The Department of Transportation Wednesday announced that 51 projects will receive $1.5 billion in grants under the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program.
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DOT Freight Index Falls in December
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index for December fell 4.1% from a year earlier but did not change from November, DOT said Thursday.
February 18, 2010
Matt Silver, CEO of Cargado, discusses how AI, data and smarter platforms are reshaping cross-border shipping.
Pacer Posts 4Q Profit
Transportation and third-party logistics firm Pacer International said its fourth-quarter profit grew to $10 million, or 10 cents per share, compared with a $64 million loss, or $1.83 cents, a year earlier.
February 17, 2010Ruan Transportation Founder Dies
John Ruan, founder of Ruan Transportation Management Systems, died Saturday, the company said. He was 96.
February 16, 2010iTECH: Virtual Dispatcher May Be Virtually Ready
In the trucking dispatch room of the future, the only sound is of cooling fans whirring inside computer casings. Gone are the cubicles that once honeycombed the floor, as are the chattering dispatchers who once staffed them.
February 16, 2010DOT Proposes Testing for More Drugs, Lowering Existing Threshold on Others
The U.S. Department of Transportation has published a proposed rule that would toughen its workplace drug-testing program for truck drivers and other transportation workers, including testing for the drugs “ecstasy” and heroin.
February 15, 2010ATA’s Hodges, Navistar’s Hebe Differ on Trucking’s Future
TAMPA, Fla. — A major truck-making executive and the chairman of American Trucking Associations offered differing views on the future of trucking, but both agreed that federal regulation of business is generating unwelcome distortions of how firms can operate.
February 15, 2010Execs Ask FMCSA to Change Several Steps Before Chassis Safety Rule Takes Effect
Trucking and intermodal leaders are pressing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to change two key safety reporting steps before the agency’s delayed chassis safety rule finally takes effect on June 30.
February 15, 2010FedEx ‘Panda Express’ Takes Bears ϳԹ
DULLES, Va. — For Dennis Halsey, it was a return trip nearly a decade in the making.
February 15, 2010Blizzards Snarl Mid-Atlantic, Hampering Freight Movement
The record-breaking blizzard last week, the second massive storm in a week to hit the mid-Atlantic region, caused Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania to close highways for at least part of Feb. 10, and forced trucks to park and delivery schedules to absorb delays.
February 15, 2010