Good News Continues
The good news continued to pour in last week, as a string of trucking-related companies reported improving bottom-line results during the year’s first quarter.
April 26, 2010TT Podcasts: RoadSigns
Volvo's Chayene de Souza and Magnus Gustafson discuss how new, connected trucks can boost business, enhance safety practices, and reinforce preventative maintenance plans.
Letters: CSA 2010 (Cont.’d), Postal Service & HOS, Broker Bonds
Regarding electronic logs and Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, if they want to regulate this industry, they should just do it and make sure we get paid — and get us hourly and overtime pay.
April 26, 2010Tight Capacity Starts to Squeeze Private Fleets, Executives Say
CINCINNATI — A strengthening freight market is leading to higher freight rates, and more loads are going unclaimed, attendees at the National Private Truck Council’s annual management conference said.
April 26, 2010Opinion: Mich. Lawmakers, a New Bridge Crossing
The future of the new, publicly owned bridge at Windsor-Detroit rests with the Michigan Legislature. By June 1, we will know whether the Detroit River International Crossing — or the Gordie Howe Bridge as I call it — will be built, or whether it will be shelved and, perhaps never constructed, or at least not in the lifetime of most of us.
April 23, 2010Forward Air Swings to 1Q Profit
Forward Air Corp. reported a first-quarter profit of $3.4 million, or 12 cents per share, compared with a loss of $3.1 million, or 11 cents, a year ago.
April 21, 2010Senate Committee Targets Commodities Market Speculation
The Senate Agriculture Committee is scheduled to mark up a bill Wednesday that would impose stiffer regulations on the speculative trading of commodities, but would exempt trades from legitimate commercial hedgers like trucking companies.
April 20, 2010New Detroit Bridge Backers Want Public-Private Partnership Legislation
Backers of a proposed new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, are pressing Michigan state legislators to act on measures that could move the project into the design and construction phase as early as this year.
April 20, 2010Wider EOBR Rule Not Likely to Make Deadline
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration likely will not meet a deadline to issue a more expansive rule requiring fleets to use electronic onboard recorders, according to a new report.
April 19, 2010Leading Economic Indicators Rise
An index of leading economic indicators improved by 1.4% in March by the most in 10 months, the New York-based Conference Board said Monday.
April 19, 2010Volcano Continues to Hamper Air Freight in Europe
The huge ash cloud hanging over Europe from last week’s volcano eruption in Iceland is hampering global air freight and causing a shift in European cargo from planes to trucks, news services reported.
April 19, 2010