Government

Despite the wide gap in price and technology between tractors and trailers, trucking firms are often just as exacting in what they demand in the trailers they buy as they are for the trucks.

I believe the Transportation Intermediaries Association should solve the problem of “double-brokering” before trying to convince regulators to allow third-party logistics providers to join the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism.

The Bush administration Friday temporarily lifted a requirement that U.S. passports be used for citizens flying to and from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda, the Associated Press reported.

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed by 6.2% in April as exports surged to a record, the Commerce Department said Friday.

The American Highway Users Alliance has named American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves chairman of the group’s board of directors, effective immediately.

Third-party logistics company and freight broker Hub Group said it will acquire the assets of Interdom Partners, an intermodal marketing company, for $26 million.

Wholesale inventories rose 0.3% in April, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Air and ocean freight forwarder UTi Worldwide’s fiscal first -quarter net income fell 6% to $18.1 million or 18 cents a share, from $19.3 million or 20 cents a year ago.