UPS Teaches Holiday Recruits to Fend Off Dogs, Dodge Taxis
As UPS Inc. hires a holiday workforce bigger than Macy’s Inc., recruits get a quick course in lifting heavy loads, doubling up on socks, and, in a jam, using handheld computers to fend off snarling dogs.
November 24, 2014CVSA Joins Chorus Seeking Removal of CSA Scores
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has joined the call with a broad coalition of motor carriers for Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to remove from public view carriers’ online Compliance, Safety, Accountability program Safety Measurement System scores.
November 24, 2014Trailer Orders Surge to Record High
Trailer orders leaped to a record-high 47,810 in October, almost doubling from a year ago, ACT Research Co. reported.
November 24, 2014Average U.S. Gasoline Price Falls to $2.84 in Lundberg Survey
The average price of regular gasoline at U.S. pumps slid to the lowest level since Nov. 5, 2010, dropping 10 cents in the two weeks ended Nov. 21 to $2.84 a gallon, according to Lundberg Survey Inc.
November 24, 2014'60 Minutes' Spotlights Nation's Infrastructure Headaches
Watch as '60 Minutes' examines a problem well-known to the trucking industry: The nation's roads and bridges are crumbling and there's still no movement in Congress to find a permanent solution.
November 24, 2014Finally, Density-Based Pricing for LTL Industry?
For years, transportation and logistics industry experts have been speculating on when less-than-truckload companies would begin the transition from using the historical National Motor Freight Classification — only used within the U.S. LTL industry — to a more global pricing methodology, commonly known as density-based pricing.
November 24, 2014Visit to the Border
The Washington, D.C., region that Transport Topics calls home does have its perks.
November 24, 2014Tonnage Index Rises 4.5%
Truck tonnage rose 4.5% in October from a year ago and reached the second-highest level on record, American Trucking Associations reported.
November 24, 2014October Truck Sales Top 22,000
This year’s surge in Class 8 sales continued in October as they jumped 22.5% from a year earlier to 22,032 units, the highest monthly total in almost eight years, WardsAuto.com reported.
November 24, 2014Freight Execs See Many Options to Boost Industry Productivity
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Shippers are missing collaboration opportunities to help themselves and fleets to improve productivity and more effectively tackle escalating driver and capacity challenges, industry executives said.
November 24, 2014