The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 2.1% in February from the same month last year and rose from January, rebounding from two sequential monthly declines.
April 10, 2014Business
Cass Freight Index Improves in March
The March Cass Freight Index rose 0.4% over the same month last year and improved 6.6% above February’s level, reflecting an improving market for motor carriers and other transport providers.
April 9, 2014Business
Freightliner Shows Nat-Gas Sleeper at MATS; Western Star Includes New Safety Features
Freightliner Trucks displayed its Cascadia natural-gas powered tractor with a 48-inch sleeper at the Mid-America Trucking Show, providing longhaul truckers interested in the alternative fuel a new option.
March 31, 2014Business
Trucking Voices Concerns On Freight Network Plan
Freight industry leaders criticized a proposal to designate 27,000 miles of highways as a national primary freight network, arguing that it could unfairly restrict future investment in transportation infrastructure.
February 17, 2014Business
DOT Freight Transportation Index Declines in December
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index declined in December from the highest level on record the prior month, DOT said Feb. 12.
February 12, 2014Business
Fleet Failures Increase in 4Q Despite Higher Freight Demand
A new report said fleet failures rose to the highest level in more than three years during the fourth quarter, even though freight demand improved, reversing a long-standing trend.
January 27, 2014Business
Con-way Freight Deploys Nat-Gas Freightliners
Con-way Freight has started to add Freightliner Cascadia natural gas-powered trucks to its fleet, according to Freightliner parent Daimler Trucks North America.
January 24, 2014Business
Year in Review: Freight Level Rises Despite Uncertainty
A year that saw steady improvement in demand for freight hauling also brought uncertainties in the form of a partial government shutdown, a fumbled rollout of a new health-care law and regulatory changes, including new rules on driver hours of service and an increase in the surety bond requirement for freight brokers and forwarders.
December 23, 2013Business
Industry Shipped 11.7 Billion Tons in 2012, Federal Agencies Say
American manufacturers and related industries shipped 11.7 billion tons of freight worth $13.6 trillion in 2012, and that trucks carried 70% of the freight both by weight and value, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Census Bureau reported.
December 10, 2013Business
Panel Seeks U.S. Freight Plan
WASHINGTON — A House panel created to explore freight issues has recommended that Congress create a national freight transportation policy and designate a freight network that includes all transport modes, namely highway, rail, air and water.
November 4, 2013