Capacity Tight, Demand Strong as Summer Looms, Experts Say
Freight capacity remains generally tight and demand strong ahead of the summer shipping season, ac-ording to several carrier executives and analysts.
May 23, 2011Freight Results Still Mixed, Executive Says
Although the U.S. economy continues to improve, there remains a spottiness within the freight-hauling sector, a logistics executive said.
May 23, 2011Truck Tolls Will Increase to $4 Per Axle on Bridges Between Pennsylvania and N.J.
Truckers crossing the northern Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania on any of seven tolled bridges could pay as much as 75 cents more per axle as of July 1.
May 23, 2011New Study Supports Boston Hazmat Ban
A new study has concluded that Boston should ban the transport of nearly all nonradioactive hazardous materials through the downtown and North End areas to protect the public.
May 20, 2011Postal Service Has No Cash for Needed New Trucks, GAO Says
The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service lacks the money it needs to replace its aging delivery fleet, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
May 19, 2011Comments Vary on U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Trucking Program
Public comments on a proposal to soon allow Mexican trucks on U.S. highways were largely divided among those who urgently want retaliatory Mexican tariffs ended and those who fear it would leave U.S. roads less safe and steal jobs from Americans.
May 17, 2011Tolls to Increase in July on Seven Delaware River Spans
Truckers crossing the Delaware River from New Jersey into Pennsylvania on any of seven tolled bridges upstream of Trenton, N.J., could pay as much as 75 cents more per axle as July 1.
May 17, 2011N.Y. Manufacturing Index Slows, But Shows Expansion
Manufacturing activity in the New York region improved in May, but at a slower pace than April, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday.
May 16, 2011GAO Exposes Security Lapses of TWIC Program at Ports
Investigators with the Government Accountability Office said they were able to gain unescorted access to several U.S. ports using fake biometric Transportation Worker Identification Credential cards.
May 16, 2011FMCSA Relies on Challenges by Carriers to Refine States’ Accident Data, Official Says
WASHINGTON — Reports from states on commercial vehicle accidents are so inconsistent that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration probably will rely on carriers to challenge findings of who was at fault, a top agency official told the National Transportation Safety Board last week.
May 16, 2011