Celadon Buys N.C. Carrier Taylor Express
Celadon Group Inc. purchased Taylor Express Inc., a regional dry van and dry bulk for-hire and dedicated truckload carrier, for $43 million in cash, the Indianapolis-based carrier announced Jan. 26.
January 26, 2015Infographic: Ryder’s Foundation for a Successful Freight Brokerage
Globally, supply chains are facing unprecedented levels of disruption. As a result, shippers and carriers are challenged more than ever to keep goods moving while remaining profitable. While most brokerages point to technology as the key to achieving success, today’s setbacks have proven that technology alone isn’t enough.
Northeast Cities, States Issue Travel Bans as Storm Bears Down
A nor’easter blizzard of historic proportions barreling up the U.S. East Coast prompted authorities to shut highways, transit systems, schools, Broadway shows and sporting events in a swath from New Jersey through New England.
January 26, 2015Former Roadway CEO Wickham Dies at 68
Former Roadway Corp. CEO and prominent trucking industry leader Michael Wickham, 68, died on Jan. 20 at his home in Palm Coast, Florida.
January 26, 2015Steep Drop in Gasoline Prices Diminishing, Lundberg Says
The average price of regular gasoline at U.S. pumps dropped 13.3 cents to $2.069 a gallon, as the plunge may be abating, according to Lundberg Survey Inc.
January 26, 2015Study: Crash Data Flawed
Safety regulators do not have a foolproof path to follow for quickly assessing fault in crashes and then using those judgments to predict future risk among trucking companies, according to a study released last week by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
January 26, 2015Letter: Why Increase Taxes On Fuel?
In the annual State of American Business address by U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 14, he talks about making it easier for businesses and workers to move ahead and ease the tax burden that is on them, along with getting the government out of the way so that business owners can do what they do best — which is to create jobs and produce products or services.
January 26, 2015Opinion: Driver Shortage Can Be History by 2020
Walter O’Brien has the fourth-highest IQ ever recorded, and I recently had the chance to meet him at an entrepreneurial event on the campus of the University of California, San Diego.
January 26, 2015TT Archives: Highway Funding
In this issue of Transport Topics, President Eisenhower’s Advisory Committee on a National Highway Program proposed increasing the nation’s highway expenditures by $101 billion over the next 10 years, expanding the National System of Interstate Highways to 400,000 miles.
January 26, 2015Editorial: Crash Accounting Common Sense
Life can be tough and challenging, something people in trucking know well.
January 26, 2015Fleet Failures at Record Low as Rates Rise, Fuel Declines
Fleet failures plummeted to an all-time low in the fourth quarter as higher rates and lower fuel prices pumped cash into the fleets that were in danger of failing, a new report said.
January 26, 2015