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Even as Congress returns to work this week, all eyes are on the Presidential election, now less than two months away. How the election will affect Congress, and Congress' impact on trucking, is anybody's guess. Some basics are
Read More →After three consecutive quarters of operating losses, Frozen Food Express Industries is in the black -- but continues to suffer the impact of high fuel costs and the shortage of qualified drivers.
Read More →The U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Special Programs Div. has reversed its ban on placards mounted low on the rear of a trailer
Read More →Almost a decade ago, a horrific accident on a treacherous section of the Pacific Highway on the east coast of Australia made the nation's news headlines. A truck had collided with a bus, and the high-speed
Read More →The top indicators of the value of used aerodynamic highway sleeper tractors are mileage, model year and engine horsepower
Read More →The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a clarification to its hours-of-service proposal regarding the economic impact on small fleets.
Read More →Motor carrier employment (seasonally adjusted) fell 5,000 jobs to 1.834 million in May, after 42 consecutive months of employment increases totaling 198,000 jobs. Is this the first sign of slower growth in the economy and in
Read More →While the scope of the ecommerce revolution is sweeping, certain transportation fundamentals remain the same. The experts say, know your market, know your customer and use Internet to add value to your service. Larger companies have an
Read More →At Viking Freight, the western LTL specialist, ecommerce is raising the bar on performance. "99% on-time service used to be good, but in ecommerce it's barely acceptable," said president and CEO Douglas Duncan. Like others involved in ecommerce,
Read More →The ecommerce marketplace changes practically from hour to hour, but here are three observations that help keep things in perspective. First, this internet-based technology will revolutionize the way trucking does business. Second, no one knows exactly
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