Spot Freight Market Down Year Over Year in October
Spot freight was up only slightly in October from the previous month and fell year-over-year, according to the DAT North American Freight Index.
Love’s Opens Two New Location to Serve Oil Boom Area
Love’s Travel Stops announced it opened a new travel stops in Williston, N.D., to serve the booming oil business there, and another one in Leary, Texas.
Georgia Ports Authority opens expanded rail yard
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has officially opened its expanded Mason Intermodal Container Transfer Facility in a ribbon-cutting ceremony today. The $6.5 million, 6,000-ft. rail yard extension is designed to expand…
Webinar Scheduled to Discuss Truck Parking Issues
A free webinar Dec. 6 will cover the issues surrounding the truck parking shortage and innovative ways this problem can be addressed.
Kyrgyzstan: Economic Nationalism Threatens to Choke Chinese Trade
Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has accepted a ban on Chinese trucks transiting the country.
Cat Trucks to Get Cummins SCR, But What About Big-Block Diesel?
The idea of Cummins parts in a Caterpillar machine seems odd, but the shrinking world of industry consolidation will result in the use of Cummins-sourced selective catalytic reduction equipment on the Navistar-supplied diesels in Cat vocational trucks.
Freight Shipments Rose 0.2% in September from August
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 0.2% in September from August, rising after a one-month decline.
TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index climbs 8% in October
TORONTO, Ont. — Coming off a dip in September volumes, TransCore’s Link Logistics Canadian Freight Index saw an 8% increase in month-over-month volumes for October. Year-over-year volumes were down 14% from the particularly high levels…
First International with SCR Rolls Off Production Line
Navistar announced that the first International ProStar+ Class 8 on-highway tractor equipped with the Cummins ISX15 and SCR-based Cummins Emission Solutions aftertreatment system rolled off the production line this week at the companys Escobedo, Mex…
Navistar produces first ProStar+ with Cummins ISX15 engine
LISLE, Ill. — The first International ProStar+ with Cummins ISX15 and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) has rolled off the assembly line at Navistar’s Escobedo, Mexico plant.