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UPS Freight Expands North American Service

UPS Freight, the less-than-truckload unit of UPS Inc., said it will expand service to Mexico and include customs brokerage capabilities and a single invoicing for all services between the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

April 8, 2009

Opinion: Improving Carrier Profits

Increasing operating costs, declining revenues and tighter budgets have forced less-than-truckload carriers, private fleets and small-parcel carriers to eliminate unnecessary expenses — once they figure out which expenses those are.

April 10, 2009

DOT Freight Index Falls 6% in February

The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index fell 6% in February from a year earlier, its lowest level for the month of February in six years, DOT said Wednesday.

April 8, 2009

Letters: Closed Rest Areas, Those Railroad Ads (Cont.), Diesel Prices, Road Tax, Honoring Covenants

Someone needs to read the article that was published about the truck driver

shot and killed in Knoxville, Tenn.

April 6, 2009

Brokers Saw Decreased Profits in 2008, Survey Shows

Freight brokers and logistics providers saw profit margins decrease 5% in 2008 compared to the previous year due to volatile market conditions, a survey by transportation technology company TransCore shows.

April 6, 2009

ISM Services Index Shows Continued Contraction

The U.S. economy’s service sector continued to contract in March, the Institute for Supply Management said Friday.

April 3, 2009

Obama Names Nominees for Two DOT Agencies

President Obama named two nominees to lead agencies within the Department of Transportation, the White House said.

April 3, 2009

Reopening the Border

We’re pleased to see that President Obama’s administration is at work crafting a plan to reopen the United States to trucks from Mexico, as agreed to years ago when the North American Free Trade Agreement was ratified.

April 6, 2009

Jury Finds Freight Broker Liable for $23.8 Million Fatality Award

An Illinois jury has awarded $23.8 million in damages against leading freight broker C.H. Robinson Worldwide in a dual-fatality 2004 truck accident case involving a motor carrier hired to haul a load of potatoes.

April 6, 2009

FedEx Wins Wash. State Class Action Suit over Classification of Drivers as Contractors

FedEx Corp. last week won a Washington state class action case that affirmed the company’s position on driver classification.

April 6, 2009