2017

Freight Shows Signs of Life in ATA Truck Tonnage Index

The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 2.9% in January, offsetting some of the decline noted in December.

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NewsFebruary 21, 2017

Navistar President and CEO Named Board Chairman

Following Navistar International’s annual shareholder meeting on Feb. 14, the board of directors has elected company president and CEO Troy A. Clarke as its chairman.

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NewsFebruary 21, 2017

Truck Orders Reflect Rebounding Market

Class 8 truck orders hit a 13-month high in January at 22,188 units, rebounding from poor 2016 numbers for the second and third quarter, according to ACT Research.

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