23 Feb ATA's Bob Costello: Better Year in Store for Trucking NASHVILLE, Tenn. - After the trucking industry endured what he termed "a freight recession" last year, American Trucking Associations' chief economist, Bob Costello, predicts a rosier 2017. Read more...
23 Feb Dry Van Demand Sends Trailer Orders Surging U.S. net trailer orders in January shot up 92% year-over-year to almost 33,000 as dry van demand surged ahead, much as it has since November, ACT Research Co. said. Read more...
23 Feb ATA to Support New Commercial Vehicle Tradeshow American Trucking Associations will be a supporter of the new North American Commercial Vehicle Show that debuts in Atlanta on Sept. 25-29. Read more...
23 Feb Infrastructure Stocks Slump as Stimulus Not Seen Until 2018 Investors who bet Donald Trump would quickly make good on his pledge to fix the nation's highways and bridges are being taken for a road-trip in financial markets. Read more...
23 Feb Congestion Costing Kentucky Drivers $4 Billion Annually, Report Shows Traffic throughout the Bluegrass State is costing each motorist around urban regions nearly $1,900 annually, a new report by a transportation research group found. Read more...
23 Feb Truck Platoons Could Hit Iowa Highway This Year Drivers could begin seeing "connected platoons" of trucks operating on Highway 20 across Iowa as early as this year if legislation allowing the use of adaptive cruise control is approved by the Legislature. Read more...
23 Feb Wilmington Port Adds Weekly Container Service to Europe The Port of Wilmington is adding an additional weekly container service connecting Southeastern North Carolina to destinations in Europe, the port said Feb. 23. Read more...
23 Feb Poor January Retail Sales May Signal the Market Hit Bottom U.S. retail sales of Class 8 trucks in January - typically a skimpy point in any year - barely squeaked past 10,000 units and were the lowest in nearly six years as they fell 31.4% year-over-year, WardsAuto.com reported. Read more...
23 Feb Vigillo Acquired by SambaSafety Driver risk-management firm SambaSafety has acquired Vigillo, a provider of data analytics software designed to help carriers manage their performance under the federal Compliance, Safety, Accountability program. Read more...
23 Feb Ritchie Bros. Orlando Auction Expected to Be Its Biggest of Year ORLANDO, Fla. - The Ritchie Bros. auction here Feb. 20-24 is scheduled to be the company's biggest of the year, putting up for bid 10,092 pieces of industrial-based equipment arrayed side-by-side across more than 200 acres and including hundreds of Class 8 and medium-duty trucks, company executives said. Read more...