Search
Showing 10 of 73362 results
News Briefs - May 10
Goodyear Claims Chemical Companies Fixed Prices • Trailer Bridge Sees 2004 Volumes Increasing • Report: UPS Seeks U.S. Help on Adding China Routes • Number of Interstate Trucks Registered in Illinois Decreases • Central Freight Reports 1Q Loss • And more...
May 10, 2004
TT's Seth Clevenger and Mike Senatore unpack the trends, surprises and shake-ups that define this year's Top 100 for-hire carriers..
Gasoline Prices Rise Another 10 Cents, Lundberg Says
Gasoline prices rose by more than 10 cents per gallon in the past two weeks, the biggest jump since last August, the Lundberg survey of stations nationwide said.
May 10, 2004Independent Truckers in California Return to Work
Both truckers and officials with the Port of Oakland said they expected the strike by independent truckers to end on Monday after the sides reached a deal over the weekend, news services reported.
May 10, 2004Daimler Plans to Use SCR in 2010 to Meet Diesel Emission Rules
STUTTGART, Germany — DaimlerChrysler, the world’s largest truck maker, still intends to use selective catalytic reduction for its Freightliner LLC vehicles to meet stricter U.S. emissions rules in 2010, a top executive said here last week.
May 10, 2004EPA, DOE Say No Changes on Federal Fuel Policies
Although states and industry officials have called for the federal government to help ease problems of motor fuel supplies and high prices around the country, spokesmen for two key federal programs said last week there had been no changes in policy.
May 10, 2004Technology Briefs - May 3 - 10
Truckers Seeking Out Wireless Internet Technology • XM's Net Loss Widens in 1Q • Stonepath Reports Net Loss Despite Revenue Growth • Minorplanet to Remain Conditionally Listed on Nasdaq
May 10, 2004News Briefs - May 7
Union Pacific Sued Over Using Managers to Run Trains • DOT's Transportation Index Rises in February • UPS Raises Buyback Plan to $1 Billion • NHTSA: International, GM Recall Some Trucks • And more...
May 7, 2004April Payrolls Rise 288,000; Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.6%
The Labor Department said Friday that U.S. companies added a total of 288,000 workers to payrolls in April, including 21,000 manufacturing positions, the most in that sector since July 2000.
May 7, 2004Price of Oil Rises Above $40 in New York
Crude oil futures briefly rose above $40 a barrel on Friday in New York for the first time since the Persian Gulf War in 1990, while a senior OPEC official said the oil cartel would hold an informal meeting to discuss what can be done to lower oil prices, Bloomberg reported.
May 7, 2004Letter to the Editor: Fuel Prices
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.The users of truck transportation, the shipping public, must pay a fair surcharge for fuel, which is an uncontrollable variable in the trucking industry.
May 7, 2004