Southeastern Freight Lines, a provider of regional less-than-truckload transportation services, announced the opening of a second service center in Houston, Texas in response to growing business in the region.
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The decline in January tractor-trailer orders continued the monthly saw-tooth order pattern that started in October. Despite that month-over-month decline, orders were still strong enough to generate a small gain in January backlog.
Read More →Rand McNally announced that Bolt Dispatch Software is the latest technology to be integrated with its TND 760 and TPC 7600 mobile fleet management solutions. Bolt provides an Internet-based dispatch and fleet management solution.
Read More →The Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations is accepting applications for its 2013 scholarship programs available for diesel technician studies. The scholarships are for studies at WyoTech, the University of Northwestern Ohio, and Lincoln Technical Institute/Lincoln College of Technology/Nashville Auto Diesel College.
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Inland Truck Parts has now moved to a brand new, 37,000-square-foot facility in Scottsbluff, Neb.
Read More →More than a year after the first Mexican truck rolled into the United States under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s long-haul, cross-border pilot program, the agency has approved the tenth carrier.
Read More →Bulk chemical hauler, Quality Distribution, has released numbers showing it increased profit in 2012 compared to the year before, while the dry van truckload carrier, P.A.M. Transportation, posted a profit last year compared to a loss in 2011.
Read More →Tens of thousands of truck drivers are approaching retirement age, but very few young people and immigrants are entering the industry. A new Conference Board of Canada report concludes that the gap between the supply of drivers and the demand for them - estimated at 25,000 by 2020 - could be costly to the Canadian economy.
Read More →Supplier to the trucking business and other sectors, Dana Holding Corp. has released financials showing record income last year, despite sales slipping, while the tire maker, Goodyear, reported lower numbers for the same periods.
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Concerns about a strike at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach can finally be put to rest but there are new ones when it comes to talks involving ports on the other side of the country.
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