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NewsJune 18, 2012

Diesel Falls Five More Cents, Oil Prices Fall to Nearly $83

Diesel and gasoline prices continued to drop for the 10th straight week, and European economy concerns are still affecting oil prices

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NewsJune 18, 2012

Sapp Bros. Travel Plaza Offers Plug-In Power

Sapp Bros. Travel Plaza's Omaha, Neb., location now offers plug-in power to help save fuel, reduce idling and lower emissions. Sapp Bros. is now one of two truckstops in Nebraska to offer plug-in power to customers

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NewsJune 18, 2012

YRC Freight Increases Speed Across North American LTL Network

YRC Freight implemented improvements to its North American LTL network, which now features faster service into and out of every major U.S. city

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NewsJune 15, 2012

Some Rural Arkansas Highways Getting Higher Speed Limits

The Arkansas Highway Commission authorized the state Highway and Transportation Department to raise speed limits on certain rural highways. A recent analysis of rural four- and five-lane highways recommended that speed limits on a number of highways be raised from 55 mph to 60 mph

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NewsJune 15, 2012

Bridge Deal Reached for New Windsor-Detroit Border Crossing

An agreement has finally been reached on a $4 billion project to build a second bridge linking Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Mich. to take pressure off the crowded Ambassador Bridge border crossing, the busiest trade crossing on the U.S.-Canada border

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NewsJune 14, 2012

Part of Kentucky's I-24 Restricted to One Lane

Traffic will be restricted to one lane on Kentucky's Interstate 24 westbound at the I-69/Western Kentucky Parkway Interchange in Lyon County. This work zone is expected to be in place for about two months

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NewsJune 14, 2012

Used Prices on Class 8 Sleeper Tractors Continue to Rise

Retail prices for Class 8 sleeper tractors continued to rise from January through April, despite average mileage near record highs, says Chris Visser, senior analyst with the American Truck Dealers' Commercial Truck Guide, a division of the National Automobile Dealers Association

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NewsJune 14, 2012

Arkansas Best Buying Panther Expedited

Arkansas Best Corp. will acquire Panther Expedited Services Inc. from Fenway Partners LLC for approximately $180 million, with all of Panther's outstanding debt being repaid as part of the transaction

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NewsJune 14, 2012

U.S. Supply Chain and Logistics Industry Rebound Led by Trucking, Rail

Total U.S. business logistics costs in 2011 rose to $1.28 trillion, a 6.6% increase from the previous year and accounting for 8.5% of the U.S. gross domestic product, according to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' 23rd Annual "State of Logistics Report," presented by Penske Logistics

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NewsJune 13, 2012

Freight Shipments Up 0.2% from March to April

The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 0.2% in April from March, rising after a one-month decline, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Freight Transportation Services Index

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