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, 2012Trucking Business News
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.
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, 2012Swift Partners With Internet Truckstop
Swift Transportation said it has increased capacity through an alliance with Web-based load matching service Internet Truckstop.
February 27, 2012Radiant 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, 2012Canadian Trucking Alliance Again Backs EOBRs
The Canadian Trucking Alliance is once again urging its members to support electronic onboard recorders.
February 27, 2012iTECH: 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, 2012Sylectus 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, 2012Meritor 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, 2012Letter: 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, 2012Opinion: 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.
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