Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico plunged 13.1% in December from a year earlier, to $52.9 billion, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.
March 3, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
ISM Factory Index Shows Slight Increase
U.S. manufacturing activity showed a slight increase in January but still showed contraction, the Institute for Supply Management said.
March 3, 2009BusinessSafetyTechnologyGovernmentLogistics
Medallion Logistics Is Created to Offer Trucking, Brokerage
Gary Weilheimer and Tom Tranovich, who have more than 40 years combined transportation experience, said they are opening linked non-asset-based businesses to serve the logistics industry.
March 3, 2009GovernmentBusiness
Construction Spending Falls 3.3%
Construction spending fell 3.3% in January, the Commerce Department said Monday.
March 3, 2009GovernmentBusiness
Personal Spending Rises After Six-Month Decline
Consumer personal spending rose in January for the first time in seven months, the Commerce Department said Monday.
March 3, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernmentEquipment
TransCore Launches Web Site for Trucking Companies
Transportation technology firm TransCore said Monday that it has launched a customer support and information Web site catered to trucking companies using Class 8 trucks.
March 3, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafety
ATA Unveils New Trailer From GE
American Trucking Associations said last week it was unveiling a new trailer for use in its image and outreach programs.
March 2, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
ATA Leaders Call on Capitol
WASHINGTON — American Trucking Associations members gathered here last week to build support within Congress and the Obama administration on issues ranging from highway financing to potential union-organizing legislation.
March 2, 2009BusinessFuelSafetyGovernment
LaHood Rejects Fuel Tax Hike After Urging Funding Creativity
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said federal officials should explore all options to finance infrastructure, but he later strongly rejected a fuel tax increase, at least while the economy is in recession.
March 2, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernmentEquipment
Class 8 Truck Fleet Grew in 4Q Following 1st Decline, Polk Says
The number of Class 8 trucks operating in the United States increased by 60,000 at the end of the fourth quarter from a year earlier, reversing the first-ever decline of 17,000 that research firm R.L. Polk & Co. reported at the end of the third quarter.
March 2, 2009