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New orders for trailers continued at a strong pace in March, despite dropping 30% from a year ago, ACT Research Co., Columbus, Ind., reported, adding that total orders for the first quarter were down just 1% from the strong performance in the first three months of 2011.

Truck tonnage grew in March, but by the smallest year-over-year rate since December 2009, rising at a moderate 2.7% pace that is likely to be followed by similar results in the months ahead, American Trucking Associations said last week.

Last week, the Federal Reserve, which has been keeping interest rates at rock bottom, agreed to continue holding short-term rates near zero for the next couple of years.

It is good to see some fleets moving college football teams. These worthwhile causes can benefit from trucking companies putting our best foot forward.

Carriers have many reasons for maintaining good scores on the new Compliance, Safety, Accountability program introduced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group’s first-quarter profit rose on higher demand at its oilfield services and trucking and logistics units.

Landstar System Thursday reported its first-quarter net income rose to $26.8 million, or 57 cents per share, from $20.6 million, or 43 cents, a year ago.

Initial jobless claims declined last week, but the previous week’s claims were revised upward, the Labor Department said Thursday.

American Trucking Associations urged members of the upcoming House-Senate highway-bill conference to include a mandate for electronic onboard recorders, in order to help drivers and carriers meet federal hours-of-service mandates.