Bridgestone Sets 12% Increase in Truck Tire Prices
Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions said it is boosting prices of its Bridgestone and Firestone brand truck and bus radial tires by 12%, effective immediately.
Optimism returning to Ontario trucking industry
TORONTO, Ont. — Seventy-five per cent of Ontario carriers who responded to the Ontario Trucking Association’s Q1 Business e-Pulse Survey said they were ‘optimistic’ about the industry’s prospects for the next three months. [Full Story]
Patriot Transportation’s Profit Improves
Tank and bulk carrier Patriot Transportation Holding’s fiscal first-quarter profit jumped from a year earlier, the company said Wednesday.
Xata Reports Smaller Loss in Fiscal 1Q
Transportation software firm Xata Corp. said it lost $120,000, or 1 cent per share, in its fiscal first quarter, compared with a loss of $1.7 million, or 20 cents, a year earlier.
CTA, provincial trucking associations offering input at red tape hearings
TORONTO, Ont. — A federal commission working to reduce red tape and compliance burden in business is holding hearings across Canada – and at each stop so far the local provincial trucking association has been on-hand to provide input. [Full Story]
I-70 Reopens in Missouri as Midwest Recovers from Snow
Missouri officials reopened Interstate 70 to traffic Wednesday morning after it had been closed due to a major snow storm.
And that’s that: Shell quits last algae biodiesel research project
Filed under: Biodiesel, Emerging Technologies, USA
With the promise of 100 times as much fuel per acre than traditional sources like corn and soy, algae biofuel was thought to be the answer to biofuels. Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy eve…
C.H. Robinson Reports Improved 4Q Profit
Transportation and third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide reported a fourth-quarter profit of $103.2 million, or 62 cents a share, up 17.6% from $87.7 million, or 52 cents a share, a year earlier.
GM Delivers 321 Volts to Nissan’s 87 Leafs in January
The Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf are two very different vehicles competing for a similar class of customers. So far though, the Volt is leading the Leaf in sales by a 3-to-1 margin in U.S. sales.
Nissan executives have already admitted to botching th…
NAFTA Surface Trade Increases 15.5%
Surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 15.5% in November from a year earlier, the Department of Transportation said.