Freight Shipments Fall 1.5 Percent in February from January
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry declined 1.5 percent in February from January, falling after two consecutive monthly increases, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Freight Transportation Service…
ATA Leaders Call on FMCSA to Retain HOS Rules in Face of New Data
Officials from the American Trucking Associations again called on the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, to abandon their proposed changes to the hours-of-service rules following the release of ne…
Mitsubishi Fuso to Resume Production in Japan
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp., the parent company of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, will resume production of vehicles at the company’s main Kawasaki Plant in Japan on April 20.
Record Earnings for J.B. Hunt
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Lowell, Ark., announced record first quarter 2011 net earnings of $50.1 million, compared to first quarter 2010 net earnings of $37.5 million. Total operating revenue for the current quarter was $1 billion, compared wi…
FTR Shippers Index Continues to Fall
FTR Associates’ Shippers’ Condition Index continues to decline, reflecting tightening capacity in the trucking sector.
A. Duie Pyle Goes Solar
A. Duie Pyle, a Northeast transportation and logistics provider, is reducing its impact on the environment as the company’s largest warehouse facility churns out solar energy at full capacity.
Intelligent Energy raises £7M to accelerate fuel cell commercialization
UK-based Intelligent Energy recently completed a fundraising round of approximately £7 million (US$11 million) from existing and new institutional shareholders. This investment, achieved through a placement at £1.70 per share, enables Intelligent Ene…
Maxwell Technologies doubles ultracapacitor production
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid
Maxwell Technologies reports that it has more than doubled its ultracapacitor production capacity over the past year and is moving forward with its plans to increase output of its Boostcap line of…
Toll agency fears workers got fraudulent refunds
The agency that builds and administers the network of North Texas toll roads has revealed that it’s found that a group of information technology employees have been misusing agency funds by creating fraudulent refunds.
Russia’s CNG Hybrid Gets Driven … by Vladimir Putin (video)
We’ve covered Russia’s CNG/electric hybrid YoMobile before (here, and here) but now the cars are getting really – well, REAL. To show off just how real things are getting, the keys to a fully functional “pre-production” model were recently had…