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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

BusinessLogistics

Roadrunner Acquires Transportation Management Firm

Roadrunner Transportation Systems said it has purchased Capital Transportation Logistics, a transportation management provider, for $6.25 million.

February 27, 2012
BusinessTechnology

Swift Partners With Internet Truckstop

Swift Transportation said it has increased capacity through an alliance with Web-based load matching service Internet Truckstop.

February 27, 2012
BusinessLogistics

Radiant Buys ALBS Logistics

Third-party services provider Radiant Logistics said it has acquired New York counterpart ALBS Logistics. It’s the third acquisition made by Radiant in the past 10 months.

February 27, 2012
BusinessTechnology

Canadian Trucking Alliance Again Backs EOBRs

The Canadian Trucking Alliance is once again urging its members to support electronic onboard recorders.

February 27, 2012
BusinessTechnology

iTECH: Tire Maintenance in the Information Age

Tracking systems to help fleets analyze the performance of the tires on their trucks and trailers have come of age — specifically the information age — and the data they compile can help carriers maximize every dollar spent on tires, according to manufacturers.

February 27, 2012
BusinessFuel

Gasoline Jumps 18¢ to $3.69, Lundberg Says

Gasoline jumped 18 cents in the past two weeks to $3.69 per gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

February 27, 2012
BusinessTechnology

Sylectus to Focus Software on Flatbed Shippers’ Needs

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Transportation software company Sylectus, which primarily serves the expedited and truckload markets, said it is turning its attention to the flatbed sector.

February 27, 2012
BusinessTechnology

Meritor Wabco Venture Adds Lane Warning System

Meritor Wabco Vehicle Control Systems recently introduced several new safety products, including a forward-looking lane-departure warning system and a roll-stability trailer system.

February 27, 2012
Letters to the EditorBusiness

Letter: Once, It Was Fun

We are near the end of many years and 150 million miles of trucking in the northeastern United States.

February 27, 2012
PerspectiveBusinessLogistics

Opinion: Congressman Lauds Don Schneider

As one of the nation’s most influential trucking executives, Don Schneider transformed the trucking business started by his father in 1935 into one of the largest truckload freight carriers in the United States.

February 27, 2012