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NAFTA Surface Trade Rises in February

Surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico was 11.8% higher in February than a year earlier, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.

May 3, 2011

Feds Extend Handheld Cellphone Ban to include Hazmat Truckers

Federal regulators have issued a proposed rule that would extend a ban on the use of handheld cellphones to include intrastate hazardous materials motor carriers.

May 3, 2011

Higher Truck Tolls to Kick In July 1 on Bay Area Bridges

The San Francisco Bay Area Toll Authority is reminding truckers that the first exemption it granted to truckers on higher bridge tolls will expire on June 30.

May 2, 2011

Consumer Confidence Increases in April

Consumer confidence rose in April from a 16-month low, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

April 29, 2011

Chicago Manufacturing Index Slips in April

Manufacturing activity in the Chicago region slipped in April from March, but showed continued expansion, the Institute for Supply Chain Management-Chicago said Friday.

April 29, 2011

House Committee Upset With TWIC Delays

Already several years behind deploying biometric card readers to identify transportation industry workers at the nation’s ports, the Transportation Security Administration is not expected to issue a proposal for regulating the devices until late 2012.

May 2, 2011

Letters: Trucking’s Real Cost, Soaring Fuel Prices, Mexican EOBRs

It is evident to me that the bigger 3PLs are adding trucks to their array of services because there are fewer trucks on the road.

May 2, 2011

Swift Swings to First-Quarter Profit

Swift Transportation Co. reported a first-quarter profit compared with a loss a year ago, as its operating income more than doubled.

April 26, 2011

Opinion: Sleep Apnea and the Regulatory Agenda

The country’s recent economic climate certainly illustrates how essential and strong the transportation component is to our way of life, but trucking has needed to navigate regulatory challenges as well.

April 29, 2011