ACT Research: truck orders slow in March and April
ACT Research says in its May issue of the ACT NA Commercial Vehicle OUTLOOK that it continues to believe US economic activity in 2012 will expand at a moderate pace of 2.2% with slow employment growth acting as a brake on more robust growth. Inflationary pressures are expected to hover in the 2% area... FTR Shippers Conditions Index steadies in March, capacity still shrinking
FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for March showed little change from the previous month. The index currently stands at -5.3, representing a moderately unfavorable condition that is expected to persist until the onset of the busy fall shipping season... New ATRI research identifies locations with high truck rollover risk
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) just released findings from the first phase of a three-part research effort aimed at mitigating costly large truck rollovers... Domestic intermodal container volume surges in first quarter, report indicates
Domestic containers were the big winner in first quarter 2012, gaining 14.9% year-over-year, according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics report... US private equity activity in oil & gas industry hits highest levels in 20 years
Private equity (PE) interest in the US oil and gas industry marked at least a 20-year high during the first quarter of 2012, as the volume of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) reached 11 transactions, which had a total deal value of $11.5 billion, a 120% increase in activity when compared to the same period in 2011, according to PwC US... ATA joins with law enforcement, advocacy groups to press for ELD mandate
In a letter sent to members of the House and Senate currently negotiating the highway bill in conference, American Trucking Associations, along with several other industry and advocacy groups, urged the retention of the Senate's proposed mandate for electronic logging devices... JARCO launches NexGen propane bobtail designed for longer life
JARCO, a Polar company, announced its new NexGen propane bobtail, featuring a powder-coated barrel,designed to deliver up to three times the life of traditional paint, and stainless steel piping to eliminate corrosion... ATA designates Health-eScreen a featured product for trucking
The American Trucking Associations has added Health-eScreen, a new suite of medical services from eScreen that provides nationwide driver health services and physical exam administration through a completely paperless process, to its group of Featured Products for the trucking industry... Cement demand growing with construction activity
Stronger than expected job creation and the beginning of a construction industry recovery means gains in real construction spending will materialize this year—after seven years of consecutive declines, according to the latest forecast from the Portland Cement Association (PCA). Increases in cement consumption will follow... Construction spending inches up in March, boosted by private sector
Construction spending inched up in March 2012 to an annualized rate of $808 billion, up 0.1% compared to the previous month and is now 6% above year ago levels, according to a new analysis of federal data released by the Associated General Contractors of America...
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