Transportation & Distribution News Archive
Coalition Uses Maine DOT Findings to Fight for Heavier Trucks
A new engineering analysis from the Maine Dept. of Transportation supports the case for federal truck weight legislation (the Safe and Efficient Transportation Act, H.R. 763, S. 747) which would grant states the ability to raise interstate weight limits for six-axle trucks, according to the Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP). CTP is a group of more than 180 shippers and allied associations dedicated to responsibly increasing federal vehicle weight limits on interstate highways...
FedEx Freight Offers More LTL Service in Mexico
FedEx Freight has opened new service centers in Toluca, Puebla and Veracruz, Mexico...
The Growing Transportation Gap: Conflicts of Interest
U.S. trucking companies may face a 30 percent surge in wage bills by 2014, according to a Bloomberg news report...
ScottsMiracle-Gro Adopts a Greener Distribution Model
Scotts is adding a warehouse in Connecticut to reduce the number of miles traveled within its distribution network...
Old Dominion Announces Rate Increase
Todd Polen, vice president of pricing for Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., announced that the organization will increase its base rates effective Sept. 6, 2011...
USPS Urges Unions to Allow Layoffs of 220,000 Employees
The U.S. Postal Service has undertaken what promises to be particularly sensitive contract negotiations with several unions. The USPS says it is currently losing $8 billion this year, and would have filed for bankruptcy had that been an option...
UniGroup Launches New Logistics Company
UniGroup, which specializes in van transportation, has launched a logistics company that will offer truckload and LTL services...
Saddle Creek Opens DCs in Chicago and Jacksonville
Saddle Creek has expanded its network with two new distribution centers in the Midwest and Southeast...
40 Percent of Fleets Are Affected by Driver Shortages
Driver shortage are limiting hauling capacity and growth potential for fleets...
Railroads Benefit from Economy’s Doldrums
Rail carriers are among the few to gain from a sour economic outlook...
NASSTRAC Questions FMCSA “Overreach” Into Shipper Operations
NASSTRAC, an industry association that represents the interests of freight shippers in all modes of transportation, filed comments with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in response to the agency's draft of its 2011-2016 strategic plan...
Old Dominion Opens Drayage Facility in Maryland
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. announced the opening of a new container drayage site to serve all ports and container yards in the Baltimore area...
FedEx Freight and Estes Express Announce Rate Hikes
Two more LTL carriers, FedEx Freight and Estes Express, have joined with their competitors in announcing general rate increases...
Old Dominion Launches New 3PL
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. is expanding its service offerings with the introduction of Vault Logistics, a neutral third-party provider of supply chain solutions...
Zollars Out, Hoffman and Welch In at YRC
Bill Zollars has retired from YRC Worldwide, and will be replaced as CEO by a familiar face: James Welch, former head of Yellow Transportation...
Shipping Conditions Improve from Lousy to Slightly Less Lousy
The current improvement in capacity availability is largely due to tepid demand from shippers, the result of a soft economy. Things could get worse again real soon...
Averitt Expedites Between Southern U.S. and Western Canada
Averitt Express has opened lanes between thousands of Southern U.S. cities and western Canada, with transit times as fast as next-business-day...
Inland Port Space in Demand
As global trade volumes rise, inland ports are becoming a critical component in the global supply chain, according to a recent report by Jones Lang LaSalle...
Coalition Cites Misinformation about Truck Weight Bill
The Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP), a group of more than 180 shippers and allied associations dedicated to responsibly increasing federal vehicle weight limits on interstate highways, sent a letter to Congress to confront what they call misinformation surrounding federal truck weight legislation known as the Safe and Efficient Transportation Act (SETA), H.R. 763, S. 747...
How to Lower Your LTL Freight Costs Despite Rising Rates
Partnering with a 3PL can help manufacturers save an extra 18 to 25% off LTL freight costs...
Con-way Freight and YRC Raise LTL Rates by 6.9%
Con-way Freight and YRC, like UPS Freight and ABF before them, have announced a 6.9% general rate increase for LTL shipments...
Signs of Economic Expansion
The latest logistics numbers show some promising economic signs, according to a summary courtesy of the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics...
State Infrastructure Banks Aid Highway Funding
Virginia is the latest state to create its own state capitalized infrastructure bank. In 2005, the federal highway authorization bill, known as SAFETEA-LU, gave all states, territories and the District of Columbia the authority to establish state infrastructure banks...
Being Loyal to Carriers Can Pay Off
According to a new Executive Briefing on Domestic Transportation from the Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium, the transportation policies of every shipper are about to be put to the test...
Panama Canal Authority Renews Partnership with South Carolina
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA), which owns and operates the Port of Charleston, renewed their ties today with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
