Growing demand for automated mechanical transmissions in Mack and Volvo heavy trucks has caused Volvo Powertrain to plan assembly in the U.S. beginning in the third quarter of 2012
Read More →Roadrunner Transportation Systems has acquired all of the outstanding stock of truckload carrier Bruenger Trucking, Wichita, Kan., for approximately $10.6 million, plus an earn-out capped at $3 million
Read More →Prime Inc., Springfield, Mo., raised its minimum guarantee for independent contractors in its refrigerated and flatbed divisions, ensuring earnings of no less than $102,000 for every 100,000 miles completed
Read More →Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its NAFTA partners was 15.6 percent higher in March 2011 over March 2010, reaching $80.8 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Read More →The 29th annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs competition will be held June 2-4 at the Kenly 95 Petro located at Exit 106 of I-95 in Kenly, N.C
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A coalition of industry groups is challenging a provision of the recent federal rule that sets tough new testing standards for commercial licenses. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rule, posted last month, contains a provision that
Read More →NIP Group released the results of the Transportation Insurance Pricing Survey for the first quarter of 2011, saying insurance rates appear to be stabilizing
Read More →NFI has acquired the West Coast operation of The Gilbert Company. It is the second acquisition NFI has made this year
Read More →Pilot Flying J announced that over the next 24 months it will be renovating and updating its 4,000 showers
Read More →On-highway diesel prices continued falling last week, although not quite as steeply as the week before. According to the Energy Information Administration, the national average price fell another 4.9 cents to $3.948. A week earlier prices dropped 6.4 cents nationally. Diesel fuel is still nearly a dollar more expensive than this time last year
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