16 Jul TxDOT to Receive $1.1 Billion Boost from Surging Oil Business, Economy Texas highways will get a $1.1 billion boost over the next year from the state’s vibrant economy, officials say, with much of that additional funding flowing from the booming oil and gas industry. Read more...
16 Jul US Retail Sales Advance for Fifth Month; May Revised Up U.S. retail sales rose for a fifth month in June, and figures from May were revised upward amid gains at auto dealers and nonstore vendors, capping a quarter that probably saw consumer spending pick up after a tepid start to the year. Read more...
16 Jul Medium-Duty Sales in June Post Mixed Gains U.S. retail sales of medium-duty trucks rose 6.2% in June, largely relying once more on strong Class 6 sales to power the overall gain, WardsAuto.com reported. Read more...
16 Jul Pensacola State College to Open Commercial Trucking School Florida’s Pensacola State College is starting a commercial truck driver training program for the fall and Santa Rosa County is going to help. Read more...
16 Jul Opinion: Do You Have a ‘Driver-Centric’ Culture? Truck drivers are often away from a motor carrier’s physical buildings — where everyone else is located — so they don’t always develop as strong an attachment to the company as other employees do. So if a company doesn’t regularly reach out to drivers and involve them in its culture, that company runs the risk that drivers may look elsewhere for work, to a carrier that they perceive as better. Read more...
16 Jul Reimagining Trucking The nation’s largest for-hire carriers are embracing new technologies and doing more to foster innovation with the goal of reducing the cost of moving freight and providing new service capabilities. Read more...
16 Jul LTL Carriers Refine, Expand Services Leaders at prominent less-than-truckload carriers are optimistic about the future as their companies adapt and expand services to capitalize on favorable long-term trends, such as the move toward smaller shipments and the growth of e-commerce. Read more...
16 Jul 2018 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers: Acquisitions, Growth Boost Rankings There were big gains all around for the nation’s largest for-hire carriers, some driven by acquisitions and some by expansion in response to vigorous growth in demand for freight hauling. Read more...
16 Jul Legends of LTL Gather to Remember Achievements PITTSBURGH — Charles Hammel III says he owes much of his family’s success in the trucking business to those who came before he and his brother Robert established Pitt Ohio Express in 1979. Read more...
16 Jul Fleets Target Opportunities in Growing Final-Mile Sector It was not so long ago that home delivery of products such as furniture, mattresses and televisions was straightforward and rigid, with few choices for customers. Read more...