The Freight Transportation Services Index rose 1.5 percent in December from its November level, rising after one monthly decline, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today
Read More →Organizers at the American Trucking Associations' Technology and Maintenance Council were very encouraged by attendance and membership figures at its annual meeting this week in Tampa, Fla
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A truckstop electrification project is using a combination of federal grants and private funding to build truck electrification hookups at 50 locations on five major Interstate corridors, and will offer incentives for fleets to have 5,000 trucks outfitted with the equipment needed to plug in
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January spot-market freight availability increased 62 percent over January 2010 volumes, according to TransCore's North American Freight Index
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A near 17-percent surge in volume in the fourth quarter pushed 2010 intermodal volumes up by 14.7 percent overall for the year, says Intermodal Association of North America
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Truckers using various GPS systems to navigate around the State of Illinois do not always have access to accurate and up-to-date truck-specific routing information
Read More →Tenstreet LLC has just launched an online directory of motor carrier fax numbers to make it easier for companies to contact previous employers
Read More →In response to requests from a number of its fleet customers, Pegasus TransTech is providing drivers with a free and easy method to provide feedback to the Department of Transportation concerning the proposed hours of service (HOS) regulation changes
Read More →The Department of Energy's monthly fuel price projections continue to rise in lockstep with the price of crude oil and diesel fuel. The monthly projection for February, up 3 cents from the January forecast, sees diesel fuel averaging $3.43 for 2011 and $3.51 for 2012
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Diesel prices continued their upward trend this week, rising an alarming 7.5 cents to hit a new post-2008 high of $3.513
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