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Opinion: No. 1 Security Concern -- Dishonesty
Many of us in the transportation industry have heard customers ask about steps our businesses are taking to ensure safe delivery of their goods. After Sept. 11, people’s minds spring to an image of terrorists hijacking trucks and moving vans.
July 24, 2002
Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
News Briefs - July 25
Congress Reaches Corporate Crime Compromise • White House Says Economy Is Growing Solidly • Despite Slumping Markets, Fed Unlikely to Lower Rates, Bloomberg Says • API Report Spurs Oil Prices Higher • And more...
July 24, 2002Beatty Tells Web Users Security Is Broad Job
America's focus on security cannot be limited to just one area, Jeffrey Beatty said during an online chat with TTNews.com users Wednesday.
July 24, 2002AAA Study Targets Driver Error, Mostly From Cars
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety said Tuesday that more than half of all fatal crashes involving a car and a heavy-duty truck are caused by driver error, and most of those are by drivers of the cars.
July 23, 2002Diesel Price Rises for Fifth Straight Week; Reaches $1.311
The nationwide average price of diesel fuel rose for the fifth straight week, the Department of Energy reported Monday, adding 1.1 cents a gallon to stand at $1.311.
July 23, 2002Editorial: TT 100 Confirms 2001's Difficult Days
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.The TT 100 report contained in this issue makes official what most of us already knew: 2001 was a tough year to be in the trucking industry.
July 23, 2002Long UPS-Teamsters Pact Could Set New Standard
WASHINGTON — The new, longer labor pact between the Teamsters and United Parcel Service could be a harbinger for the less-than-truckload and vehicle-moving industries, which must both negotiate their own deals with the union to replace contracts that will expire in 2003.
July 23, 2002News Briefs - July 23
Port Union Told to Reject Contract Offer • Daimler to Offer Dodge Commercial Van • Venezuela Says Will Comply With OPEC • UPS Sees 3Q Profits at 50 Cents to 55 Cents • And more...
July 23, 2002Transport Topics 100 Ranks Leading For-Hire, Private Fleets
Trucking’s bottom line took a big hit in 2001 as the industry’s leading companies grappled with rising costs and lower revenue, according to an analysis of financial performance of the 100 largest for-hire trucking companies in the United States and Canada.
July 22, 2002Mass., W.Va. Find Flaws in CDL Database During Self-Assessments
State law enforcement authorities are not getting up-to-date information about truck-driver offenses, according to information that emerged from two state self-assessments of commercial driver license programs.
July 22, 2002