21 Apr U.S. Xpress' Diesel Technicians Vie for Spot at ATA's Skills Competition TUNNEL HILL, Ga. - Once your vehicle's odometer goes past 200,000 miles, you might think you're making your car, truck or SUV last. Read more...
21 Apr Sales of Existing Homes Rise to Fastest Pace in a Decade Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose more than forecast in March to the fastest pace in a decade, signaling sustained momentum in the housing market despite higher prices and scarce supply, a report from the National Association of Realtors showed April 21 Read more...
21 Apr Volvo Designers Sweat Details for New VNR MONTREAL - When Volvo Group made cars, the vehicles were parodied as boring but safe. The car division has been gone since 1999, and truck designer Brian Balicki was determined that the new VNR regional-haul tractor would not be boring. Read more...
21 Apr Heartland Profits Drop 2.3% but Beat Analyst Forecasts Heartland Express Inc. reported profits fell 2.3% after a sharp decline in revenue due to the soft freight environment and poor weather in the western United States. Read more...
21 Apr Matson Charitable Giving Increases 32% to $2.9 Million Hawaii's largest ocean cargo transportation company increased its charitable giving in 2016 despite earning less profit. Read more...
21 Apr YRC Freight Tries Pay Raises for Hard-to-Fill Teamsters Jobs YRC Freight and two of its regional trucking affiliates have turned to pay raises for some hard-to-fill jobs three years after their parent company won pay cuts and other concessions from its Teamsters workforce to avoid bankruptcy. Read more...
21 Apr Kansas City Southern Profits Up Despite Mexican Peso Depreciation Kansas City Southern reported profits rose 36% in the first quarter, although the gains were lowered to a 12% increase after applying the exchange rate between the Mexican peso and the U.S. dollar. Read more...
20 Apr ATA Wins EPA's SmartWay Affiliate Challenge Award Again The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded American Trucking Associations its seventh SmartWay Affiliate Challenge Award. Read more...
20 Apr Wal-Mart Sets Ambitious Goal for Reducing Emissions in Supply Chain Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has set a goal of eliminating 1 billion tons of emissions from its supply chain by 2030, an effort dubbed Project Gigaton that will focus on reducing fuel use by suppliers and customers. Read more...
20 Apr Navistar Unveils RH to Replace TranStar MONTREAL - Navistar Inc. launched its new RH (regional haul) tractor April 20, less than 24 hours after Volvo Trucks North America showed off its three new VNR models at ExpoCam, a major Canadian truck show. Read more...