07 Feb Port Everglades Cargo Volume Rises to Highest in 90 Years The final month of 2016 produced record-setting cargo movement through Port Everglades and marked the highest producing month in its 90-year history, port officials announced. Read more...
07 Feb Oil Declines on Projected US Crude, Gasoline Supply Gains Oil dropped to the lowest in more than two weeks amid estimates that U.S. crude and gasoline inventories continue to climb. Read more...
07 Feb Job Openings Little Changed in December as Hiring Rises Slightly Job openings were little changed at still-elevated levels in December, signaling steady progress in U.S. employment, a Labor Department report showed Feb. 7. Read more...
07 Feb USA Truck Losses in Fourth Quarter 'Unacceptable,' New CEO Says USA Truck Inc. lost money in the fourth quarter and for the full year in 2016, results that newly installed CEO James Reed criticized in a blunt assessment of the overall performance over the past 12 months. Read more...
07 Feb The $15 Million Flying J Party Mansion Up For Sale In the early 1990s, Tamra Call and her husband, O. Jay Call, began to look for a vacation property that they could develop and eventually retire on. Read more...
07 Feb Capitol Agenda for the Week of Feb. 6: The State of the State Fuel Tax A growing number of governors are signaling support for increasing taxes on gas and diesel fuel because they no longer find Congress to be a reliable funding partner for infrastructure. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
07 Feb FedEx Freight Expands in Kentucky With New Complex FedEx Freight is stepping up its presence in Lexington, Kentucky, although the company won't say by how much. Read more...
07 Feb US Trade Gap Widens in 2016 as Exports, Imports Both Shrink The U.S. trade deficit widened in 2016 to the biggest since 2012 as exports fell more than imports, though a narrowing gap in December suggests demand is stabilizing overseas for American goods. Read more...
06 Feb Diesel Creeps Lower Again, Falling 0.4¢ to $2.558 The U.S. average retail price of diesel fell 0.4 cent to $2.558 a gallon as crude oil prices were buffeted by a strong dollar and settled at about $53 a barrel while U.S. rig counts continued to rise, analysts said. Read more...
06 Feb YRC Worldwide Loses $7.8 Million in Fourth Quarter YRC Worldwide Inc. posted a net loss of $7.8 million in the fourth quarter, better than $23.5 million in the red from the same period in 2015, but the carrier still fell short of industry analysts' expectations. Read more...