03 Mar His Way on The Highway: 35-Year Floridian UPS Veteran Driver Has Seen It All Bill Thompson, today a Royal Palm Beach, Florida, resident, was hired almost 35 years ago by UPS Inc. to drive one of the company's ubiquitous brown package delivery trucks. Since then, he estimates he's driven more than 2 million miles. Read more...
02 Mar Omnitracs Launches App That Combines Routing, Compliance PHOENIX - Omnitracs has launched an application that combines route optimization and regulatory compliance to streamline fleet management, especially for customers with shorthaul and final-mile delivery operations. Read more...
02 Mar North American Cross-Border Freight Falls in 2016 Trucking hauled less U.S. freight to Canada and Mexico in 2016 than 2015, according to March 2 data from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Read more...
02 Mar Consumer Comfort Hits 10-Year High on Economic Outlook Consumer comfort rose to an almost 10-year high in the final week of February on increased optimism about the U.S. economy and more favorable views about personal finances and the buying climate, the weekly Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index showed March 2. Read more...
02 Mar Initial Jobless Claims Drop to Lowest in Almost 44 Years The fewest Americans in almost 44 years filed applications to collect unemployment benefits last week, indicating the job market continues to power forward. Read more...
01 Mar Transportation Activity Steady at Start of Year, Fed Says Transportation activity was steady to somewhat higher across the nation from the end of last year to mid-February, according to a Federal Reserve report. Read more...
01 Mar Omnitracs Plans Role in Industry Move Toward Self-Driving Trucks, Drones, Wearable Tech PHOENIX - The transportation industry is accelerating toward a future shaped by autonomous trucks, platooning, drones, same-day delivery, wearable technology for drivers and the continued proliferation of the Internet of things, Omnitracs told a gathering of fleet customers here. Read more...
01 Mar Virginia, Georgia Ports Seek to Brainstorm How to Handle Bigger Ships, More Cargo The anticipated arrival of larger container ships has led the Virginia Port Authority and the Georgia Ports Authority to try to put their heads together about how best to handle the logistical challenges on the horizon. Read more...
01 Mar Under Hood of US Construction Spending Is Government Pullback Here's one key takeaway from the Commerce Department's report March 1 on U.S. construction spending in January. Outlays dropped 1% from the previous month (forecast was for 0.6% rise), the biggest drop since April, which will drag on first-quarter gross domestic product. Read more...
01 Mar Manufacturing in US Expands at Fastest Pace Since August 2014 Manufacturing expanded in February at the fastest pace since August 2014 as factory managers reported stronger orders and production. Read more...