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Philadephia Factory Index Falls in May, but Remains Positive • Navistar Reports Positive Earnings • Senate Resolves Dispute on Highway Bill • OPEC May Approve Saudi Plan to Boost Oil Quotas • Popular Diets Slimming Profits at Marten • And more...

Just-in-time delivery has not killed the warehouse business, but logistics managers who specialize in storage said their industry has been transformed into a service that handles products as they pass quickly through distribution centers.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. uring a workshop presentation at this year’s Truckload Carriers Association annual meeting in Hawaii, I asked 45 motor carrier executives about their use of quality practices.

Celadon's Public Offering Priced at $14.50 • Bush Again Says He Will Not Tap SPR • Schneider, Teamsters Settle Dispute a Year Later • Illinois Votes to Increase Truck Speed Limit, but Veto Planned • Cannon Express Plans Liquidation • And more...

U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. said Tuesday it planned to add 500 jobs in the next two years, and 500 more in another three to five years, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported.

NEW YORK — Truckload carriers told investors here that many of their customers have adjusted quickly to the federal hours-of-service rules because otherwise they would have to pay detention fees.

LAS VEGAS — Federal safety and security specialists told the National Tank Truck Carriers convention here that the government was moving quickly to require special permits for high-risk hazardous materials, and that it is working to secure the national transportation system as a whole, rather than only particular parts of it.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. n the opinion piece, "A Need for Cargo Theft Data," the author unfairly characterized the legislation now under consideration by the California Legislature to improve the security of hazmat transportation.

ABF Freight System Inc., the less-than-truckload unit of Arkansas Best Corp., said Wednesday it would raise its general freight rates on June 14.