03 Feb How Washington DOT Uses Bombs, a Howitzer and an M60 Tank to Keep the Roads Open SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. - John Stimberis' office looks nothing like that of a typical state employee. Read more...
03 Feb Container Rail Service to Port of Wilmington Could Start in March The "Queen City Express," delivering freight directly from the Port of Wilmington to a transportation hub in Charlotte, could begin in early March, officials said. Read more...
03 Feb Growth in Service Industries Was Steady in January America's service industries expanded in January at about the same pace as in December, indicating resilience in the biggest part of the economy. Read more...
03 Feb Saia, Old Dominion Miss Analyst Forecasts for Fourth Quarter The less-than-truckload sector began the earnings season on a sour note after Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. and Saia Inc. posted year-over-year declines in profits and failed to meet the forecasts from industry analysts. Read more...
03 Feb Trucking Industry Loses 1,400 Jobs in January, Labor Department Reports For-hire trucking lost 1,400 jobs in January, while overall payrolls increased by 227,000, the Labor Department reported Feb. 3. Read more...
03 Feb Freightliner Begins Production of New Cascadia Model Freightliner Trucks has begun production on its new Cascadia model, which boasts up to an 8% fuel economy increase compared with a similarly spec'd 2016 Cascadia Evolution. Read more...
02 Feb Cartoon Caption Classic: Week One Results In Week One of the Cartoon Caption Classic, all three top seeds and 12 of the original field of 17 advanced to a second round of competition. Voting for Week Two begins Feb. 6. In each of three heats, voters were asked to vote for up to four contestants, with the top four advancing. Here's a look back at the Week One cartoon, captions and voting results. Read more...
02 Feb Bridgestone, Yokohama to Raise Truck Tire Prices Bridgestone and Yokohama announced Feb. 2 they would be increasing the price of tires as the price of raw materials rise, following a similar announcement from Michelin. Read more...
02 Feb FMCSA Delays New Driver Training Rule Because of Trump In the agency's first reaction to a Jan. 20 presidential directive freezing and delaying many new regulatory actions, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials said they are postponing the effective date of the entry-level driver training final rule. Read more...
02 Feb Navistar Seeks to Reprice $1 Billion Loan Navistar International Corp. announced that, subject to market conditions, the company and its wholly-owned subsidiary Navistar Inc. are seeking to reprice Navistar Inc.'s existing approximately $1 billion senior secured term loan under Navistar Inc.'s Senior Secured Term Loan Credit Facility. Read more...