Business
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.
Paccar Gets CARB Engine Certification
Truck maker Paccar Inc. said it has received certification from the California Air Resources Board for its Paccar MX 12.9 liter engine, its first heavy-duty engine.
June 8, 2010TMW Unveils Innovative IES Release 9
Software vendor TMW Systems said it unveiled Innovative IES Release 9, a new version of its green-screen dispatch and operations software.
June 7, 2010UTi Worldwide’s 1Q Profit Rises
Air and freight forwarder UTi Worldwide reported an increase in net income and revenue for its fiscal first quarter.
June 7, 2010Oil Holds Near $71 a Barrel
Oil held near $71 a barrel early Monday, following a big drop Friday, on concerns that Europe’s debt crisis could keep demand low, Bloomberg reported.
June 7, 2010Improving Fuel Efficiency
President Obama’s recent announcement that he was kicking off a major effort to improve the fuel efficiency of commercial vehicles was welcome news to the trucking industry.
June 7, 2010Letters: Broker Bonds, Skinner and LaHood
Reading the May 24 “Opinion” column on how hard it would be for the smaller freight brokers to exist with a higher bond, my heart goes out to them, but my sympathies run with the trucking companies that use these brokers, small or large.
June 7, 2010Opinion: Dedicated Contract Carriage
What a difference a year makes: Just one year ago, trucking trade publications were reporting on truckload rates plummeting 27% over the previous year, trucking companies beating down shippers’ doors looking for business, carriers dealing with 50% to 100% excess capacity over the previous two years, and thousands of trucking companies going bankrupt.
June 7, 2010DOT’s LaHood Praises Trucking
Trucking will continue to be “an essential component” of the nation’s freight system, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves, responding to Graves’ recent letter complaining of “misleading” statements about trucking by LaHood and others in DOT.
June 7, 2010Pension Fund Will Go Broke in 10 Years, Director Says
Thomas Nyhan, executive director of the Central States Pension Fund, told a Senate committee that the fund, which provides retirement benefits for a number of unionized trucking companies, will become insolvent without changes to federal law.
June 7, 2010U.S., Mexican Officials Express Frustration about Impasse Over Cross-Border Trucking
U.S. efforts to resolve the ongoing dispute with Mexico over cross-border trucking have stalled, rankling officials on both sides of the border.
June 7, 2010