U.S. Supply Chain and Logistics Industry Rebound Led by Trucking, Rail
Total U.S. business logistics costs in 2011 rose to $1.28 trillion, a 6.6% increase from the previous year and accounting for 8.5% of the U.S. gross domestic product, according to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ 23rd Annual “Sta…
Arkansas Best Buying Panther Expedited
Arkansas Best Corp. will acquire Panther Expedited Services Inc. from Fenway Partners LLC for approximately $180 million, with all of Panther’s outstanding debt being repaid as part of the transaction.
Prosperity arrives via 18-wheeler
The high-tech boom had gone bust but the so-called new economy was still the dream.
Used Prices on Class 8 Sleeper Tractors Continue to Rise
Retail prices for Class 8 sleeper tractors continued to rise from January through April, despite average mileage near record highs, says Chris Visser, senior analyst with the American Truck Dealers’ Commercial Truck Guide, a division of the National …
Dual-fuel conversion saves big money every day, supplier-trucker says
A band wagon powered by natural gas seems to have begun rolling, but most of those aboard talk about brand-new heavy trucks with special gas-burning engines. Why not convert existing trucks and engines to use cheap and clean-burning gas?
Dust storms as poetry
You’re not a Jedi / This is not Tatooine, Luke / Pull over now, man.
One-third of American workers are sleep-deprived
Americans, it seems, are chronically sleep deprived. Perhaps not dramatically so, but we’re sleepy enough to make the radar screen at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Research shows that over 30% of workers aged 30-64 are sh…
Truck driver hospitalized after overturning on I-81 in Botetourt County
A truck driver was taken to a Roanoke hospital this afternoon after overturning on Interstate 81 in Botetourt County, officials said.
Software provider offering free Webinar on US legal issues facing fleets
PORTLAND, Ore. — Carriers operating in the US that are worried about legal issues there can sign up for a free Webinar on timely legal issues, courtesy of Compli.
TransCore’s spot market freight index hits 2012 high in May
TORONTO, Ont. — TransCore’s Canadian spot market freight index rose 13% month-over-month in May, marking the best month for spot market freight this year.