While crossing a small wooden bridge in northwestern Iowa on March 16, 20 rail tank cars in a mile-long train transporting ethanol flew off the tracks, sending fireballs into the sky as thousands of gallons of the biofuel leaked into the creek below.
March 20, 2017Letters to the EditorBusinessGovernmentSafetyTechnologyLogistics
Letters: Entry-Level Driver Training, Cost Containment
Readers discuss the regulatory side of entry-level driver training and the best way to maximize profit is containing costs.
March 20, 2017EditorialBusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomousTechnologyLogistics
Editorial: A Useful Discussion on Safety
Last week, we cheered the apparent demise of a federal regulatory provision regarding hours of service. Now we’d like to salute a positive development: a recent discussion on truck safety before a Senate subcommittee.
March 20, 2017BusinessGovernmentSafetyLogisticsTechnologyEquipment
Truckload Driver Pay Inches Up in 4th Quarter
Salaries for truckload drivers rose at the low rate of 0.04 point in the fourth quarter year-over-year, according to the latest National Transportation Institute index (or 0.03% on a preliminary basis), the slowest in 2016.
March 20, 2017EquipmentBusinessLogistics
Trailer Standards Draw Near
Trailers purchased by fleets in 2018 must comply with Phase 2 of the greenhouse-gas rule from the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, but there will be a menu of equipment options for achieving compliance.
March 17, 2017BusinessLogistics
Trailer Orders Rise in February as Cancellations Reach Five-Month High
U.S. trailer orders climbed past 26,000 or about 24% higher, year-over-year, as cancellations increased to the highest level in five months, ACT Research Co. reported.
March 15, 2017BusinessLogistics
Shipping Stocks That Soared After the Election Have Now Tanked
Shortly after Donald Trump was elected president Nov. 8, the stock prices of a slew of shipping companies soared by more than 1000% on hopes that commodity prices would rise and U.S. manufacturing would rebound, spurring a surge in shipments of everything from iron ore to computer parts.
March 14, 2017BusinessSafetyGovernmentLogistics
Interstate Acquires American Red Ball World Wide Movers
Interstate Group Holdings, the Springfield, Virginia-based parent of Interstate Van Lines, has acquired Indianapolis-based American Red Ball World Wide Movers, one of the oldest movers of household goods in the United States.
March 14, 2017GovernmentBusinessLogistics
Sen. Schumer Calls for Increased Freight Railroad Safety
The freight train derailment on the Newburgh and New Windsor waterfront March 7 was just one of several making news across the country during the week of March 13.
March 13, 2017EditorialBusinessGovernmentSafetyLogistics
Editorial: An End for a Rule That Didn’t Work
The great detective knew the game was afoot when he learned of the dog that didn’t bark.
March 13, 2017