For the second consecutive quarter, Mack Trucks delivered fewer trucks than a year ago but received a surge in orders, as a result of an active construction segment and slowly improving freight environment in North America.
July 19, 2017Government, Business
Kansas DOT Grants Help Ease Freight-Route Congestion
Certain cities in Kansas are using state Department of Transportation funding to reshape roads near distribution centers that draw freight congestion.
August 30, 2017Business, Logistics, TCA
Mack’s Second-Quarter Orders Surge 58%
Logistics
ATA Forecasts 2.8% Freight Growth for 2017, 3.4% Rise Through 2023
American Trucking Associations predicts that freight volumes will grow 2.8% this year and then 3.4% per year through 2023,
July 19, 2017Perspective
Opinion: The Quest for Universal Freight Visibility
Asset tracking has always answered the question: “Where’s my truck?” It still does, of course, but some cloud-based, third-party software providers now merge widely scattered tracking resources to provide unparalleled visibility for shippers, brokers, carriers and third-party logistics companies, or 3PLs.
July 6, 2017Business, Equipment, Logistics
Georgetown Rail Colloquium Highlights Health of Rail, Ongoing Viability of Trucking
Several speakers at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business' "The Economics and Regulation of the Freight Rail Industry" colloquium addressed various aspects of railroad and other transportation industries June 16.
June 16, 2017TCA
TransWay Adds Next Generation Freightliner to Fleet
TransWay Inc., a trucking company based in Holland, Mich., added the "next generation, super semi-truck" to its fleet May 8.
May 8, 2017TCA
Two Freight Forwarding Firms Join Forces to Form NorthPoint Forwarding
Kansas City-based NorthPoint Development has launched NorthPoint Forwarding, a freight-forwarding affiliate.
April 21, 2017TCA
Old Dominion to be Official Freight Carrier for Major League Baseball
Old Dominion Freight Line has hit a homerun with its recent announcement that the Thomasville, N.C.-based company will be the official freight carrier for Major League Baseball.
April 19, 2017Business, Technology, Autonomous
Tech Startups Beat Uber to Freight Market, Connect Drivers With Loads Via Mobile Apps
Uber entered the freight world last year, launching speculation and arguments on whether the tech company could strike a second time and do to shipping what it did to passenger transportation — and if so, which segment of freight would have to endure the type of disruption experienced by the taxi industry.
April 10, 2017Government, Business, Technology, Equipment
NHTSA Upgrades Investigation Into Freightliner Cascadia Wiper Motor Failures
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded an ongoing preliminary investigation into windshield wiper motor failures on a potential 193,000 2015-16 Freightliner Cascadias.
April 7, 2017