Sen. Dorgan Tells Peters DOT is ‘Arrogant’ for Refusing to Block Cross-Border Funding
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) told Transportation Secretary Mary Peters that her department was “arrogant” in its refusal to go along with what he said Congress intended when it prohibited funding for the DOT’s controversial U.S.-Mexico border trucking program.
March 10, 2008Wholesale Inventories Rise Less Than Forecast
Wholesale inventories rose 0.8% in January, the Commerce Department said Monday.
March 10, 2008Midwest Hit By Snowstorm
Highway and utility crews worked overtime Sunday to recover from a big storm system that buried Ohio and other parts of the Midwest in snow, the Associated Press reported.
March 10, 2008Trimac Reports Fourth-Quarter Profit
Canada-based transportation firm Trimac Income Fund said its fourth-quarter net earnings were C$2.2 million or about 9 cents per unit, compared with C$3.1 million or 8 cents a year earlier.
March 10, 2008Gas Jumps to $3.20 a Gallon
The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline at U.S. filling stations rose 9 cents in the past two weeks to $3.20 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations.
March 10, 2008TCA Chiefs Report Little Sign of Freight Tonnage Recovery
NASSAU, Bahamas — Leaders of the Truckload Carriers Association said their members have seen no improvement in the thin freight market, despite reports that tonnage has increased in the past three months, and that their other great worry was sharply rising fuel prices.
March 10, 2008Upcoming Changes in White House, Congress Cloud Picture for Trucking Industry’s Future
While politicians and pollsters count up votes and delegates in the long, slow march to the presidential election this November, trucking industry officials said the upcoming change in power clouds the industry’s outlook for 2009 and beyond.
March 10, 2008Diesel Again Hits Record, at $3.658
Retail diesel prices jumped another 10.6 cents a gallon last week to a new record national average of $3.658; diesel has now risen 37.8 cents a gallon over the past three weeks.
March 10, 2008Washington State Seeks Trucking Input for Parking Survey
The Washington State Department of Transportation is asking truckers and trucking companies for information to help develop truck parking in the state, in particular along key interstates.
March 7, 2008Clocks Move Forward One Hour on Sunday for Daylight Saving Time
The Department of Transportation reminds that Daylight Saving Time will begin this Sunday, March 9, with clocks being set ahead one hour for most Americans.
March 6, 2008