A&R Logistics acquires Alliance Logistics/MCB Services

A&R Logistics, Morris IL, has completed the acquisition and merger of Alliance Logistics Inc, a non-asset based third party logistics provider...

FMCSA, ATRI plan online safety forum

A national online forums that provide peer-to-peer industry insights on safety technologies will be co-hosted January 8 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...

Congress poised to axe US/Mexican carrier funding

Congress is poised to axe funding for a pilot program that authorizes certain Mexican carriers to operate throughout the United States ...

Diesel price dips slightly

The average price of diesel across the nation dipped over one cent last week to $3.309 per gallon...

LDH Energy to expand Texas storage facility

Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy LLC (LDH Energy), Houston TX, has announced that its subsidiary, LDH Energy Mont Belvieu LP., has signed an agreement with Colonial Pipeline ...

US Census Bureau begins business survey

Starting December 17, more than four million American businesses, including 180,000 transportation and warehousing businesses, received 2007 Economic Census forms...

FMCSA publishes HOS interim final rule

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has published its latest hours-of-service interim final rule in the Federal Register ...

DHS adds TWIC program to Los Angeles/Long Beach ports

On December 12, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began the initial enrollment for the Transportation ...

Freight TSI rises in October

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 1.3 percent in October from its September level, rising after a one-month decline that brought the index to its lowest ...

ArvinMeritor to acquire Mascot Truck Parts

ArvinMeritor Inc, Troy MI, has entered into an agreement to acquire Mascot Truck Parts Ltd, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, a remanufacturer of transmissions...

Webb enters alliance with TMD Friction

The aftermarket business unit of Webb Wheel Products Inc, Cullman AL, has entered into a strategic alliance with TMD Friction to couple brake drums and friction linings...

Survey says: Slow equipment purchase rebound in 2008

A slow rebound in equipment purchases in 2008 was forecast as a result of a recent survey by CK Commercial Vehicle Research...

Congress to consider study for border wait times

Legislation has been introduced in the Senate and the House to study the scope and impact of wait times at both southern and northern points of entry along the US borders...

No relief seen for diesel prices

The Department of Energy (DOE) is forecasting diesel fuel prices to average about $3.21 per gallon in 2008 with no cost relief in sight...

FMCSA: HOS key components remain in place

Truck drivers will continue to be limited to driving only 11 hours within a 14-hour duty period, after which they must go off duty for at least 10 hours under an Interim Final Rule made public December 11 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)....

Average diesel price drops almost 10 cents

The average price of on-road diesel dropped almost 10 cents last week to $3.325 per gallon, according to information from the Department of Energy....

CTA voices concerns about rising cost of border security

Representatives of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) are cautioning that land transportation security programs, particularly at the Canada-US border, continue to result in duplication, overlap, and ever-increasing costs...

ACC report: Global economy slowing

The global economy is slowing led by a pronounced slowdown in the United States, the result of the housing downturn and the credit crunch, according to the release of the American Chemistry Council ...

DHS adds TWIC program to US ports

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun the initial enrollment for the Transportation Worker Identification Credentia...

NAFTA trade rises in September

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 5.5 percent higher in September 2007 ...

Flint Hills Texas terminals win OSHA award

Flint Hills Resources LP Texas fuel terminals in Austin, San Antonio, Waco ,and Fort Worth have achieved Voluntary Protection Program Star status ...

API criticizes House energy bill

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has issued a statement criticizing a new energy bill passed by the House of Representatives December 6...

OIG to audit CDL Information Systems

An audit has been initiated of the data integrity of the Commercial Drivers License Information Systems by the Department of Transportations' Office of the Inspector General ...

Tank Trailer Cleaning finishes major renovation

Tank Trailer Cleaning Inc in East St Louis MO launched a major overhaul of its wash rack during 2007. The project started in July ...

Gas well fire shuts down I-10 in LA

Interstate 10 in Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin is closed between Lafayette and Baton Rouge after a gas well blew out near one of the highway's bridges...