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NewsOctober 18, 2013

CSX to Build New Intermodal Facility Near Pittsburgh

CSX Corp. and its transportation and intermodal terminals subsidiaries announced plans to design and build a new intermodal facility in McKees Rocks and Stowe Township, Pa., near Pittsburgh. The proposed facility will give western Pennsylvania shippers direct intermodal freight rail access.

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NewsOctober 18, 2013

PIT Compares North American and European Volvo Truck Models

FPInnovations’ Performance Innovation Transport group, a not-for-profit engineering and research group for the North American trucking industry, announced it is conducting fuel consumption tests comparing European and North American Volvo Trucks models.

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NewsOctober 18, 2013

Port of Baltimore Reopens

Activity at the Port of Baltimore started returning to normal Friday afternoon after an arbitrator's ruling put striking workers back on the job. An arbitrator ruled Friday afternoon the strike by the ILA violated a “no-strike” clause in a national master contract the union signed off on earlier in the year.

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NewsOctober 17, 2013

USA Truck Nearly Breaks Even in Third Quarter

The Arkansas-based fleet USA Truck has improved financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of the year, with a 13.5% increase in revenue and a much smaller net loss than a year ago.

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NewsOctober 17, 2013

Michael Baker Joins SmartDrive as Vice President of Worldwide Sales

SmartDrive Systems announced that Michael Baker has joined its management team as vice president of worldwide sales. Baker is a telematics sales veteran.

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NewsOctober 17, 2013

Marty Fletcher Joins SmartDrive

SmartDrive Systems announced that Marty Fletcher has joined its management team as a strategic program manager. Fletcher brings over 40 years of engineering experience in the automotive and trucking industries.

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NewsOctober 17, 2013

Apollo Countersues Cooper Tire for Respect and Restitution

Apollo Tyres Ltd. did not take Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s lawsuit and allegations lightly. Cooper says Apollo is not meeting the terms of the merger agreement. Apollo claims it's Cooper that is in violation of the agreement.

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NewsOctober 17, 2013

Weekend Closures for Virginia's I-395/95 Corridor

Weather permitting, the Virginia Department of Transportation will have major roadway closures in place this weekend along the I-395/95 corridor from the Washington D.C. line to Garrisonville Road (Route 610) in Stafford County.

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Newsby Evan LockridgeOctober 16, 2013

Spot Market Freight and Rates Take a Big Dive

The amount of cargo to haul and rates paid for it, on one of the nation's largest spot markets, has declined across the board during the most recent seven-day period.

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NewsOctober 16, 2013

ELFA Survey Reports Overall New Business Volume Grew 16.4% in 2012

New business volume grew 16.4% in the equipment finance industry in 2012, according to the 2013 Survey of Equipment Finance Activity released by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association.

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