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iTECH: The Online Classroom - Open 24/7
Interactive online learning can be a valuable complement to traditional training and professional development programs.
October 7, 2002
Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
iTECH: The Internet - Can It Transform Transportation Training
Online training is winning converts bit by bit. Wider adoption depends in part on the industry’s ability to invest in technology to implement it.
October 7, 2002Diesel Prices Rise Another 2.2 Cents Per Gallon
The average U.S. retail price of diesel fuel rose Monday for the eighth consecutive week, by 2.2 cents to $1.46 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported.
October 7, 2002U.S. Sept. Unemployment Rate, Payrolls Both Fall
The U.S. economy shed 43,000 jobs during September, but the unemployment rate fell to 5.6% from 5.7% on an upward revision in the August jobs data, the Department of Labor reported Friday. br clear = all>
October 4, 2002News Briefs - Oct. 4
Allied Holdings Expects ‘Significant’ Earnings Improvement • Okla. Commission Approves Tag Reform Measure • Smithway Gets OK for Small Cap Listing • Federal Signal Buys Two Companies • And more...
October 4, 2002Impact of Port Shutdown Widens
The impact of the closure of 29 ports on the West Coast continues to grow as negotiations made little progress Thursday.
October 4, 2002West Coast Port Closings Idle Many Truckers
The closure of U.S. West Coast ports by a lockout of longshoremen by terminal operators idled thousands of port truckers, piled up shipborne cargoes that will take weeks to clear and began rapidly affecting businesses throughout the nation.
October 4, 2002West Coast Port Users Launch Contingency Plans
SAN FRANCISCO — Transportation companies and freight shippers may face a wave of problems as ripple effects spread from the labor dispute between longshoremen and West Coast port operators, logistics and trucking professionals said.
October 4, 2002U.S. Factory Orders Fall in August
The number of orders placed with U.S. factories fell in August for the second time in three months, the Commerce Department said Thursday, putting a gloomy top on a series of mixed economic signals from several different reports on recent economic trends.
October 3, 2002West Coast Port Closure Drags On
Another day passed without a resolution to the Pacific Maritime Association's lockout of dockworkers and some factories said they were beginning to feel the pinch.
October 3, 2002