P.A.M.’s First-Quarter Loss Widens
Truckload carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services said its first-quarter loss widened from a year ago.
April 27, 2011Experts Say Outlook for Brokers Is Positive Despite Tightening Margins, Cost Pressures
ORLANDO, Fla. — The outlook for brokerage firms is mostly positive, despite compressed margins and inflationary cost pressures, industry officials and analysts said.
April 18, 2011DOT Freight Transport Index Jumps 6.9%
The Department of Transportation said its freight transportation services index jumped 6.9% in January from a year earlier, and sharply revised upward the reading for 2010.
March 9, 2011DOT’s Proposed $129 Billion Budget Is Part of Six-Year Transportation Plan
President Obama’s proposed $129 billion Department of Transportation budget is for the first year of a comprehensive six-year transportation plan that will lay a new foundation for economic growth and competitiveness by rebuilding the nation’s transportation systems, DOT said Monday.
February 14, 2011DOT Freight Transportation Index Rises 0.4%
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index increased 0.4% in December from a year earlier, the 12th straight year-over-year gain.
February 9, 2011Truckers Hauled Vast Majority of Freight During 2007, New U.S. DOT Analysis Finds
Trucks hauled the vast majority of freight in the United States, according to the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
February 7, 2011NITL, Retailers Ask Congress for Legislation Repealing Ocean Liners’ Antitrust Immunity
More than two dozen retail and shipper organizations, including the National Industrial Transportation League and the National Retail Federation, have urged congressional leaders to advance legislation that repeals the antitrust immunity that ocean liner carriers have enjoyed since 1916.
January 31, 2011DOT Freight Transportation Index Rises 0.1%
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 0.1% in November from a year earlier, the 11th straight year-over-year gain.
January 12, 2011Federal Funds Helped States Pay for Transportation Work in 2010
Fallout from the recession continued to dominate states’ transportation decisions during 2010, as some federal money flowed in, but tax revenues for many remained depressed.
December 30, 2010NITL Upset With FMC Over Investigation
The National Industrial Transportation League expressed “profound disappointment” over an investigation by the Federal Maritime Commission into numerous U.S. importer and exporter complaints of “perceived malpractices” by ocean carriers that caused supply-chain service disruptions and rate and surcharge increases from in 2009 and 2010.
December 20, 2010