The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual 72-hour Roadcheck truck-inspection blitz wraps up its three-day run on Thursday.
June 6, 2007GovernmentBusinessSafety
1Q Productivity Climbs Less Than Originally Reported
First-quarter U.S. worker productivity rose 1%, down from an earlier estimate, the Labor Department said Wednesday.
June 6, 2007GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics
Border Measures Boosting Costs
Security measures at the Canada-U.S. border introduced since 9/11 have not slowed the flow of goods into the United States but have added to costs for Canadian companies, according to new report, the Ottawa Citizen newspaper reported.
June 5, 2007BusinessSafetyGovernment
May ISM Services Index Rises
The economy’s service sector growth rate improved in May to the highest level in a year, the Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday.
June 5, 2007FuelBusinessLogisticsGovernment
Diesel Dips 1.8¢ to $2.799; Gas Falls 5.2¢ to $3.157
Diesel fuel’s national average retail price fell 1.8 cents to $2.799 a gallon, while gasoline dropped more than a nickel to $3.157, the Department of Energy reported Monday.
June 5, 2007BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Averitt to Use SkyBitz Trailer-Tracking System
Averitt Express will use the global locating system trailer tracking technology made by trucking technology firm SkyBitz.
June 5, 2007BusinessGovernment
Calif. Ports’ Plans Moving Forward Slowly
Plans to move freight more easily and producing less pollution from California’s ports remains a challenge involving a host of local, state and federal agencies, the Pasadena Star News reported.
June 5, 2007BusinessAutonomous
Paccar Completes European Acquisition
U.S. truck maker Paccar Inc. said its finance subsidiary completed acquisition of a German truck leasing company.
June 5, 2007Business
FedEx, Teamsters at Odds Over Conn. Vote
A group of drivers at a FedEx Corp. unit’s terminal near Hartford, Conn., who voted 12 to 9 to join the Teamsters union last month may became members of a Teamsters local, the union said, but the company said the vote does not reflect the views of most of its employees.
June 4, 2007