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NewsDecember 14, 2011

Holiday Shipping Season to End on an Up Note

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports should be up 0.3% in December compared with the same month last year as retailers head to the finish line of the holiday shopping season

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NewsDecember 13, 2011

NGV Global Recommends RFID Verification for CNG Refuelling

The recommendations follow more than 12 months of study on the subject and are outlined in a 66 page Position Paper released by the association last week

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NewsDecember 12, 2011

Fuel, Oil Prices Fall Again

The national average price of a gallon of diesel dropped nearly 4 cents this week to $3.894, falling for the third week in a row, according to weekly figures from the U.S. Department of Energy

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NewsDecember 12, 2011

'Occupy' Protesters Target Ports

There were protests and even some arrests Monday at West Coast ports as the anti-Wall Street movement hit tried to slow down container traffic

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NewsDecember 12, 2011

ACT Predicting 252K Class 8 Build for 2011

ACT Research still is predicting 2011 North American Class 8 truck build to wind up at around 252,000, despite some recent good economic news

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NewsDecember 12, 2011

Small Package Volumes Projected to Spike Today

FedEx Corp. forecasters expect FedEx will move approximately 17 million shipments -- almost double its daily average volume -- through its global networks today.

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NewsDecember 9, 2011

DOT Green Lights I-5 Columbia River Crossing Project

In a Record of Decision signed Dec. 7 by The Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration, the two agencies have approved a new river crossing over the Columbia River, and a series of improvements to the I-5 corridor

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NewsDecember 9, 2011

North Dakota Refinery to Increase Diesel Production

Tesoro Corp. says it will increase diesel production at its Mandan North Dakota refinery to 22,000 barrels a day

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NewsDecember 8, 2011

FTR: Recovery 'Normal,' Trucking Even Better

This slow economic recovery is not as unusual as many people think, and trucking continues to outperform it, said trucking economy expert Noel Perry Thursday - and there are signs it will continue to do so, including signs we may be nearing the end of the housing slump

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NewsDecember 8, 2011

TOFC still going strong

Don't expect trailer-on-flatcar to go away anytime soon, but expect it to increasingly be via 53-foot trailers

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